Category: Why Prescott?

Been hearing about fires around Prescott?  In this episode, we cover current fires and firefighting in general... plus a yodeling pickle.  No kidding!

Here's a link to the Wine Down on Prescott's Various Terrains...

hello folks this is diane randall bro she is the pickle lady i am prescott arizona someone informed us of this new little gift so of course we immediately went out and ordered it share it with you yes you know everyone loves to share pickle paraphernalia this one really tickled us yeah here you go [Music] because everyone everyone should have in their possession a yodel pickle it’s of the utmost importance this is why they hate capitalism i mean i don’t know why hey we were the first ones to buy it we were like oh hell yes let us order this i think i was one of the original investors so we wanted to share with you our yodeling pickles i am the pickle lady here in prescott arizona that is indeed she does not yodel neither i don’t yodel no but i do enjoy a good yodeling pickle as everyone up unfortunately the pickle is green which is the same color as chris there you go maybe you can see it now yeah but uh we cracked up laughing and immediately placed an order uh for the yodeling pickle that’s who we are here you go pickles hi today we’re here to talk about some fire yes i’m sure you’ve heard about it yeah we’ve been we’ve been getting calls people want to know so uh there is a fire yes uh i don’t know if technically it’s in prescott or not prescott is a big incorporated area it includes some areas kind of over the mountain that are really very remote and very woodsy have essentially mountain cabins out there it’s pretty remote yeah it’s pretty remote i i don’t i don’t know honestly if it’s it’s part of the incorporated area or not they say it’s in the area of prescott i don’t know it’s ian prescott but on the news it makes it sound like we’re like it’s just it’s it’s engulfing pressing it proper and we just wanted to share with you that’s not necessarily so yeah um there are some great summer and you know little cabins up in the bradfords yes yes and so those are we are feeling it for people there i don’t mean to minimize that absolutely and those particular areas are are typically where the fires you know because it is heavily wooded and so it’s very easy for a spark from lightning or etcetera to kind of create a fire situation um but for those of us in more of the city part of prescription not so much to worry about we’re not on the evacuation uh unfortunately those areas that are more in the wooded remote areas yeah they are asked to evacuate um but we don’t want you to think that if you for instance if you’re in prescott lakes um we’re not under evacuation order yeah we we have a uh we have a wind down video somewhere i’ll put a link to it where we talk about how uh prescott has a lot of very different terrain so the simple answer is the southwest section of our town is very wooded it’s very mountainous it’s what you typically think of when you think of a mountain town lots of pine trees that kind of thing beautiful yeah it is beautiful it’s a beautiful area as you go south east uh the terrain starts to flatten out the trees begin to thin out and so finally you get out to areas that are bordering on prescott valley that are really essentially prairie lake uh and so the fires there are a completely different animal a lot easier to deal with you don’t have to rain uh much of the city is kind of that way and like prescott lakes is kind of that way it would be hard to set prescott lakes on fire yes and and the great thing is is that our fire department here is is very much um they’re on top of it they’re ahead of the game um they go out and do a lot of preventative fire prevention tactics so we are never in tremendous threat our fire department is very proactive very proud about fire safety and um they’ll even have some prescribed burns so that things don’t get out of hand and don’t get too crazy um we’re on top of it yeah and the fire effort comes out of the city of prescott the uh the the firefighters themselves are based here uh in our regional airport uh is where all of the fire aircraft uh take off from uh so you know we’re hearing chinook helicopters and yeah and all these these fire planes and we salute them i mean we watch them from our deck and we watch them take off and we’re like god bless them god bless all the firefighters out there absolutely uh fighting to uh keep everything at bay yes and keep everything under control without a great loss of property or you know yeah yeah absolutely so the the firefighters are working actually two fires right now there’s one south of prescott and there’s another one in the vicinity of vicinity vicinity infinity flagstaff that’s right uh close to the peaks so uh which is about a hundred miles away i mean so yes i think these guys do anything in that blank in that radius comes out of prescott so you hear the word prescott in combination with fire in arizona all the time doesn’t mean we’re always burning right and i mean these guys are top-notch uh they are on it we are ready we are prepared uh we are prepared before the event even happens and that’s what i love about being prescott uh being in prescott how progressive it is how proactive they are they’re on it so we don’t ever want anyone to fear um loss of you know that you’ll lose property or et cetera yeah yeah there are very few areas where you can’t get fire insurance most areas of prescott um it’s not required no in fact you should know that when you buy a home here i i don’t think yet i’ve run across any contract that required fire insurance or flood insurance for that matter or earthquake correct yeah cheers yeah all of these so we’re pretty um although you may hear these events uh we’re pretty safe and secure um insurance companies if they think you need fire they’ll let you know i’ve yet to run across any that required insurance flood or earthquake yes so uh when you hear these things on the news it is um it sounds pretty scary it is pretty scary it is pretty intimidating um but for the most part the city proper we’re pretty secure yeah yeah so we don’t want you to worry that uh you’ll hear a fire alarm and have to head out in the middle of the night um it doesn’t happen too often unless you’re in more of the remote areas outside in the in the more forested areas yeah that’s exciting anyway we just want to share that and for our folks who are in those areas you know of course our thoughts are always with you and we know you’re in good hands so uh our fire department’s on it yeah so we wanted to share this uh topic with you about fires because as we’re entering into fire season i know this is a big concern for a lot of people especially those coming from california and uh we just want to give you our little two cents on that so if you were looking for any additional information from the pickle lady team yeah the place to go is pickle411.com that is our information center whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between that’s the place for you go there and get lots of information about fires and yielding pickles just a plethora whatever you may need we have pickled plethora we have a pickled plethora of information free information there you go all my nuts we don’t even charge no charge it’s all good call it free that’s right yeah that’s exactly right i just wanted to give you a little update and share our pickle okay oh my gosh it goes on a little long sorry about that that is a yelling it is a yodeling uh fool on this pickle so everyone should have a yodeling pickle that’s what i say yeah but uh anyway yeah we can’t it does make me laugh every day

good morning folks good morning
this is randall and diane bro here your
friendly uh part of your friendly
pickle lady brigade and we’re here on
this beautiful
monday morning you’ll see this probably
on a tuesday but
we’re filming on a monday morning it’s a
gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous spring day so
i decided to put it on my mom
very springy scarf yeah yeah and
um talk about it so probably
little bits of her might disappear is it
that i i think it’s good
i think it’s pretty much greens yeah i’m
not allowed to wear anything green
because i fade into the green screen
green screen yeah well you can’t see the
green screen you won’t see that but
i’ll show them the green screen i can
show you the green screen
it’s hard to find something not i know i
don’t know it’s very hard i don’t want
to be in black
that’s depressing that’s depressing i
like to be colorful
particularly in springtime particularly
in the springtime
which we want to talk about yeah uh
there is nothing like springtime in
prescott yes
it is
well the first thing is there is a
spring where
from there is no spring current goes
directly from winter
into the thick of of summer and it’s you
know 90 degrees the next day
right you never see spring again that’s
right uh spring’s not like that here
not here in fact you will have these you
know it kind of lulls you into this
false sense of oh the sun is out and i’m
gonna get my shorts
i’m gonna get my shorts out and then our
very white legs come out which is
highly alarming yeah that’s kind of
scary and you and you’re starting to
kind of let your guard down but
spring here kind of will zap you will
have a couple more days of winter
in the middle of nowhere in the middle
of nowhere um and then you’re like oops
gotta go get my sweater again
yeah they said don’t plant until the
middle of may yeah we never plant
anything until after mother’s day
no baby plants because every now and
then we get a little surprise
light light snowfall and you’re like
what is this yeah it’s just
it’s the reverse of of autumn right so
that’s right and autumn you have a
little bit some days where oh it’s a
little cooler it’s a little cooler and
then it’s warm again
it’s the same way here we were over at a
friend’s house last night
and a shout out to bob and karen and
happy birthday bob
happy birthday bob and uh we had a fire
pit you know
been sitting out on a fire pit and we’re
hearing down in phoenix you know it’s
almost touching the three digits and uh
texas and louisiana oh it’s in the 90s
already we have a fire pit going not
here we’re still
and it was not we had a little nip in
the air it was very nice
so not only was there a nip in the air
but we had some nips as well
and we took a little nap we took a few
naps we took a few naps around
the fire pit which was very nice but
what i really wanted to talk about was
how stunningly beautiful um
spring is here not only are is the
temperature
delightful but all of the trees all of a
sudden and it really seems like
overnight
it starts blooming and blossoming so um
the bradford pears are to die for
gorgeous red bud which is my
all-time favorite um red buds just don’t
grow that well in the south but here
they are
stunning vibrant vibrant i hope you got
some pictures oh absolutely i got
some pictures of the bradford pears
repairs red buds
pears are the ones with all the white
white blossoms
and uh i may have some i haven’t had a
chance to shoot them yet but uh you also
see
paint blossoms these are the uh red leaf
plums
that’s his favorite very favorite i mean
the pink blossoms are beautiful and then
once the blossoms are gone the
leaves themselves are like this leathery
kind of deep red purple
it’s gorgeous that’s something to know
here too a lot of people don’t know
um fruit trees are abundant here
and they grow very very well so a lot of
people with cherry trees
apricots plum lemons not so much
interesting the citrus don’t do so well
but all the others do amazingly well and
then you get to have
springs bountiful gift
well yeah harvest but you know their
gift in this
in spring all these blossoms start
coming in
and it’s just gorgeous and a lot of
people will trim their trees so it
actually looks like little snowballs
they don’t come snowballs here probably
snow cones
for all of you others not from louisiana
in louisiana we call them snowballs
every part of the country calls it
something different snow cone for use
for you people forget for use i know
where are you from i don’t know what’s
happening here
this is something we’ve discussed at
length you know but it just makes sense
yeah absolutely anyway not so much use
well
well we might get some comments yeah
let me tell you why she’s wrong
we
but anyway so spring is absolutely
stunning here you can’t miss it so if
you move here
remember always remember if you want to
plant some fruit trees they will do very
well here
then you will get to enjoy all the
blossoms in the springtime
number two roses grow very well
roses while we’re talking about spring
and flowers and blooming and
you know plant where your bloom moon
where you plant
bloom we’ve had this discussion this
discussion i know i still don’t have it
so i think our earlier
seat iec earlier wind down where i
talked about that phrase still don’t
have it where you’re playing bloom where
you’re planning
after i looked it up i still don’t have
that’s bad the mind is a terrible thing
to waste sometimes
it just goes mine is sometimes a
terrible thing anyway
yeah the anyway roses are beautiful here
as well
they’re very hardy um they love the
climate here
and beautiful stunning roses such as
bloom bloom bloom
all summer long so if you are a rose
aficionado if you are fruit tree
this is the place for you um if you just
like great weather
yes and you’ve never really experienced
the joy of spring
yes um i’m talking mostly from people
from the south springs
underrated yeah well rightly so in the
south i i get it in the north
you know winter’s finally over and
people get excited about spring but
uh in the south people dread the spring
because it means
i mean you go from 60 which is winter
to 90. like overnight and then it just
trudges along until november
so this has been a new experience for us
uh we thoroughly love our spring here
and we wanted to share that with you and
we hope you love all the pictures of uh
the trees that we’ve taken around here
absolutely it’s good stuff people
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or and everyone in between if you’re
thinking about
prescott lots of information about what
goes on here what you can do here what
you can eat here
um a wealth of information pickle411.com
we live to serve yeah we do sometimes
it depends if i get really tired then i
have to crash yeah i can’t
it’s hard it’s hard hard to keep that
energy going
but uh we do have fun and we’d love to
help you
in your next steps in buying or selling
absolutely so check us out
and have a wonderful beautiful spring
day bye