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![]() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice It's 28 degrees F and it is raining. There is glow on all the scrubs coated with ice. Walking about requires planing with safety sand spread. Luckily I have to go nowhere so the fire will burn more today than usual. Perhaps the light will return and grow stronger. Always the promise and still a gift. Cookies in progress and so I must just search for our raspberry jams. Good Jul Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
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And happy summer solstice right back at you!
Bill wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice It's 28 degrees F and it is raining. There is glow on all the scrubs coated with ice. Walking about requires planing with safety sand spread. Luckily I have to go nowhere so the fire will burn more today than usual. Perhaps the light will return and grow stronger. Always the promise and still a gift. Cookies in progress and so I must just search for our raspberry jams. Good Jul Bill |
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Bill wrote:
It's 28 degrees � F and it is raining. �There is glow on all the shrubs coated with ice. Snow is finally stopping: http://i40.tinypic.com/280axi.jpg And It's 12 degrees in the Catskills: http://i43.tinypic.com/2637i39.jpg |
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On 12/22/08 8:09 AM, in article ,
"enigma" wrote: Sheldon wrote in news:67a1dd61-e6e8-401c-936c- : Bill wrote: It's 28 degrees � F and it is raining. �There is glow on all the shrubs coated with ice. Snow is finally stopping: http://i40.tinypic.com/280axi.jpg do you use the tractor to clear the snow, or do you also have a plow truck or snow blower? we got 30" +/-, but it's really blowy so some places are very deep & some are only a few inches. And It's 12 degrees in the Catskills: http://i43.tinypic.com/2637i39.jpg with or without the windchill factor? my weather station says windchill is -6, but it's not in a good place to actually measure wind... plus it's still a bit frozen from the ice storm. lee Hey Lee, if you thought yesterday was cold - don't go outside today. Cheryl |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote in
: Hey Lee, if you thought yesterday was cold - don't go outside today. i was just out with the small dogs (as opposed to the big dogs, one of whom stays outside 99% of the time & one who goes out in the dog yard when someone opens the door. the small dogs walk through the electric fence) & it's not that bad out. it was -0.4 earlier, but it's up to 10 now & dead calm. in between decorating a tree, baking cookies & wrapping stuff i need to get out back and refill the feeders & dig out a nice area for the juncos, who have been eating out of the feeders & suet holders the past few days. juncos prefer to be ground feeders. the squirrels are less than happy that i put the feeder in the dog yard ![]() that there's a feeder & the suet feeders outside the dog yard... lee |
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enigma wrote:
Sheldon wrote: Snow is finally stopping: http://i40.tinypic.com/280axi.jpg do you use the tractor to clear the snow, or do you also have a plow truck or snow blower? �we got 30" +/-, but it's really blowy so some places are very deep & some are only a few inches. I have a monster plow mounted on my tractor's front loader: http://i42.tinypic.com/fdwyn5.jpg And It's 12 degrees in the Catskills: http://i43.tinypic.com/2637i39.jpg with or without the windchill factor? my weather station says windchill is -6, but it's not in a good place to actually measure wind... plus it's still a bit frozen from the ice storm. There was no wind while it was snowing but the next day the temperature dropped to 0 and there were strong wind gusts blowing snow into drifts. The temperature was hovering at 0 all last night but is up to 15 now; it's sunny, no clouds, and no wind. |
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Sheldon wrote in
. com: enigma wrote: Sheldon wrote: Snow is finally stopping: http://i40.tinypic.com/280axi.jpg do you use the tractor to clear the snow, or do you also have a plow truck or snow blower? we got 30" +/-, but it's really blowy so some places are very de ep & some are only a few inches. I have a monster plow mounted on my tractor's front loader: http://i42.tinypic.com/fdwyn5.jpg i have a plow for the pickup truck, but when it's deep it's easier to use the tractor bucket. the road plow left a 4 foot bank at the end of the driveway, but that was easy enough to pick up with the bucket & move across the street & dump over the bank on that side. it looks like you got more snow than we did though... although the llamas are up to their bellies & the goats are not straying from the paths the llamas make (which is good because my entire back fence is maybe 2' high from branches falling in the ice storm.) lee |
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On Dec 23, 11:42�am, enigma wrote:
Sheldon wrote . com: enigma wrote: Sheldon wrote: Snow is finally stopping: http://i40.tinypic.com/280axi.jpg do you use the tractor to clear the snow, or do you also have a plow truck or snow blower? we got 30" +/-, but it's really blowy so some places are very de ep & some are only a few inches. I have a monster plow mounted on my tractor's front loader: http://i42.tinypic.com/fdwyn5.jpg �i have a plow for the pickup truck, but when it's deep it's easier to use the tractor bucket. the road plow left a 4 foot bank at the end of the driveway, but that was easy enough to pick up with the bucket & move across the street & dump over the bank on that side. With the blade angled I've no problem plowing deep snow... slices through four foot drifts like a hot knife through butter and pushes it off to the side. The huge pile left by the county plows at the foot of my drive is no problem, I push that snow right across the road into an empty field. If the snow is packed and starts to protest I simply raise the plow while pushing, that always breaks it up so that on the next attempt it's easy to push. I have a bucket too but it's of no use for plowing, it just fills up and jams, and would take way too many trips hauling loas of snow... and during freezing messy weather I'm not about to be changing implements... so the plow is on for for the duration during winter, the bucket is a warm weather implement for loading. Unless I have a specific chore that needs the bucket I'll put it on during change over, otherwise I remove the front loader during warm weather as I use the tractor for mowing, I don't need to be hauling an 800 pound front loader all those hours. For moving snow a plow is the way to go, blowers are too dangerous. |
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enigma wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote in : Hey Lee, if you thought yesterday was cold - don't go outside today. i was just out with the small dogs (as opposed to the big dogs, one of whom stays outside 99% of the time & one who goes out in the dog yard when someone opens the door. the small dogs walk through the electric fence) & it's not that bad out. it was -0.4 earlier, but it's up to 10 now & dead calm. in between decorating a tree, baking cookies & wrapping stuff i need to get out back and refill the feeders & dig out a nice area for the juncos, who have been eating out of the feeders & suet holders the past few days. juncos prefer to be ground feeders. the squirrels are less than happy that i put the feeder in the dog yard ![]() that there's a feeder & the suet feeders outside the dog yard... lee Be on guard as snowzilla may be lurking around ![]() http://www.google.com/search?client=...wzilla&ie=UTF- 8&oe=UTF-8 Bill cleaning up from last night.......... http://www.snowzilla.org/ -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
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