Ken Macfarlane
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All the warm southern field work pics have me in the mood for spring so I thought I'd share what things look like in NB next to Maine. First 3 a few days ago, last 2 this am.
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Nancy Howell
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Snow once is a while is nice, but not that much for that long!!!!
Snow once is a while is nice, but not that much for that long!!!!
We've startinge calving and as I write this(10:00am MDT),we are having a heavy snow squall with flakes the size of half dollars. I know that won't last long- it never does with those size flakes but seeing these pictures makes me grateful!
Our area had heavy snows in February (a couple of three footers and some smaller ones) and below zero temps and windchills to -30°F. Lot of calves lost. Our ranch is situated such tht we didn't get the big wind chills and we don't calve til late March and April so we can avoid those kind of conditions. But we do have to contend with the conditions like we have this morning. The forecat is for an inch or less of snow and a hight today of 47 °F. We've seen few bluebirds so Spring must have sprung!
Thanks for sharing your pictures. Makes me feel lucky!
Our area had heavy snows in February (a couple of three footers and some smaller ones) and below zero temps and windchills to -30°F. Lot of calves lost. Our ranch is situated such tht we didn't get the big wind chills and we don't calve til late March and April so we can avoid those kind of conditions. But we do have to contend with the conditions like we have this morning. The forecat is for an inch or less of snow and a hight today of 47 °F. We've seen few bluebirds so Spring must have sprung!
Thanks for sharing your pictures. Makes me feel lucky!
I was following that storm on radar, said 40cm of snow, so what did it drop, at least 2 feet? The storm stalled and rotated without moving that much, with this cold air, unreal, looks like that whole area took a direct hit with snow. Its been a slow melt here, we will definitely have spring here at some point LOL !
Media is unreal, they name the storms now and anything potentially dropping a foot is like doomsday according to the news.
Media is unreal, they name the storms now and anything potentially dropping a foot is like doomsday according to the news.
fixerupper
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Wow, you have mountains of the stuff! We haven't had a winter like that since I don't remember when. The one thing I do remember about one of those winters is we were sick and tired of it by now, as you can well attest. Is that a Westendorf loader? Jim
Ken Macfarlane
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Its a Kubota loader, built by former independent loader company in
US, hmm, can't remember the name. Works really well.
In the sheltered fields the snow is up to my waist. In the woods its
even deeper.
It will be a few weeks before I can start logging. Need some beams
and decking for hay wagons.
US, hmm, can't remember the name. Works really well.
In the sheltered fields the snow is up to my waist. In the woods its
even deeper.
It will be a few weeks before I can start logging. Need some beams
and decking for hay wagons.
The Dukester
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You know Nancy, here in Michigan we used to say the same thing, but after the winter we've just had..."had" being the right word hopefully...we're careful not to even mention that four letter word around here now. We like "fair" and "warm" now, even "rain" instead of...yeah, that one.
I just put them on to haul. It's a mess out there. I got in to some spots yesterday and the day before where there wasn't any frost under the deep snow. I hit a place yesterday where the snow was punky and the rear tire on the spreader went in so deep that I couldn't even see it behind the front one. If I hadn't had the duals on to keep pulling through,the tractor and spreader would probably both still be there.
Anonymous-0
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that's another 4 letter cuz word ,,,,////.... when I opened this , I was hopin to see flowers in bloom , field work with dust, or new calves a plenty ,,, but nope !!!, instead ,gawddogged snow!!! seems like every day is the movie "groundhog day"
Right now it's drizzling here. Not too much snow left although not too far north in Door County they got hammered today with lake effect.
Still very solid ground and lots of water in my lawn.
I'm probably out of the norm here, but I don't mind a late spring this year. I'm not supposed to lift more than 10 lbs for another 3 weeks yet, and after that who knows what the doc will let me lift.
On the plus side, if I can get rid of my heartburn and the pills I've been on because of it, in the long run it'll save me money and lots of hassle. Plus I should be able to eat just about anything again once I'm all healed up.
I'm gonna make a few phone calls tomorrow and ask about some open lots around the farm to see if I can cut and bale the grass off them instead of people just brush cutting them. There's potential, I just have to be in contact with the right people at the right time. Last year I jumped in too late on some.
Also gonna go with Dad to look at a beater for the manure spreader this weekend. Found one that looks great and supposedly has only seen wood chips and saw dust.
Still very solid ground and lots of water in my lawn.
I'm probably out of the norm here, but I don't mind a late spring this year. I'm not supposed to lift more than 10 lbs for another 3 weeks yet, and after that who knows what the doc will let me lift.
On the plus side, if I can get rid of my heartburn and the pills I've been on because of it, in the long run it'll save me money and lots of hassle. Plus I should be able to eat just about anything again once I'm all healed up.
I'm gonna make a few phone calls tomorrow and ask about some open lots around the farm to see if I can cut and bale the grass off them instead of people just brush cutting them. There's potential, I just have to be in contact with the right people at the right time. Last year I jumped in too late on some.
Also gonna go with Dad to look at a beater for the manure spreader this weekend. Found one that looks great and supposedly has only seen wood chips and saw dust.
fixerupper
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It has similarities to a Westendorf. Just wondering. Anyway, I don't envy you one bit with that much snow on the ground. Jim
Looks about like it does here. Good news is theres a fairly warm wind blowing and it's raining now. I'm ready got it to go.
Was out in the woods the other day with the old JD 40C. Stepped off the crawler and found out I'd stepped into a low spot- up to my hip! :shock:
Was out in the woods the other day with the old JD 40C. Stepped off the crawler and found out I'd stepped into a low spot- up to my hip! :shock:
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