Working in the Wisconsin yard.

[Sir Henry]

I found an old Woodinville lawn thread and thought I would start one for Ogema.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9465

These Vietnamese pots followed me home today.

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I’ll post more pictures of them in the yard as I place them.

[Cofisher]

That van is still handy.

[Hatchdog]

Working in the Wisconsin yard is definitely an upgrade from working on the Wisconsin snow!

[North Country Gal]

Don't know how you fared, but we had an unusually bad winter of downed tree limbs, mostly white pine, thanks to a couple nasty ice storms. Probably the worst spring cleanup in the yard and my trails since we've moved up here. All done, though, and the yard is already starting to green hip and the frogs are singing away, big time. Spring is finally here.

[markiver54]

I found an old Woodinville lawn thread and thought I would start one for Ogema.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9465

These Vietnamese pots followed me home today.
96F48E03-4273-4DFB-8918-5A7D07DE6662.jpeg

I’ll post more pictures of them in the yard as I place them.

Good looking pots. Good thing you still have the van.

[Sir Henry]

Don't know how you fared, but we had an unusually bad winter of downed tree limbs, mostly white pine, thanks to a couple nasty ice storms. Probably the worst spring cleanup in the yard and my trails since we've moved up here. All done, though, and the yard is already starting to green hip and the frogs are singing away, big time. Spring is finally here.

The winter here was mild the problem is it just wouldn’t leave. The low was -29F for a few days. It hovered around zero for several months and when it was time to warm up it didn’t.

I’m hiring three teenage neighbors to do the grunt work. Two sisters and their brother. These are farm kids and know how to work.

[Sir Henry]

I found an old Woodinville lawn thread and thought I would start one for Ogema.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9465

These Vietnamese pots followed me home today.
96F48E03-4273-4DFB-8918-5A7D07DE6662.jpeg

I’ll post more pictures of them in the yard as I place them.

Good looking pots. Good thing you still have the van.

I want to sell it and the motor home. The Outback and Transit will fit my needs. I’ve been to a few of the neighbors and they might have a nice $40K summer car in the garage and drive a $2K junker in the winter.

[markiver54]

Don't know how you fared, but we had an unusually bad winter of downed tree limbs, mostly white pine, thanks to a couple nasty ice storms. Probably the worst spring cleanup in the yard and my trails since we've moved up here. All done, though, and the yard is already starting to green hip and the frogs are singing away, big time. Spring is finally here.

The winter here was mild the problem is it just wouldn’t leave. The low was -29F for a few days. It hovered around zero for several months and when it was time to warm up it didn’t.

I’m hiring three teenage neighbors to do the grunt work. Two sisters and their brother. These are farm kids and know how to work.

Be sure to build a good relationship with them.

[Sir Henry]

Don't know how you fared, but we had an unusually bad winter of downed tree limbs, mostly white pine, thanks to a couple nasty ice storms. Probably the worst spring cleanup in the yard and my trails since we've moved up here. All done, though, and the yard is already starting to green hip and the frogs are singing away, big time. Spring is finally here.

The winter here was mild the problem is it just wouldn’t leave. The low was -29F for a few days. It hovered around zero for several months and when it was time to warm up it didn’t.

I’m hiring three teenage neighbors to do the grunt work. Two sisters and their brother. These are farm kids and know how to work.

Be sure to build a good relationship with them.

They are three of eight children and live on a 60 cow dairy farm. Each kid works four hours a day with no days off unless a sibling does their chores.

[markiver54]

Perfect!!

[North Country Gal]

Having taught farm kids in rural schools, I very much appreciated the work ethic of farm kids. Went a long way to make up for the lower pay teachers typically get in rural schools.

Yes, strange winter in some respects. The average high temp for the day was lower, but the average low temp was higher. More importantly for those of us in snow country, in the last ten years we are seeing wetter snow and more ice storms and even some rain in winter months which is a negative for winter snow sports and winter snow sports are the foundation of our winter economy.

[dave77]

in the last ten years we are seeing wetter snow and more ice storms and even some rain in winter months which is a negative for winter snow sports and winter snow sports are the foundation of our winter economy.

In the 30 years I worked at a grade school I was responsible for having the sidewalks, ramps and other areas cleared of snow and ice. I would much rather have snow than freezing rain, I had a tractor with a snowblower for the snow but for ice it was a lot of spreading sand/de-icer by hand. In my time there we never had a snow day but for the infrequent ice storms we have here we would always have a 2 hour late start. Late start for the students and teachers, I still had to get there early.

[North Country Gal]

MUCH rather snow than ice, too, though very heavy wet snow can cause as much damage our trees as ice.

[Sir Henry]

MUCH rather snow than ice, too, though very heavy wet snow can cause as much damage our trees as ice.

I had some damage from that last late ice storm. It was far worse for breaking limbs than the deepest snow.

[North Country Gal]

About five winters back we had a very unusual storm with high winds, very wet and heavy snow, but no ice, all right at the freezing point. The snow was so heavy that it bent some maple saplings and pine branches down to the point where the very tops of the saplings and tips of the branches became buried in the snow on the ground. The temp rapidly dropped down into single digits the next day and everything froze in place for the entire winter.

Most of those saplings eventually recovered and straightened back up, but I still see some dead ones bowed over from that winter storm.

Interesting, too, that these storms can affect one or two species of trees more than others.This last winter, pines took a bit hit, but in other storms, it been more the firs and spruces. Life in the north woods.

[Sir Henry]

I’m a real farmer now.

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[markiver54]

Wow!, that's awesome Gene!
Wisconsin...there's a new kid in town!

[Sir Henry]

Wow!, that's awesome Gene!
Wisconsin...there's a new kid in town!

The new kid in town almost knocked himself out on the roll bar. I had to lower it to fit it in the garage and then I walked right into it.

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[markiver54]

, hope you're ok.
Obviously though, or you wouldn't be posting.

[North Country Gal]

That ought to move some snow.