Winter is finally here.

[DFB]

Well we had the first plowable snowfall of the season only just last week here in southern VT. A wet and heavy sleet mix that's all iced up now as it dropped into low single digit temperatures overnight. A tragic tractor/suv collision resulting from those weather conditions I read about further north in the state happened too.


+14 degrees is the high so far today

Pretty much we eased thru the months of Nov. and Dec. so maybe only another 100 days or so to go...if there's an early spring!

 

[davesl708]

I vote to skip right to spring.:thumbsup:

We are headed to a month below normal temps here.
Our weather forecasters are right about 30% of the time so hopefully a mild winter like El Nino is supposed to give us.
Way to much flooding in this part of the country.

Stay warm.

 

[kcflhrc]

Yep, I'm ready for spring already. Just bought a new motorcycle so bring on the warm weather. Been pretty lucky here in Eastern Kansas so far, quite mild. I'm a telephone man and work outside so I welcome the mild winters.

 

[Looking4new]

I have blown about 3 lots of 4" each time and now the temps are in the double digits below zero F. This morning we were looking at the thermometer at -26F. Winter is here!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

DFB, is anyone arround you worried about their septic field freezing up yet?
It's never happened to me (Im a relative rookie) but I've heard some horror stories. Thinking of spreading some straw. Am I overly concerned?

 

[jack707]

Wednesday and Thursday more snow!

 

[DFB]

Wednesday and Thursday more snow!

Hehehe!

 

[oosik]

Well, there has been snow here for over a month now. We just broke out of about ten days of really cold wx and it up around 25F to 35F. I have about 14" of snow but with these sunshiny, warm days its melting.

I got a new bike and am looking for another early spring also.

 

[DFB]

DFB, is anyone arround you worried about their septic field freezing up yet?
It's never happened to me (Im a relative rookie) but I've heard some horror stories. Thinking of spreading some straw. Am I overly concerned?

I personally have never heard of that happening around here ever before (not that it in theory couldn't) but some one here TBN I believe had issues like that. My camp in Maine never froze up and it was a very shallow in ground system. I have a mound design with pumps here in VT. and have been operating it more than 12 years now without any incident.

I did work with a fella that came into work one winter day complaining his sewer line froze up with ice and caused a blockage...we suggested he shower and do his laundry a little more often.

 

[tcreeley]

I was clearing snow with the last 8" storm, but quit as the ground was too soft - not frozen. By the next storm it should be harder and I will get to the barn. I use my tractor bucket.