Bob | April 8, 2009
Winter came back, which although not unheard of in April is certainly unwelcome. Yesterday any outside work was done once again with gloves and toques and coats. By this weekend we’re supposed to be back in the warmer weather.
Bob | April 3, 2009
Even though most of the snow has melted we still have significant run off in our small creek. The fields are saturated with water right now, so any bit of rain goes directly into the ditches, creeks, and eventually river.
Bob | March 17, 2009
Out in our riverside pasture a lone fence post stands waiting for the return of the fence. We bring in the fencelines every fall because otherwise the river would flood, freeze around the wires, and drag them back into the river. Leaves the fencepost lonely, but his fence will come back in about a month.
Bob | March 9, 2009
No one is home right now in this birdhouse, the tenants are probably still down south. In a month or two we’ll start to see bits of straw and hay sticking out and then the peep peep of little birds.
Bob | March 6, 2009
A long time ago we referred to this tree as the small oak. There was a much larger one to the right, but sometime in the winter about 15 years ago it was uprooted and fell into the river. Parts of it are still lying there, waiting to be carried off by the current. This is [...]
Bob | March 3, 2009
Our property has a great deal of flood plain that is routinely covered in water in the late winter and early spring. The danger of having the river flood its banks this time of year is that we can have water quickly turn to ice, and then try to float away. This can [...]
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