They Are Calling for Snow!!!!!!!!!!!

We may get snow overnight here, but if we do, I hope it's just a dusting. I'm not ready for shoveling and I'm not rushing to put the blade on the lawn tractor today. Yesterday, I did finish getting the roof back up on the out building that I use as a second, overflow wood shed. Now I can get to the saw mill and fill my pick up bed with more wood. I can store and process it in this shed. (It was way too much snow last year--8 ft on the valley floor-- that damaged the roof supports of that building. I thought getting heavy snow in early November last year was bad. I certainly don't want it in October.)

I will say that I'm impressed with the new EPA stove. It really does a better job than the old smoke dragon. However, even with it being more efficient, I think I'm going to need a minimum of 5 cords (I've got 4 cords in the main shed). Our heating season just keeps getting longer and longer. (I had to heat the house until the 2nd week of June this year--we had an abnormally cold spring, resulting in no blooms on many fruit trees, including my apple tree.) Fortunately, the saw mill has seasoned wood that's silver through and through and cracked. I'll grab some of that for the overflow shed. I'm hoping our snow fall isn't as deep this year. Once the bears are safely hibernating, I'd like to get a permit and start collecting some of next year's wood from the forest. (I live between 2 grizzly/black bear habitats and am paranoid about running into a grizzly, so I've never tried collecting wood from the forest.)

Yep, they're calling for snow showers in the central part of ME on Wed as well. Got down to 23F last night at our place....nice heavy frost this morning.

Firewalker, How does the snow blower on the Cub do? I've been considering getting one for my LT2180.

InTheRockies said:

(I live between 2 grizzly/black bear habitats and am paranoid about running into a grizzly, so I've never tried collecting wood from the forest.)

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I thought ticks and chiggers were bad.

I have the 18 HP Vanguard. I believe it's a twin cylinder. I use it for mowing the lawn and moving things around with a trailer. I've got two properties now and I'm thinking I may need to upgrade from the walk behind Craftsman I've got now.

I have a 300' driveway that I have plowed but there is still a lot of cleaning up to do after he's done plowing. I'll have to see how much more work there is with the new house. Fortunately, both houses share the same driveway.

BJ64 said:

InTheRockies said:

(I live between 2 grizzly/black bear habitats and am paranoid about running into a grizzly, so I've never tried collecting wood from the forest.)

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I thought ticks and chiggers were bad.

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Having been an urban dweller most of my life, it's interesting to live in an area where humans definitely can't ignore the fact that we're part of the food chain. We've got mountain lions, too. There seem to be 1 or 2 episodes with bears each year, often tourists. There haven't been fatal attacks by mountain lions recently; however, there have been a couple of joggers killed a little bit north of us in Canada. You have to be alert, because even the deer, especially the mule deer, which are larger, can injure you if you startle them. My first year here, a teenager in the closest town who was walking home from school, rounded a corner and walked straight into the path of a mule deer. The deer, startled, kicked and caught the girl right in the head. She didn't die, but was hospitalized in a coma for several weeks.

Few flakes in the air here today.

We had snow overnight on the 9th of October, and about 1 1/2" on the gound the morning of the 10th. Just a teaser...no more yet since then, but overnight temps in the 20's. Rick

BJ64 said:

InTheRockies said:

(I live between 2 grizzly/black bear habitats and am paranoid about running into a grizzly, so I've never tried collecting wood from the forest.)

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I thought ticks and chiggers were bad.

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I lived in South Central Oklahoma for 2 years and would rather have dealt with bears.....................chiggers were bad. :shut:

snowing right now in western NY, most is melting, but a dusting is on the ground, and it is still coming down..