CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[NH homesteader]

Shhhh enjoy it. No talking about freezing!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Bruce I told my brother that I believe they'll mak a U-turn when they hit the Ice and see them heading back south in a couple of wks...

 

[Mike CHS]

At the pace that things change, I'm glad goat math is more drastic than sheep math.

This has been a strange winter so far. Extreme colds 2 weeks ago and up in the 70's now.

 

[CntryBoy777]

They are calling for Highs to be in 50&60s for next wk...and the lows are all above 40....we aren't out of the woods tho, til we get thru Feb...and we have had some Snow in April several times in the past...so, tho the signs are showing it, I ain't Saying it...

 

[lcertuche]

Our weather has been the same, cold then warm, wet then cold, but then again that's Arkansas. Wait 5 minutes and the weather changes. My one laying pullet is laying once more. I sure did miss that egg for a couple of days, lol.

 

[Mike CHS]

It is a strange January. I keep thinking I haven't seen it this warm but the Nashville weather folks are saying it was like this last winter.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It does seem that way, we had some unusually cold days in March and April and a whole lot of rain, but then drought in the summer. Joyce was chomping at the bit to get plants in the ground, but between the 13" of rain and the drought she lost quite a few plants and desire too, especially when they started to Burn up in the Sun.

 

[Mini Horses]

Here we are generally going to survive if we get thru February. Although some of the heaviest snow has been a Canadian flow coming in first week of March. Only happens every 7-8 yrs but ---

Last year we had weird weather all over -- warm a week, frigid the next. My fruit trees bloomed a month early then cold & wind took all that bloom. Then, so much rain that even the full-time crop farmers couldn't put some crops in....a wet mess!! I just gave up on a garden because my weather & work schedule could never line up to a doable situation. Good thing, really, as the continuing odd weather would have/did ruin many gardens.

I would love to see a more cooperative weather pattern this year for all of us! Love to pick fresh veggies, see nice garden pics, do some canning/freezing & animal food saving. Country, I appreciate the loss of desire Joyce experienced. It's hard to plan, work and loose it all. Soon you just say why try....

 

[NH homesteader]

We had a late freeze last year that nearly destroyed the apple season. Picking was sad, and expensive. We had a mediocre garden due to a severe drought, so I agree we all need a better weather year!

 

[Bruce]

They are calling for Highs to be in 50&60s for next wk...and the lows are all above 40....we aren't out of the woods tho, til we get thru Feb...and we have had some Snow in April several times in the past...so, tho the signs are showing it, I ain't Saying it...

Snow in April, that is something I wouldn't guess you would see in Mississippi. We expect it way up here and sometimes into May.