14 plus of Pretty

  Looks like you got some pretty tame wildlife!  We got around a foot in the last few days, little more on the way.

Captaindana, You got a great snow. Congratulations. IMO your hayfields received approximately 9.5 units of Nitrogen per acre from 13" of snowfall,,, or 0.733 lb Nitrogen (actual unit N? or percentage of N?) per inch of snow. Theoretically using "actual units of N", if it all melts slowly & is all absorbed, then your hayfields will receive the 9.5 units. But on average, maybe 30% is actually absorbed as 70% is lost due to runoff melt? If "percentage of N" then even less.  Regardless whatever atmospheric N that is captured within the multitude of air spaces within each snow flake is "free N."  That free N could bind to the snow water molecules to be absorded into your hayfield's soil or escape back into the atmosphere via higher air temp volatile gaseous stages..?

Old wise-tails or old farmer's realized crop yields??  How does a wise-tail evolve? Is it a made-up idea/story per someone's unexplained experienced?  Or does it actual contain validity? Numerous older farmers (those using horses to farm) grew oats each year as a horse staple feedstock. During their era, countless experiences circulated how if their spring oats were seeded during late winter/early spring snowfall events or received a large snow after seeding then all or most all, attested to higher than normal oat yields during that year's harvest.

In memory of Shameless, he would appreciate your post's title: 14 plus of Pretty