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TomMN 
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 Topic: Still lots of snow - pics from yesterday
Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 7:05pm |
We decided to see how things looked at the farm yesterday, the driveway was full of snow so we had to walk in from the road. It will need a few real warm days to melt yet. We drove several miles around up there and all the ditches are still full of snow, all that water still needs to flow north up the Red River, best if it doesn't melt too fast. Here is what is above the snow on my blade, plow, and disk:  And the field cultivator:  Even our buckthorn brush pile is mostly buried: 
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victoryallis
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 7:43pm |
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As misearble as it is here in Michigan you have it worse.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:02pm |
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Wow, that's some real contrast. It was in the low 70's yesterday and we set a record of 86 today in Des Moines. How far away is your farm Tom?
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:03pm |
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I should add field work is starting around central Ia...
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TomMN
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:28pm |
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We have to drive 150 miles to get there from where we live, we don't get there too often in the winter. I was just looking at river and watershed maps for that area and I'm not sure just where the exact line is for flowing north to Hudson Bay or south to the Gulf of Mexico. Just a couple miles east is the Pomme de Terre river that flows into the Minnesota river and south, and just a couple miles west is the Mustinka which flows west to the Red and north. We're pretty much right in the middle.
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acwdwcman
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:52pm |
it was about 75 here in cintral illinois today
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wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:57pm |
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So thats getting up toward the Canadian border then?
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JohnCO
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:01pm |
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It was 84 here yesterday and 70 this morning but by noon it started raining then a bit of snow. We've only had 2/10 inch of rain in March and about 2" since the first of the year. Another forest fire north of me, grass fires ne of me. We are dry, dry, dry but go 20 miles west and the snow is 10 to 12 feet deep at 10,000 ft. When it melts, we may have more water then we know what to do with. Every year is different!
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Nathan (SD)
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:11pm |
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Looks alot like around here Tom. Fields are looking 80% black but drifts and tree lines got a few weeks yet.
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TomMN
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:42pm |
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All this snow is a long way from Canada, if you look at a map just go about 20 miles into MN from where SD and ND meet Minnesota. Barrett or Elbow Lake are the towns to look for.
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1946WP
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 10:59pm |
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TOM I'M GLAD I LIVE UP NORTH, WE DON'T HAVE NEAR THAT MUCH SNOW. SNOWED THIS MORNING , BUT THATS ALL MELTED TODAY. SPRING IS COMMING.
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 11:11pm |
 JohnCO wrote:
It was 84 here yesterday and 70 this morning but by noon it started raining then a bit of snow. We've only had 2/10 inch of rain in March and about 2" since the first of the year. Another forest fire north of me, grass fires ne of me. We are dry, dry, dry but go 20 miles west and the snow is 10 to 12 feet deep at 10,000 ft. When it melts, we may have more water then we know what to do with. Every year is different! |
John we havent had 2" total since august here in SE colorado. its looking pretty poor!
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Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come!
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Eldon (WA)
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 12:08am |
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We had the 3rd wettest March on record in eastern WA....fortunately our soil drains well. We planted 7800 onion sets this weekend between the rains....more rain forecast for tomorrow.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 1:28am |
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wind is blowing real strong outside now, and it's a little chillier now too...spose about light jacket weather!
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