How's The Weather?

[Yander]

Got down to 15F last night, my chickens weathered their first could night just fine. I have 15 laying hens and almost all of them laid an egg this morning. Today was cold but not windy like Friday and Saturday, both days were windy and cold.

 

[California]

Ground squirrels stripped three persimmon trees in a day on me earlier this spring.
Suggestions most welcome.

Sorry, I don't know the answer. We have the same experience with cherries. Every year two big trees, suddenly stripped bare - every last cherry -just before full ripe. Birds. One year lots of broken limbs. I assume Raccoons.

I think sufficient predators keep down the number of squirrels. I have game cameras on the deck to see what makes racket in the night. Every night there are multiple passes by a feral cat. Last night, two foxes working in tandem. One on the deck flushing potential mice out through the potted plants, to the other fox lurking beyond the deck. Occasionally, the Bobcat passes through. And we hear chorusus of Coyotes frequently. Not much problem with squirrels and mice.

Deer on the other hand are a disaster to newly planted orchard trees.

 

[oosik]

It's 4:35am and +3F here. It will hit 0 or colder at or near sunrise.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

We're enjoying a good old fashioned PNW November. There's a wet cold front coming in off the Gulf of Alaska that is supposed to push all the way across the Rockies. Snow pack is building. Ski resorts are open.

 

[oosik]

The prediction is for 6" to 9" of snow. It will be interesting to see how accurate this prediction is. Six inches - I won't be doing any plowing. Nine inches - I'll be out there on the tractor plowing.

BTW - it dropped to zero this AM.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

They are predicting a couple feet on the west slope of the Cascades.

 

[two_bit_score]

Around 80 here today. Sunny, light breeze. Normal South Central Texas Weather.

 

[Torvy]

Yesterday the high got up to 80. Today only 55 with a low of 32. Pretty typical weather here this time of year. I sometimes miss the ground covered in snow, but it never simply falls on lawns and fields. I don't miss clearing sidewalks and roads of snow. I enjoyed the rest of northern winter though.

 

[oosik]

It's 3:30 AM and I've got about inch and a half of new snow. It's snowing but it will take 40 days & 40 nights to reach the 6" predicted. It's 27F.

 

[Thomas]

Raining windy just feet up kinda day.