Kentucky Weather AGAIN !!

[Doofy]

A good lengthy power outage can be a good thing on occasion. If prepared, it will allow you to unplug, kick back and enjoy the ambience of candle light and the wood stove.

We had an 8 hour outage (longest in memory) and my well line froze, only because I was to lazy to fire up the little generator and plug in the heat tapes. Temp had warmed up to -8 during the heavy, wet snow. Wood stove kept us toasty, propane cook stove kept us fed. Had a kerosene lamp and candles for light and cellphones and a portable radio for weather updates and power line updates. Well stocked pantry is a Must. I enjoyed the peace and quiet.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Heat wave! Over night low of 38F.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Thankfully they took our freezing temps out of the forecast so it is just rain and more rain. Yesterday we ran up to Nashville, IN to pick up a Ford FEL Model 711 19-385 for our 1966 3000 diesel and the guy lived on top of a hill but the yard was rotten when he would get of the driveway when loading it using a boom pole on his 3000 gas burner. I did like the way we could talk and hear with the gas engine running.

For the rest of Feb only one night is forecast to be freezing and that is at 28F. Four freezing nights forecast for March but all four nights low is calling for 31F temp.

Spring is coming.

 

[nybirdman]

In Northern NY we had -10F a couple days ago and they are calling for the high 50F's this week.Snow will be going fast and we will be into mud season.

 

[Mousefield]

Out here on the west coast of British Columbia we just got a dump of snow, 9 inches. Guess I can,t finish building my garden beds for the next day or two.

 

[RSKY]

After the heathens (grandkids) left today I took my usual Sunday afternoon nap. Was woke up by my neighbor weedeating his 'monkey grass'.

Yep, first sign of spring. Mr. Bill out weedeating grass in 40 degree weather.

Guess I better do my tomorrow.

RSKY

 

[shaeff]

I'm in the Hudson Valley region of NY, about 45 minutes south of Albany. They're calling for a high of 72* on Wednesday. All of our snow is gone, getting to be mud season now.

 

[Dadnatron]

I purchased a farm and spent all last winter out in the fields, pulling fence and working. This winter, including last fall, it has been so wet, that I haven't been able to get into/onto any part of my land since Mid November. There were a few days of solid freeze in which I could have been on it, however, I wasn't around during them. Otherwise, Kentucky has been one big sloppy mess.

I spoke to a local farmer about it just the other day. He laughed and said that I had been EXTREMELY LUCKY with the weather I had last winter. And I should not expect to get into the fields any earlier than 'Derby weekend' ie 1st week of May.

I purchased a new post driver, and it is a lawn ornament with a payment. I have 3 miles of posts to drive and I am sitting inside, looking at rain...