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I've used it alot over the past 10 years or so..nice product. Great for smaller-ish yards or bigger ones if price is no object

Yea, there have been a few companies doing poop fertilizer for a few years now. I would do fully organic if I could, but my yard is too big and cost prohibitive. Those organic fertilizers are nice because you can put them down any time during the warm season without worry about burning your lawn (or envorimental factors). You could put down twice the recommended bag rate if you wanted to with those organic Ferts.

Sticking a ruler in a plow pile is even more egregious.. lol. Even if he is saying its just at the "stake".

I mean I though it was pretty much common knowledge for those that actually report snow depth to cocorahs or COOPS or whatever that you don't just take the snow depth in the shade and report that number without averaging out the other areas that might be bare or have less. But I guess that is what some are doing. I actually had a 12" glacier in the shadier part of my yard and totally bare in a full sun part at one point in March..certainly wasn't reporting a 12" depth.

Heck of data set...

Yes, that is normally a good indicator that soil temps have reached the threshold where crabgrass will start germinating, so if you are putting down a pre-emergent weed preventer now is a good time to start.

I guess Georgia VT was squarely in the Deform band today as it looks pretty snowy there for paltry elevation. I didn't even know where this was until I looked it up, but cant be more than 500' ish around that part of 1-89 north of BTV?

Those types of place are pretty much obsolete now in Manchester. Any new restaurant opening is more catered to the Real Housewives of New Jersey and New York crowd. Makes sense to go along with the more upscale outlet shopping and new influx of wealthier out of staters now moving here full time. Not many family friendly cheap options.( still Pizza and Tacos shops, etc) Much different from the picture my wife paints from growing up here in the 80s and early 90s--more mom and pop type shops-although it's always been one of the more "upscale-ish" VT tourists towns. Still can find some more hole in the wall type spots and pub types around if you know where to look, just not here in town. Have heard a lot of good live music from friends bands in barns and backyards/farms to get that true VT experience though..ha

See DDH was gusting to near 50 today for a few hours. Been ripping here also most of the day...had to be near 50mph or higher. Pretty sizable branches down on my road, no trees though. Still got about 1" in the gauge though.

Thunder, lighting, downpours and dews. We March...lol.

Yea, I have a JD too with a striper and its OK, depends on grass type too, as certain types stripe better.

Unless your ground is insanely compacted, it will probably do more harm then good because of what you mentioned. I honestly don't you think you need it unless you yard is like extremely compacted.

Yea, the screenshot I posted left out a lot of years. 2020 was 19.1"-slightly below the 22.2" average.

Yea for sure, looks like little to no sun there. So many house in that Bromley Stratton corridor are so densely wooded, couple with the increased snowfall and better natural retention anyway, takes a while to melt out totally.

The sun/shade discrepancy growing larger by the hour. My septic area melted out first and is rapidly expanding while the more shaded area is a 13" glacier. Hopefully this week can take out the glacier side.

I think that map is pretty decent in showing areas of greatest coverage. The 4fter you mentioned was all but wiped out though in late DEC. That is all "new" snowpack from like mid JAN on. The Glastenbury area down to Mitch is always last to melt out.

I was down at HD this week to pick up some 1 x 6 x 6 non PT pine and almost passed out from price shock...like $16 or $17 -for a damn 6ft pine board.

Haven't really been paying attention--has Mass been fully remote this whole year? My kids have been 4 days a week forever it seems like. From what they tell me its pretty much remote learning- esque, but in the classroom. Still just doing everything on their laptops, even in 1st and 3rd grade.

Encroaching on all time March rat territory locally at Peru VT coop. Only .4" so far, going to need something to pop late month or this will be lowest March in 80 years of data. State record 24 hr snow in DEC and lowest March total ever possibly..some wild swings.

Right, I mean it happened so it's going down to be built into the climo averages moving forward. I was more placating to Phin because he keeps trying to erase that storm from the season averages . Even without that DEC storm, I enjoyed this winter locally in the valley-- no windy events/no cutters--it just stacked up all nicely most of the winter Sapporo style like you mentioned I think a time or two.

If you wipe away the mid DEC storm, I would be right around average, maybe a smidge lower. Considering that entire storm got wiped out by the grinch, retention was still pretty impressive for these parts.

Weenie snotel station out in WY had 52.5" at 8am.

Hey, some snow in March.... and now sun's back out. Ha. March snoozer down this way.

Follow up at 7am..looks like around 10" in this spot, maybe little less. Lots of bare yards around town and others with patches. I'm all for some more snow events, but no use for a 10" glacier.

Yea, totally different animal. Had 1"+ of rain and dews near 50 or higher with howling winds in the grinch-- and much less liquid equivalent in the snowpack than now.