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Chemtrails.

Ha, well, in Southern Maine this is the first measurable snow since 2/16. That's long enough of a stretch for people to forget, even here.

Red dogwood.

Pretty cool the Mrs is on board with that.

Here too. Will grab an observation at 18z. This'll be the first measurable snow all month which is wild.

CC has the mix line washing out Rochester over to Wells. See how long that holds.

I don't think any short-range models had us starting as snow in PWM, but here we are at 35° (off a high of 39°) between SN and SN-.

Sucks. That was always my fear with voles, especially when we woodchipped everything. We haven't lost anything to girdling yet, thankfully. Yeah legit brown rats. They're small, but there's a lot more of them than the Fall. I really don't want to use rodentcide. I'm making a half dozen bait stations and going to see what I can do with my home mix. I only had one last year so hoping this is more effective.

Oh alright, I guess I'll give it a rest, too. Now that the snow has mostly melted I can see the brown rats I tried to eradicate with traps last year had a prosperous winter. Tunnels under the snow and grass throughout the raised beds, fruit trees, and cedars. Under the shed too. No obvious food source - chicken feed is in a galvanized bin. Compost pile has been limited to coffee and coop waste for the past 7 months. Bastards ate a bunch of my carrots last Fall. Hoping they haven't hit my garlic yet. I'd cry. No sign of them within 15 yards of my coop or run. Keeping them from free ranging until the migratory waterfowl have mostly passes, anyway, but I don't need them interacting with rats. Tried trapping and baiting (equal parts sugar, Cornmeal, baking soda) last Fall and it made a dent, but it doesn't matter now - they've taken over. I think my only option is bait stations as far away from the run as possible. Unless anyone else here has had success using a different method.

My solar production really took off today with full sun and especially that extra hour of daylight.

It does. I've never seen a pack so "ripe" yet I'm able to stand on top of it without breaking through (when it's below freezing).

Lol and I don't take my obs downtown where it's nothing but brick and pavement. These aren't my personal obs, or "opinion". My only point is - and I said it last week when he was saying it'd be gone by Thursday - those maps don't always reflect the accurate depth. He's a smug dink who calls the mets here clowns but can't handle a little push back himself. 30/23. Stake says 4-5" this AM but I don't read verbatim. Average is over a larger area (which is now officially 2")

Psst my average depth at 12z was 3". In case you forgot, today is Sunday.

Just got back ourselves. NOBODY there.

Stake is at 4" at sunset (I am quite literally PWM).