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Slowly turning Vermont into a lake one freshet at a time.

Doing it again up there. 2° at 1st Lake and 28° up at Diamond Pond.

Island Pond had -11F too. So those rad pits near the Canadian border were pretty damn cold.

That's the COOP. Lake Francis was -12F. 2nd Lake -7F.

Did Carol let you have a break from cleaning the pool?

56F range at First Lake now. -14F to 42F. Tough to dress for that.

First Lake up to 40° now.

Speaking of owls... I just got a call from Lisa that the chooks were freaking out. Turns out there was an owl sitting on the fence of the run. Hawk netting ftw.

February rain brings March showers which brings April drizzle.

Another widespread 10-20% RH day. MHT sporting the 13% right now with 44/-3.

Yup. Love it all. I get the grass fed liver and bones/knuckles for making my own soup bone broth too. It makes the store broths taste like water.

Yeah I have trouble looking at the battery houses. I see a lot of people adopting those mistreated chickens overseas. They look like a mess when they take them in, but after a few months all of their feathers grow back and they're happy birds again. This is how Brookford Farm does it. Chicken tractors that they continually move around with electric fences. Yeah, the occasional bird gets picked off by hawks, but they have pretty good lives otherwise. Plenty of grass and movement. Here's a pic I took from there in 2015.

A bear already got ahold of my parents' feeders a couple weeks ago. I bring mine in every evening. I can't be luring bears with the chickens now.

I buy a lot of my meat from local farms now. Humanely raised, pastured, and grass fed. It tastes a little gamier than the frankenmeat from the grocery stores, but I prefer it now. I don't mind paying a few extra bucks for it,For those in my area, Miles Smith Farm and Brookford Farm are two places to check out. Brookford has some meat, but is mostly raw dairy with some produce and Miles Smith specializes in grass fed beef and pork.

Already a 50F range at 1st Lake...from -14F to 36F.

We used to have a lot of turkeys. I haven't seen any at my place in the last couple of years. I wonder if the rooster has anything to do with it?

First Lake -14° wtf

It’s as if it’s evaporating as fast as it can melt. We’ll do it again tomorrow...maybe more 15-20% RH readings in the interior lower els.

The pack here has been steadily melting/sublimating/evaporating away without many mud issues. We're down to 8" now, and we've only had 1.36" for March so far. These days with sun and RH's in the 10s and 20s help a lot.

Struggling up to 33F. May have my last teens tonight.

I fully expect more measurable.

Where's he getting all of those METAR site numbers?

Thought you were wxblue with that avatar.

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