I think spring is about here! Yay!!

[Warren Allison]

This week, I have seen robins and mocking birds in the yard, I have noticed some green peeking out from the dead grass. Yesterday we burned off the 8 acre Bermuda field, and next week or so I will put out the 24D mixed with liquid nitrogen and calcium. Haven't seen any new calves in the pastures around here in about a year, so calving is about over with now. Except for a few folks that leave bulls in year round and calve year round. This doesn't mean we are totally out of the woods yet. April of 1986, in the middle of shorts and t-shirt weather, we had a freak snow storm on Easter Sunday....about 5 inches if I remember. And the infamous "Blizzard of '93", hit on March 13th. That one had drifts that came up to the top stand of wire on the fences, and the whole area lost power and water for 5 days. That was when I vowed to never, ever see snow again if I could help it. But I am cautiously optimistic that we are done with winter, for the most part.

 

[kenny thomas]

This week, I have seen robins and mocking birds in the yard, I have noticed some green peeking out from the dead grass. Yesterday we burned off the 8 acre Bermuda field, and next week or so I will put out the 24D mixed with liquid nitrogen and calcium. Haven't seen any new calves in the pastures around here in about a year, so calving is about over with now. Except for a few folks that leave bulls in year round and calve year round. This doesn't mean we are totally out of the woods yet. April of 1986, in the middle of shorts and t-shirt weather, we had a freak snow storm on Easter Sunday....about 5 inches if I remember. And the infamous "Blizzard of '93", hit on March 13th. That one had drifts that came up to the top stand of wire on the fences, and the whole area lost power and water for 5 days. That was when I vowed to never, ever see snow again if I could help it. But I am cautiously optimistic that we are done with winter, for the most part.

-3 here last week, 66 next week. Im ready for mushrooms to grow.

 

[4hfarms]

Not soon enough. I just ordered more hay yesterday. I'm optimistic because I have a couple new pastures I have been grooming. They are greening up!

 

[RDFF]

I'm wishing for more cold myself. Too early in the season, fields will get soft and the cattle will start tearing them up some. I like frozen ground till we're to grass growin' weather... like mid April. Still, it's not bad till it starts to rain... Far as hay, I'm down to feeding just to make sure that they have some... they're grazing the winter stockpile and saving me lots of bales right now!

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Still probably 8-10 weeks of winter left UP here. Calling for a few days in the 40s but it won't melt much of our snow just settle it some. If we stay out of the negative double digit temps for the rest of the winter I'll be happy.

 

[RDFF]

The Mourning Doves and Eurasian Collared Doves have already returned! Love hearing them in the morning. They're usually the last to leave and the first to return in the spring.

 

[greybeard]

Doves are cooing here..white wings.. 43*F is the lowest temp for the next 10 days forecast, with highs ranging 70-82F. It's been a mild winter except for that 1 week in early Feb.

 

[4hfarms]

The Mourning Doves and Eurasian Collared Doves have already returned! Love hearing them in the morning. They're usually the last to leave and the first to return in the spring.

Do you eat any of them? Always wanted to go on a dove shoot. Heard they are delicious if prepared correctly.

Wonder if they tase different...

 

[Mark Reynolds]

This week, I have seen robins and mocking birds in the yard, I have noticed some green peeking out from the dead grass. Yesterday we burned off the 8 acre Bermuda field, and next week or so I will put out the 24D mixed with liquid nitrogen and calcium. Haven't seen any new calves in the pastures around here in about a year, so calving is about over with now. Except for a few folks that leave bulls in year round and calve year round. This doesn't mean we are totally out of the woods yet. April of 1986, in the middle of shorts and t-shirt weather, we had a freak snow storm on Easter Sunday....about 5 inches if I remember. And the infamous "Blizzard of '93", hit on March 13th. That one had drifts that came up to the top stand of wire on the fences, and the whole area lost power and water for 5 days. That was when I vowed to never, ever see snow again if I could help it. But I am cautiously optimistic that we are done with winter, for the most part.

I don't think I'll ever get to the point that location differences and 'relativity' fail to astound me. There is nothing wrong with them and everyone is 'correct' in their own world, but the differences are wild. For example, the drifts that were 5 feet deep ant to the top wire on fences posted here. That makes me think of the Blizzard of '78 when drifts were 40' high and to the top of houses in Indiana. It's all relative, but it's fun to contemplate what things are like.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Do you eat any of them? Always wanted to go on a dove shoot. Heard they are delicious if prepared correctly.

Wonder if they tase different...

My wife's grandmother wasn't appreciative when my wife's uncle and I went 'dove hunting' over the top of her bird feeders. That was about 30 years ago.

 

[coachg]

Don’t put your winter clothes up yet ! Enjoying this warmer days but old man winter ain’t through yet . We had one of the biggest snows I can remember in April one year .

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Don’t put your winter clothes up yet ! Enjoying this warmer days but old man winter ain’t through yet . We had one of the biggest snows I can remember in April one year .

Is that the Blizzard @Warren Allison is/was talking about?

 

[4hfarms]

I don't think I'll ever get to the point that location differences and 'relativity' fail to astound me. There is nothing wrong with them and everyone is 'correct' in their own world, but the differences are wild. For example, the drifts that were 5 feet deep ant to the top wire on fences posted here. That makes me think of the Blizzard of '78 when drifts were 40' high and to the top of houses in Indiana. It's all relative, but it's fun to contemplate what things are like.

I remember getting a few days off school from the 78 blizzard. I lived in South Chicago back then. Just 10 min from the Indiana border. Grand/ parents lived a few houses from the standard oil tanks.

Gangs, hookers, drug dealers and thieves.
Great place to bring up a family.
No wonder I'm so messed up...lol

 

[Ky hills]

Our ice has almost all melted. Got up to 65* day before yesterday. Tuned a couple cows out yesterday that were close to calving that I’d had up so they wouldn’t calve out on the ice.
Went to check on them yesterday evening, and we’re back to our regularly scheduled version of winter, mud.
Saw a bunch of robins hopping around and flying around yesterday and today.
They are here year round, but generally stay in wooded areas during the winter and come out in the open areas on warmer sunny days.
Some times I’ll see one occasionally throughout the winter months at the edges of woods.
I do think it’s getting closer by seeing that many out in the open.
I can’t hear very well and most of the time can’t hear birds chirping anymore, but I did faintly hear a few chirps of some sort of a bird this morning, it must have been louder and close by.
I’ve also noticed the buds on some trees are starting to form. There’s some green starting to show inside if I break a tip end of tree bud growth. It’ll be a while before they start budding out but maybe within a month to six weeks, there will be some growth starting.
Sometimes fruit tree crops like peaches will be be damaged by a freeze.

 

[Travlr]

I'm surprised the tulips aren't up and the apple trees aren't budding. Days here have been high 40s to 60 or more for weeks.

We got just enough rain last night to wet the ground. It's been a month for any precipitation and that last was very little. Driest winter ever recorded, and not just by a little bit...

 

[coachg]

Our daffodils are blooming

 

[Ouachita]

I'm surprised the tulips aren't up and the apple trees aren't budding. Days here have been high 40s to 60 or more for weeks.

We got just enough rain last night to wet the ground. It's been a month for any precipitation and that last was very little. Driest winter ever recorded, and not just by a little bit...

I hope you get some moisture soon, else you end up like the neighbor scraping whirlwind nubbins from the bottom of a barrel.

 

[Ouachita]

Our daffodils are blooming

When I took my darlins a bag of cubes this evening, a couple of them were cabbaging onto the blooms. Kinda entertaining to watch.

 

[Warren Allison]

Is that the Blizzard @Warren Allison is/was talking about?

No, that one in April was the night before Easter. Dumped a ton of snow---collapsed a clear span metal building at a plant I managed. Of course, by 2PM that day, it had all melted.. like it always does around here. But, the Blizzard of '93"?!!! That was a 5-day hell I never want to see again! Man who had a local store was finally able to get to it that 1st afternnon in his tractor. He had no power at all for anything. He couldn't even run his cash register, He opened it up, and people came by that day and the next 3, and he would let them get what they needed and just write it down. Some were people he didn't even know. The next week ( it got in the 70;s then, he told me that every single person he let get stuff, came by and paid him over the next week or so. Every. Single. One.

 

[Ridgefarmer63]

We have a pretty significant snowpack down right now and we always get hammered in March. I'd guess about 6 more weeks of snow being around. Usually last week in April you can put them out to graze, if you rotate quickly. If you're not into quick moves, wait til May 10th_ish usually works in this area. I do have some pastures available 30 miles southeast from the farm, few miles shy of the ocean. Could probably sneak them in there last week in April.