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Post by badgerfowl on Feb 21, 2021 12:23:43 GMT -6
For me it’s when the farmers spread manure. I love walking outside on a spring morning and smelling that. It smells like victory. Smells like shit to me.
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Feb 21, 2021 12:35:06 GMT -6
Post by Catscratch on Feb 21, 2021 12:35:06 GMT -6
For me it’s when the farmers spread manure. I love walking outside on a spring morning and smelling that. It smells like victory. Was driving though Oregon one summer and went by several fields spraying this green slurry stuff. Smelled awful! I'm guessing it's the same stuff you like.
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 21, 2021 12:35:15 GMT -6
For me it’s when the farmers spread manure. I love walking outside on a spring morning and smelling that. It smells like victory. Smells like shit to me. It’s never bothered me because I know that spring is here when that happens. Got to take the good with the bad.
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Spring?
Feb 21, 2021 12:41:13 GMT -6
Post by chummer16 on Feb 21, 2021 12:41:13 GMT -6
The mating calls of blue jays, cardinals, and chickadees give me hope. It has started. I have been watching two sparrows playing grab ass all morning. Couple days ago my pair of cardinals from last year were checking out their nesting tree. Seems early to me, still 3 months of winter.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 21, 2021 14:16:23 GMT -6
For me it’s when the farmers spread manure. I love walking outside on a spring morning and smelling that. It smells like victory. My neighbor brought two loads on my outback foodplot within the last few days. That back field is hard to get into in the spring, so he hauled it now.
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Spring?
Feb 21, 2021 14:52:04 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Feb 21, 2021 14:52:04 GMT -6
I'm guessing that I'll see the big slurry pit hoses strung out for a few miles soon. Seems they start spraying slurry shit sometime around the end of February. Pretty interesting operation to see how they do it.
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Spring?
Feb 21, 2021 15:19:44 GMT -6
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Post by badgerfowl on Feb 21, 2021 15:19:44 GMT -6
I'm guessing that I'll see the big slurry pit hoses strung out for a few miles soon. Seems they start spraying slurry shit sometime around the end of February. Pretty interesting operation to see how they do it. That wouldn’t be done in Wisconsin at this time. Big no no spreading on frozen ground (for CAFO’s). Which are typically the ones using the big drag hoses. At least around here. Perhaps Minnesota is different. Been awhile since I’ve done a project in Minnesota.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 21, 2021 15:49:29 GMT -6
I'm guessing that I'll see the big slurry pit hoses strung out for a few miles soon. Seems they start spraying slurry shit sometime around the end of February. Pretty interesting operation to see how they do it. That wouldn’t be done in Wisconsin at this time. Big no no spreading on frozen ground (for CAFO’s). Which are typically the ones using the big drag hoses. At least around here. Perhaps Minnesota is different. Been awhile since I’ve done a project in Minnesota. Most inject Pit manure here. My neighbor was cleaning out young stock pens, so I got bedding/ manure.
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Feb 25, 2021 16:13:51 GMT -6
Post by Sandbur on Feb 25, 2021 16:13:51 GMT -6
The pond and ditch running through it have not opened up yet. I planted those spruce trees on the ditch banks years ago. My neighbor did see a nice buck leave a bed under one of those spruce when he was cutting meadow hay on his side of the fence.
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Post by biglakebass on Feb 25, 2021 21:06:25 GMT -6
Saw the first robin today.
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Post by Catscratch on Mar 14, 2021 17:05:32 GMT -6
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Post by badgerfowl on Mar 14, 2021 17:37:54 GMT -6
It’s going to be awhile before we see any blooms.
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Spring?
Mar 14, 2021 17:58:38 GMT -6
Post by nhmountains on Mar 14, 2021 17:58:38 GMT -6
A sign of official spring here is the sound of peepers. Last year that was April 4 , 4/19 in 2019, 4/23 in 2018, 4/20 in 2017, 3/27 in 2016. I think we’ve got a ways to go.
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Post by Reagan on Mar 20, 2021 17:54:33 GMT -6
Popping up all over the neighborhood
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 21, 2021 2:02:21 GMT -6
I saw my first robin on Friday morning and a flock of Canadian geese headed north on the Connecticut River on Friday afternoon. There was still 3” of snow on most of my foodplots yesterday. I spoke to the maple syrup guy yesterday. They’ve made 90 gallons of syrup so far. They’ll boil down another 4000 gallons of sap today which will give them another 100 gallons of syrup. We’re forecasted to have 50s to 60s for highs through Friday but, back down to 40s and 20s for lows the following week so he thinks they’ll be boiling for a couple more weeks. They just need the nighttime temps to get below freezing.
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