[Magdalen] Snowing now

[Grace Cangialosi]

Kate, does that include putting out hay when we have extended periods of deep snow, as we did a few years ago?  I didn't do it then, mostly because I didn't think of it. Of course, we have hay for the horses, but it's not out in the open fields...
Thanks for the information. The deer already enjoy the pasture anyway!

> On Nov 29, 2014, at 6:54 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Deer feeding illegal in Virginia
> 
> http://www.fauquier.com/news/article/deer_feeding_illegal_in_virginia
> 
> 
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
> 
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure it's considered baiting unless you're actually hunting them.
>> I have lots of deer here, but I don't allow hunting on my property,  so if
>> I put out something for them--which I don't--I think I'd be fine.
>> 
>> On November 28, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> We have an apple tree that we don't take care of. The deer like the fruit
>> and we're happy they do. The only problem is that it's a little close to
>> the road. In heavy bearing years, I have been known to gather up the
>> windfalls in a bucket and deposit them at the back of the yard by the track
>> the deer normally follow. I don't suppose this would be construed as
>> "baiting", nor would the placement of a salt block up in the woods, which
>> we did a couple of years back. It's also near their normal trail and I
>> suspect is visited by other critters as well.
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Charles Wohlers <
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> That would be highly illegal in Vermont - and I suspect it might be
>>> illegal in New York also. This is still deer season here (and likely
>> there
>>> too), and baiting game animals like that is a very big no-no.
>>> 
>>> Me, I spray my apple trees with stinky stuff (rotten eggs, garlic, etc.)
>>> to keep the deer away, 'cause otherwise they'd eat the trees. It does
>> work
>>> reasonably well, as we (thankfully) don't see deer all that much. Deer
>> are
>>> indeed beautiful animals but they're also a major pest. I'm very
>> surprised
>>> you can (legally) actually buy stuff for attracting deer.
>>> 
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> looking at the snow gently falling on the 10" already there.
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 1:35 PM
>>> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Snowing now
>>> 
>>> I laid in a bag of "Deers-love-it" and put a good portion of it out
>> today.
>>> We've had some deer and turkeys and the usual squirrels and cet.
>>> 
>>> I had put some stuff out before the storm, but it got covered by snow.
>> The
>>> deer came, knowing something was there, and dug some of it up, but I
>> don't
>>> think they got it all.
>>> 
>>> My sweetie put out some of our produce with "expired sell-by dates" out
>> and
>>> that has also been popular.
>>> 
>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>> better
>>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
>> time
>>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Dorothy Collman <dac7792 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The sun is shining brightly now, with temperature in mid 30’s. I’m about
>>>> 15 minutes NW of I-95, the rain/snow cutoff line in PA for this storm.
>>>> Wednesday afternoon, during a lull in the snow, I decided to clear the
>> ½”
>>>> of slush from in front of my garage. I was afraid that if the
>> temperature
>>>> dropped below freezing during the night I would be faced with ½” of ice
>>>> which I couldn’t have dealt with. I used a plastic snow shovel with a
>>>> crack
>>>> in it from some lifting in a prior year. Rather than doing any lifting,
>> I
>>>> simply pushed the slush to the side of the driveway, and tried to
>> improve
>>>> the runoff point where the mid-driveway puddle drains to one side. After
>>>> clearing what I could, leaving a thin layer of slush, I sprinkled a some
>>>> salt over it. Thursday morning it was mostly dry and quite free of ice.
>>>> 
>>>> - - -
>>>> Dorothy Collman
>>>> Home: DottieAnne at aol.com
>>>> List: dac7792 at gmail.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 27, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Roger Stokes > <
>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> we are not used to significant exercise using upper body strength.  A
>>>> shovel full of snow weighs a fair few pounds.
>>