[Magdalen] Snowing now

[Christopher Hart]

Would someone please change the title of this thread? Every time it pops
back up in my inbox I think there's more bad weather on the way.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >>
>



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