[Magdalen] Snowing now

[Jay Weigel]

It may be illegal to *feed* them, but I don't consider moving the apples to
a place where they won't be in such danger while eating them actually
"feeding" since they'd eat them anyway. It's a safety measure for both them
and the motorists. I also dump occasional past-date fruit and veggie scraps
over the edge of the ravine way out back for the groundhog who lives back
there and whatever raccoons and possums might pass by. The other day when I
picked over the cranberries for the cake, I saved out the ones that didn't
pass muster and threw them out in the snow for birds and squirrels.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Grace, it sounds as if in Virginia the overall rule is "Don't feed the
> deer!".
>
> Of course, I've never been tempted to feed any wild animals up here in West
> Virginia and don't understand why
>  anyone even wants to.  (Oh, one exception: bird feeder).
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> 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.
> > >>
> >
>