[Magdalen] Snowing now

Sat Nov 29 15:54:02 UTC 2014

Gotcha, Kate. 

> On 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.
>> 