First Real Snow Event in Five Years for Central Missouri

[aart]

As long as you still have the snow, try a plywood sledge.

I don't need a sledge, path from garage to coop is kept clear of snow.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Is that Eastern Red Cedar...didn't think it had those spiny leaves?

It looks more like juniper than cedar. And 12F would seem balmy to me right now. Struggling to stay above 0F.

Eastern Red Cedar is a actually in the juniper family... and it grows in many shapes and forms. I have 'Grey Owl Juniper' shrubs in my front yard that are green/gray and grow to about 3 ft tall and 6 ft wide... and they are the same species (but different cultivar) as the 40 ft tall 'wild' eastern red cedar that grows there too.

The needles on that tree are more prickly than they are on the shrubs as well, but this seems to vary quite a bit in wild cedars, with the needles on small sprouting cedars being even more sharp a lot of the time.

A co-worker and I have both noticed the cedar growing here is markedly different from that growing a hundred or so miles to the east. Growth form is what I have picked up on.

I notice this too, particularly along I-44 near St. Robert where the 'wild' cedars along the road are all very narrow and upright in form, so much so that they really stand out to me. I suspect they might be the result of birds spreading seeds from some cultivar or another that are found in towns and subdivisions.

 

[MROO]

I don't need a sledge, path from garage to coop is kept clear of snow.

Then maybe you need a teenager ... I can rent you a few bored ones, at the moment. Mine aren't video gamers, so this unseasonable cold snap (single digits) in Maryland is driving them - and ME - NUTS!

 

[aart]

Then maybe you need a teenager

You must not have read my posts carefully...I use a hand truck to move feeds bags.

 

[aart]

Eastern Red Cedar is a actually in the juniper family... and it grows in many shapes and forms. I have 'Grey Owl Juniper' shrubs in my front yard that are green/gray and grow to about 3 ft tall and 6 ft wide... and they are the same species (but different cultivar) as the 40 ft tall 'wild' eastern red cedar that grows there too.

The needles on that tree are more prickly than they are on the shrubs as well, but this seems to vary quite a bit in wild cedars, with the needles on small sprouting cedars being even more sharp a lot of the time.

Thank you.
Had some prickly cedar here, 3x taller than wide, was near an apple tree and had those huge apple/cedar galls that looked like aliens...will have to look for old pics.

 

[centrarchid]

Thank you.
Had some prickly cedar here, 3x taller than wide, was near an apple tree and had those huge apple/cedar galls that looked like aliens...will have to look for old pics.

I see the gall as well, and some of these little nasties may eventually become the same.

 

[aart]

Ahh, not as prickly as I recalled.....maybe it's 'offspring' or another cultivar was the prickly stuff.

 

[Kris5902]

You must not have read my posts carefully...I use a hand truck to move feeds bags.

I think @MROO meant for the shoveling! If you’re really looking to get rid of them... I can offer a lovely temperate Canadian camping experience from the last week of June until the Second week of July... as long as they don’t get Hayfever! (Usual time for Haying and I’m getting too old for lifting!)

 

[aart]

I think @MROO meant for the shoveling!

That could be, if so I apologize...but I'd rather shovel 24/7 than deal with teenagers in my house

 

[MROO]

I think @MROO meant for the shoveling! If you’re really looking to get rid of them... I can offer a lovely temperate Canadian camping experience from the last week of June until the Second week of July... as long as they don’t get Hayfever! (Usual time for Haying and I’m getting too old for lifting!)

Yup! And I appreciate the offer, but that's haying season around here, too ... and "Favorite Aunt" is a dairy farmer, so guess where they'll be?