Am too tired right now to find just what this is.....juniper or cedar..and if that it's fruit/seed or some kind of gall.
Is that Eastern Red Cedar...didn't think it had those spiny leaves?
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.
We used to get cold events every year, but not last five. We have yet to fall below 10 F this winter season. The problem is heat of summer is much more problematic than cold of winter. I am doing long-term vegetation management to protect birds from extremes of heat and cold. Especially the heat. Later today I will post how the cedar branches are being used to protect chickens from weather. It works really well!
As long as you still have the snow, try a plywood sledge. We've used a half sheet of plywood, on occasion. Drill a 2" hole in one end, to hold a rope (or better yet, a winch-strap) handle. We bolted a piece of 2X4 across the top to keep the narrow piece from splitting (learned the hard way, of course!) With a long piece of web strap from the pickup, we could haul pretty much anything we needed across the snow and slush. It didn't work with mud and melt, though ... what a mess!Yeah, dealing with snow is one thing.....snow melt a whole other ball game.
Use a cartI use a hand truck to move feed bags, I could pick them up, but body would pay big time for days, so why do that to myself?
Little Tykes wagons are great, too. They have wide, lightweight wheels and they can hold a lot more than I realized, weight-wise! The problem with them is that you can't find 'em second hand anywhere. Once people get them for their kids, they never resell them ... 'cause they're so handy ... so you have to pay full retail for the buggers.
Try olive oil ... or Dawn dishwashing liquid.
