Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Snowing here . Cold will probably kill the fruit blossoms here . Plum , Peach and pear in bloom here . Apple ready to break bud .

 

[duluthralphie]

Snowing here . Cold will probably kill the fruit blossoms here . Plum , Peach and pear in bloom here . Apple ready to break bud .

Sunny here but still cold.

I might go into my hive today. I need to go either today or tomorrow. If today looks good I will try to find brood.

 

[duluthralphie]

It’s snowing now....

 

[Cebarmlds]

Cold here, it snowed for a bit.

Had a fox attack this morning, ... lost one. One of the few layers.

 

[ebrockman]

Dusting of snow overnight and 10+ degrees below normal high for the last several days. I sure am glad for the global warming, as I hate to think what conditions would be without it!
Ralphie, with these conditions the maple sap collection must be ongoing?

 

[duluthralphie]

Dusting of snow overnight and 10+ degrees below normal high for the last several days. I sure am glad for the global warming, as I hate to think what conditions would be without it!
Ralphie, with these conditions the maple sap collection must be ongoing?

I think it is flowing, but with the budding the sap is worthless.

The birch are running hard right now.

 

[duluthralphie]

Raining now, which is good. It might clean the air.

I have been having a hard time because of all the particles in the air from the last northern metals fire.

I might move my electric fence back around my bees. I need a little more maneuvering room between the orchard and the shed.

 

[Dsonneshein]

Welcome to the thread Southie,

However, you should know you are answering posts that are 6 years old.

What kind of chickens are you looking to get?

We got Sapphire Olive Eggers, Olive Eggers, Welsummers, Columbian Wyandots, and Easter Eggers . We believe we have 8 hens out of the 15 . Sadly, no roosters allowed in our small town limits.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . Rain off and on here . Put squash and cucumber seeds to germinate . Have to do it indoors as something eats my seeds in the garden . Ralphie have you been fishing ?

 

[duluthralphie]

Morning . Rain off and on here . Put squash and cucumber seeds to germinate . Have to do it indoors as something eats my seeds in the garden . Ralphie have you been fishing ?

I haven’t been fishing. I have so busy trying to keep up on the spring chores. And the snow is kind of a put off to fishing.

My monkey ass are not out of the ground yet. I have Ailsa Craig onions about an inch tall though.

Peppers are not up either. The way this year is going my timing is correct, it will be June first before I can get in the garden. I normally plant in mid May but then I fight frost. I want to avoid the frost this year.