Was it uphill both ways?I remember too...when we lived in Winter Harbor, Maine...we had to walk past an open bay to get to school and the wind would come whipping across the water....man, was it Cold. We moved there from Hawaii and talking about a rude awakening....that first year it got down to -22° with 20' drifts of snow....that was back in '64....looong before there was anything called windchill or feels like temperature. I'll never forget those days as long as I live, I tell ya.....
Yep it sure was with a valley in between.....Was it uphill both ways?
Nope, and no loaners either!
Maybe not up here, nothing grows in the winter here. Could be a thing to plant at the end of summer though. I know the state is trying to improve water quality (ie less fertilizer runoff from lawns and farms) and some farmers are using winter cover crops to keep the soil down and slow any water movement. Also "no till" bands along waterways and drainage ditches for the same purpose. Get the water to go down into the ground.
The problem up there would be the smothering snow and the frozen ground....it would probably grow there from ground thaw to the heavier snows of winter. It does tolerate some heat, so though ya get a few days of that each year it shouldn't be enough to kill it. I can send ya some if ya wish to give it a try....
Good, i just bought a bag of winter wheat.
No real pastures here. But i can grow some in the garden and down in the picnic area. Plus in the chicken yard and hoop coop area.
