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Deep frost might not equal early planting.
Ice fishermen need extentions on their augers, city waterlines bursting. Some are saying frost down to 5 feet, it`s going to take some "above normal" temps to get that out. Potential for muddy calving conditions are greater this spring.
Maybe we`ll have a "old fashioned spring" like in the 1970`s, where all the spring rains would end up ponding, making for sweet ice skating and donut-spinning with the chore pickup. but, looking 45 days out on Accuweather, there`s a 50º here and there, but alot of below 20º nights, so nothing will happen before the late Easter this spring.
It`s not to say that we won`t have a ideal growing season, but there`s a higher potential for a late start to planting. As a kid in the 70`s, I moldboard plowed peat in the middle of May and would turn up chunks of frost. I thought "global warming" took care of that but those conditions might be back this spring.
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Re: Deep frost might not equal early planting.
no frost here, but the lakes have record ice accumulations. they may freeze over completely by winters end, a rarity. would i be looking at ice on lakes in april may? maybe. do I usually? no
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The Great Lakes are 88% ice covered, http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/great-lakes-covered-ice-22510794 hardy Wisconsin ice fishermen are giving up.
Some here in NCIA that seeded alflafa late summer and it didn`t get going `til early fall are worried if the new seeding will survive.
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Jen
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Jen: Cheaper and faster to get that fish at Hy Vee
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Re: Deep frost might not equal early planting.
Yep, my wife made a batch for our valentine dinner yesterday.
Planted some red-clover with rye as a cover crop, not sure it will make it, very little snow cover this Winter.
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Jen
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