February 2022

It is the last day of February here and it is still very much winter here. We have snow cover and the low this morning was eleven degrees. I guess the weather dominates this blog cycle. We had another winter storm and this allowed us to deal with more of the wind-scaped trees. All told, […]

I was planning to finish out February with one more blog. Unfortunately that is not how it is turning out. We had another wind event and decided to do more landscaping by wind. Another way to phrase it is: Natural Tree Selection. We are expecting another foot of snow on Friday and we plan to

Valentines Day is a very important holiday around here as it is an excuse to doll up Cybil and prepare a feast for the family. The weather has been typical February around here, we get hints of spring and then get slammed with more winter. The critters and birds definitely think spring is a possibility.

We did a lot of brush cutting over the past two years and some landscaping by wind, losing a pine and a pear tree. We planned to burn the brush last winter but never had the right weather for it. To burn brush in Newmarket during the day, it is required to have snow cover.

It has truly been winter around here and goings on in the yard have been controlled by the weather. We had another Bomb Cyclone, Nor’easter followed by extreme cold followed by another snowstorm and then alternating freezing and thawing. This is the type of winter weather that tends to keep one trapped indoors and isolated.