- 6 here this am
 

Well, the plan was to fish till you puke.
Sadly the figurative speech turned into reality.
I got real sick about 8am yesterday. Nothing like trying to set up and fish with the flu in -6 temperatures.
I stuck it out until 3 PM then couldn't take no more vomiting , sweating and shivering.
Spent the rest of day in bed until 8am this morning and packed up for home.
Caught some Lakers but it was one of the toughest days I've experienced.

Huge winds tomorrow so I will probably just rest up in bed and hopefully salvage the vacation on ice Friday-Sunday

Well we got our weekly slop storm yesterday,only 3-4 inches of snow then freezing rain.Got out there and blew off the snow before the rain came,now I'm waiting for the Sun to melt the ice so I can get out of here.Looking at the ten day forecast indicates some mild temps and rain Hope this is the beginning of the end to this winter!

Sun is doing its thing,the ice on my driveway is gone!May hit 50 this afternoon.....yipeeee!

About 4" heavy wet snow at my house overnight.

10 inches at my place, beautiful morning with the snow on everything

thanks lucky

The 10"+ I received from the last two storms melted quite a bit except for today.  No noticeable melt as the driveway surface is bone dry with no run off from the piles of snow lining my paved areas.  Even the gutters and leaders were quiet. 
April can't get here fast enough regardless what it might bring.

With the temps locally in the teens and single digits at night there is no thawing yet,BUT the temps are going up next week so the snow will melt and the mud will arrive!

My next fishing adventure will be in Ohio for Steelhead at the end of March/April.Snow should be gone,but I hope there is not monsoon rain!

Less than 6 in deep woods, bare ground or mud in sunlight areas.
Rain forecasted Sunday , well above freezing all next week.
We are getting closer to garden and farm time. My chicken and hog reserve orders have been placed for April 22nd.
Indoor planting has begun

Its a little early to plant indoors I think. I won't start my stuff for at least a month. We got 1.5  feet from the LE event.  3  plus feet on the ground, my syrup evaporator is buried. Weather starting to get good, but with increased flows fishing ill be tough this spring I think

You may be able to get them outside earlier.  I have found that after a certain time inside the plants tend to get spindly and do not survive as well outside.   Any melon type or creeping plant I don't like over 3 to 4 inches.  And 2 to 3 true leaves (not seed leaves).  Matos's , eggplants and peppers , I start sooner. Cabbage , broccoli cauliflower, head lettuce 10 weeks or about now  I never have good luck with those so I usually buy.  Remember a plant like cucumber needs about 60 days to harvest. Planted today 60 days would get you to mid may. We usually are just starting to plant outside then. Too much growth indoors will not give the plant enough time and sun  to really root off outside before it feels like it has to flower and produce fruit.  It will lead to a weak plat or a plant that has to use its energy to root out to survive and not have enough juice to produce good fruit.
Here is my usual time frame. Melons 4 weeks,  tomatoes, peppers eggplant 7 weeks,   cabbage , broccoli , cauliflower 10 weeks or about now.

I'm ready Jack.
12 degree at 6 am. 36 now and sunny.
Still plenty local ice.
Rain and mud tomorrow

I'm just sick of mud. Don't care what's next.
Gathering firewood with a wheelbarrow was a mess.
Easier to hand carry.
I don't see any droughts ahead