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Didn't know millet made good hay Jim. Learn something new every day if a fella tries. Even up here in the zoo.
That stuff you planned on making hay with have the seed attached or do you cut it before it ripens?
Hope it doesn't go too bad in this storm.
Lit the second fire of the season just a bit ago. Temp down to 38 after a balmy 53 or so today. Harvested some cabbage at dark, everything in the beds is on its own. The greenhouse plants will hopefully be OK.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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Geno, the millet is ready in the soft dough stage. So yes, headed out and good seed formed.
I dont believe that we will get it to that stage!
Yes, hope your farming goes well and the frost does not get them.
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Thanks Jim..............my "farming" = gardening on a minor scale for me this year. Greenhouse has some tomatoes and peppers, both of which I don't expect many ripe ones. Likely, depending on if I don't lose them tonight, I'll be picking everything of any size green tomorrow so I don't lose the whole season.
Between the cold wet spring, last frost on June 16, my knee operation in March and long recovery, the greenhouse blowing over before I had a chance to get anything in it all while I was still hobbling around from the knee work, and my general procrastination this is a mighty poor season.
I'm hoping to get some decent horseradish at least. And taters too.
Time for a hockey game and a nap.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
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Millet (birdseed) is a food staple in the semi-arid parts of Africa and also used to make pitou, or millet beer. Actually not bad.
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Look at the Filson waxed cotton, the heaviest is that ‘Tin cloth’ I think
Flakes started hitting the ground here ( north of the Medicine Line) about 1:30 this afternoon. Cypress Hills area quite a bit earlier
It’s snowing and blowing pretty hard now
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Hopefully get the deer moving through the Okanogan.
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East Glacier MT. Earlier today. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/vmNzkfXx/FB-IMG-1569737558050.jpg)
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4 feet of snow is a big deal.... is it going to warm up soon or will it be with you awhile?
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East Glacier MT. Earlier today. Yah, that'll be a mess! Chit!
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I might head up there on a road trip to see this storm - will all the roads be plowed -i'll be driving my old 2 wheel drive pick-up with bald tires .
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024/2028 !!!!!!!!!!
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Hell, these days, three inches of snow gets called life threatening. West of the Rockies, it's blustery and not a nice day. Snowing pretty hard on the mountains. East of the divide, it's pretty ugly though but when is it not? GD THIS^^^ one of Missoula's news station every single mourning it's the " Severe weather center"
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It's been a yawner so far here. I watched T-storms pounding through all day 20 miles north of me - they got hammered. I got zip. I've recorded a half-inch of rain in 24 hours. Sun not up yet so I can't check for snow on the peaks.
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Less than 1/2” on the ground in The Helena valley. 26 degrees right now with snow coming down. Getting ready to go help my brother pack out the bull he shot last night south of Butte.
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Sam, the military Gen 3 Level 6 ECWS gear would probably work well for you and is tough and affordable. The Gen 4 is the same but fire retardant. Many sources, the real stuff is US made.
Kingston, try an Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero, the Sea Kayakers friend.
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Only .65" of rain out here on the barren tundra and maybe only another 2-3 tenths today. Nice breeze with it though, 38F, glad I didn't have to sleep outside last night.
They were calling for +2"(liquid) so if we can get away with half of that it would be REALLY nice!
Thanks for all the rain gear suggestions. I have various gore-tex, H/H and some other stuff but they all have weakness. Hell, for as a little as it normally rains around here I thought a sure way to get it to stop would be to invest in some new gear...
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I hope all you folks in the path of that storm come out of it as well as you can.
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Got about three inches at the moment.
About the same ammount of snow on the ground too. Jim, If you use your wanger to measure snow depth do you factor in shrinkage due to cold? you hi line boys are tough sob's It all depends if the belly or the wanger hits the snow first. It looks like an upside down turtle impression in the snow. ROFLMAO!
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How Far East did the white stuff go?
I am not in Fairview this weekend, I went to the Devils Lake area.
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40 miles west of Billings has about 1 1/2" of wet snow, still snowing. 32 degrees and just about 20" of moisture for the year. Not too shabby!
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