Post by fernwood on Feb 28, 2018 6:15:02 GMT -5
Here are some photos of my back yard and field.
We had a lot of rain lately and the ground is still frozen. As of yesterday, the upper 2" or so had thawed, as it was in the 50's here.
I looked at this s a rock exposure occurrence. Note the slope of the field. We are due to get more rain tomorrow, which will wash away the thawed, top layer of soil, exposing more rocks. Maybe even washing some closer to the house. All depends on hard it rains and how fast the gullies are running. There is currently flowing water from West to East, as shown, in addition to the melting snow running from North to South.
Either way, this is s good thing for rock hunting. But, I am concerned for my apple trees. I have never had water completely over their trunks before. There is more winter to come here, so the trunks will be totally encased in ice.
I estimate that the "lake" is about 8" to 10" deep at most, not counting the 3" to 4" of ice under it.
Looking West:
Looking East:
Current:
We had a lot of rain lately and the ground is still frozen. As of yesterday, the upper 2" or so had thawed, as it was in the 50's here.
I looked at this s a rock exposure occurrence. Note the slope of the field. We are due to get more rain tomorrow, which will wash away the thawed, top layer of soil, exposing more rocks. Maybe even washing some closer to the house. All depends on hard it rains and how fast the gullies are running. There is currently flowing water from West to East, as shown, in addition to the melting snow running from North to South.
Either way, this is s good thing for rock hunting. But, I am concerned for my apple trees. I have never had water completely over their trunks before. There is more winter to come here, so the trunks will be totally encased in ice.
I estimate that the "lake" is about 8" to 10" deep at most, not counting the 3" to 4" of ice under it.
Looking West:
Looking East:
Current:
