https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-25 12:28:002020-12-29 12:28:43Proving once again that a hard rain is the best way to get rid of snow. Our 8 inches or so of snow was reduced to zero to 2 inches overnight. Creeks are rising.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-24 12:27:152020-12-29 12:27:48Most Christmas tree growers sold all their trees a while back. Has Covid somehow brought out a longing for the sweet smell of balsam?
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-22 12:24:232020-12-29 12:24:57It seems impolite to mention it, but it’s not inexpensive to keep our fleet of little birdfeeder birds fed.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-21 12:22:502020-12-29 12:23:33Snowshoe hare are packing down their main trails. Single-use paths peel off in what looks to be a random way, but there may be a plan.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-20 14:52:162020-12-21 14:52:59Snowy owls have recently been seen in Vermont. We’ve all heard that they leave their arctic home when food there is scarce but another reason for these erratic irruptions might instead be that they occur following an unusually successful breeding season – successful because of an abundance of prey.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-19 14:51:202020-12-21 14:51:56About one in a thousand ash trees is able to kill some emerald ash borer larvae and forest geneticists have crossed these rare trees with each other in the hope of finding an ash tree that can kill all the larvae.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-18 14:50:272020-12-21 14:51:02Some like it cold, including winter crane flies. Well, not too cold, but if it’s above freezing male winter crane flies form loose, bouncy swarms. Females fly up from the ground to choose a mate and then they lay eggs on the forest floor. Craneflies are easy to see against the surface of the snow or when they perch on windowpanes.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/12-17-snow-rotated.jpg577433Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-17 18:24:522020-12-17 18:24:52As of 11 a.m. this morning, the storm has dumped 26 inches of snow in Dorset.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-16 18:26:452020-12-17 18:27:26Now that the ground has really frozen, some of us can cross a few jobs that we didn’t quite get to off the list.
https://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.png00Dave Mance IIIhttps://vermontalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/VTALMANAC_LOGO_STACK_TAG-300x150.pngDave Mance III2020-12-15 18:25:362020-12-29 12:26:39Beginning in 1995, there’s been a ban on spreading manure in Vermont from today till April 1.