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News from Up North

December 15th, 2013 · 2 Comments · farming, News from Up North, rural life

What the weather man is calling “a hard-hitting nor’easter” passed through the Albany area last night, dumping a foot or more of snow in some places. Here in Washington County, however, we are situated in what is known as a “snow shadow.” I don’t think we got more than three inches. Still, besides the regular […]

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News from Up North

December 8th, 2013 · No Comments · News from Up North, rural life

We are preparing to get slammed with another blast of snow, sleet, freezing rain. But we are also celebrating the installation of new storm doors as temperatures are forecast to plunge near O degrees Fahrenheit. That’s minus 17.7 degrees Celsius for our European friends. We are stockpiling firewood like mad. Never have we been so […]

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News from Up North

November 24th, 2013 · No Comments · farming, News from Up North, rural life

Brrrrrrrrrrr. The news this week: winter seems to have arrived early. This is what the thermometer outside my office window looked like at 7:30 a.m. the other day and it’s even colder this morning. A wind advisory has been issued for today, with gusts expected up to 50 mph, plunging the wind chill into the […]

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