Well so far, I've had 10.5 inches of snow from the most recent storm, another 4-7 still to come. May I remind everyone that this is a good to gather free rain water!
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I do hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year holiday.
The best Christmas present this year:
Real Wild rice. My Brother-in-law harvested it, each from disparate lakes and a river. Each is slightly different because of the disjunct populations. In retirement, he now works by request, for the 1854 Treaty Authority, a Native American organization that tries to ensure that the government is living up to their part of the agreement.
FYI, at least in Minnesota where most of the uncultivated Wild rice comes from in the U.S., the Wild rice harvest in Indian country was pretty much called off due to the long deep drought. There was a bumper crop of rice overall, but lake levels were so low that it could not be accessed.
