I haven't posted pics of this winter's snows because most of them have been overnight and ended in ice/sleet. Even when I know that we have gotten 8" of snow, by the time it is light enough to take pictures, it has all been packed down into a condensed icy mass. Makes for hard snow blowing and shoveling and I've spent plenty of time during warm spells beating the ice of the asphalt driveway and ramp to the back door. The drive to the tent garage and all the paths have just built up to several inches of ice which I've sanded (or used ash from the pellet stoves) on a regular basis.
Sunday night into Monday morning we had another storm dumping 7.5" of snow. I worked from home that day specifically so I would have the chance to get it all snow blown before the temps raced up to near 40 that afternoon. That is the last day that we have been over the freezing point this week as March has decided to be more like early February with negative numbers for lows, and teens as highs.
This winter hasn't been particularly snowy, and we had a lot of days in January and February where we got some good meltage, but even so, some of those piles of snow still have remnants from snow we got in October.
I'm assuming that your soil is acidic enough to neutralize the wood ashes. (Do you have any plants that like alkaline soil?)
Your purchase of the snow blower has proven out, hasn't it?
I don't love really cold weather as much as once I did, but it beats really hot weather - as long as it doesn't last all year - lol.
Posted by: Cop Car | March 08, 2019 at 12:12 PM
Very acidic soil here in NH, which is why blueberries do well along with azaleas, hydrangeas, rhodies etc.
Posted by: bogie | March 09, 2019 at 06:46 AM