Too wet to seed 2020

[Sodbuster]

My dad and grandpa used to talk about a winter in the fifties that they could walk over the telephone wires in places. 1973 rings a bell for me, bought our first snowmobile and remember there being a lot of snow that year.

[Guest]

My dad and grandpa used to talk about a winter in the fifties that they could walk over the telephone wires in places. 1973 rings a bell for me, bought our first snowmobile and remember there being a lot of snow that year.

Yes , we got a john deere JDX 6 that year and rode in late august on an early storm
One of the few john deeres we have had
Was a horrible piece of equipment

[Chief]

Beginning of march 1974 we had fluffy snow fall that was well above my knees. Then the wind started to blow. Community plow had to go ahead of the bus on monday to get us to school. Stayed in town till friday and then plowed us home for the weekend. Repeat for the next week and then it warmed up and crusted the snow. Had a twelve to fifteen foot high caragana laneway on the west side of the farm yard that was right full. When the community plow came to open it up the operator would take a run at it and then back up. When he backed up we broke the overhang for him until we were done. Took quite awhile to clear that 150’ laneway. Only winter I remember being able to skidoo over those same caraganas. That was the most snow I have seen in one dump. I believe we were still able to be seeding by may 10.

[LEP]

Yes I remember a winter like that. Department of highways brought in a snowblower from the mountains and blew open a single lane initially in the bad spots and worked over a few days to widen the openings.

Snow was higher than the school bus when we drove through. Like everyone else I don't remember it being a late spring. But there were lots of sloughs and it was a good crop that year.