After the melt survey

Just had the family get together yesterday.  All went well except for poor Katherine not being able to attend due to a bad cold.

Anyway, weather has turned warm after a snowy and cold time last week.  Since Friday, temps have gone up to above 40F and 4 inches of snow melted off.  Strong thunderstorms and heavy rains have helped melt the snow and drench the place.  I snuck out between rain showers this morning to survey the farm.  Here are some pictures:

This is the front garden.  The radishes are still alive!  Amazing!

The big patch.  Radishes are in rough shape where I need them the most!  Oh well. 

Notice the erosion?  This is the big patch, just above the clay region.

More of the clay region in the big patch.  The erosion is more apparent here.

The bad region is very apparent in this picture of the big patch.

The 'pond'.  It's actually the old horse drinking hole.  It's finally got some water in it.

Just below the drinking hole.  Still not up to "stream" status.

Pawpaw patch.  Plenty of water here!

This is the lower end of the pawpaw patch.  Seems to be right over an underground stream.

The upper portion of the pawpaw patch.

The front patch, with the pawpaw patch in the background.

Front patch.  Notice the brussel sprout? (I think its a sprout - some kind of brassica).

Movie of the 'elderberry' stream.  It was dried up for past couple of months!

Here is a movie of the underground streams that form near the pawpaw patch and the apple orchard.

The walipini hole.  Holds water surprisingly well!