Good morning, 

I apologize for not submitting more of these reports than I do. 

We have had considerably more runoff and rain this year. In fact, this is the most we have experienced in the seven years since we moved here. I am hearing many of the same comments from local Mainers, and others who have lived here far more years than we have. Case in point: firewood is a invaluable material in this state and continues to be, and woodsman make most of their years' income between fall and winter. We called multiple woodsmen across the state looking for anyone who could deliver a truckload of logs to our home. We are still waiting for ours. 

The run off and heavy precipitation has made the roads so muddy, they cannot get their logging trucks into the forests to cut down their trees to deliver to those who've ordered a truckload, which amounts at best to about ten cord of firewood once cut, split, and stacked. One can order more or less depending on their needs and the current prices. To make things more interesting, it is 51 degrees Fahrenheit and rising as of now. The ground on our property continues to be saturated, and our daytime temperatures remain overall warmer during the past 4 years. That appears to be becoming a trend now. 

Last winter was so cold we lost a whole hive of our bees. Beekeepers across Maine all reported multiple hive deaths last winter in their bee yards as well. It's been a big deal out here. 

Having said all of that, we are still using our wood stoves to heat our home during the evenings as temperatures keep dropping to unseasonable lows. We have had several small dustings of snow since our last heavy snowfall. Spring has finally bloomed across the state. As always, I will try to post these to you more often than I do. I know...I'm bad at this.

Cheers-

David