Maybe so? Farmers Almanac says it will be an average winter. That's what they said last year; however, the snowfall was below average which put us in drought conditions. The winter before, it was way above average and the creek flooded, coming out of its banks big time. We placed some sandbags along the bank edge close to the house. It was a nerve wracking few days. You could hear the boulders rolling down the creek and the thought occurred to me that if it came up much more, those boulders would crash into the side of the house. This was a very rare occurrence.
This morning, I found several more stashes, right at the bottom edge of the bank of the creek, just barely above the water. That bank is a very steep, almost straight down, five foot drop slope. I managed to hang onto a few small trees to get down there with a small rake and drag them out where they were immediately swept away downstream. This evening, I see they have already started refilling those two spots. *shaking head* Maybe I should head to town (45 miles away) and get a pellet rifle? I don't want to kill them, I just want them to get farther away from the house so the dog doesn't bark so much.
