Spring is good but there are some dislikes, kinda like Jeff dislikes snakes.
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Like Poison Ivy.
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Fire Ants.
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And little Sweetgum trees.
for us, copperheads, rattlesnakes, scorpions, tarantulas, poison ivy, oak, sumac, ticks (we have had a bunch already)
the pros out way it though. turkey season, mushrooms, mulberries.
Mud. I hates mud
-Cops, giving out free speeding tickets 8)
-Running over poor snakes in my driveway.
-Birds crashing into windows
-Gas and food prices go up.
-All the tourist come here!
What are fire ants? and what harm do they do?
Quote from: DonT on April 12, 2014, 11:07:53 PM
What are fire ants? and what harm do they do?
They are ants sent to the south from the devil ;) they will cover your feet up if you accidentally stir up the mound. Then they will all bite your feet, seemingly all at once. Some of the mounds can be a few feet tall and have tens of thousands of ants. I'm sure we can send some up north so y'all won't miss out on the fun of fire ants. In nc if you use equipment in a county containing fire ants, then you're supposed to wash it before moving it to a non fire ant county.
After the snow melts realizing how often the dog has done his business near the door in the backyard/drive. :-\ (I'll hold off on the pics.) :)
Oak pollen. I guess we kind of need it but it sure messes up my sinuses.
Caveman
Here, I guess the biggest culprit is MUD!
Black flies.
At least you have a chance of seeing and avoiding fire ants.... black flies hunt you down and sneak into your ears. Bite your eyelids.... I end up looking like I've lost a boxing match ::)
i have no spring dislikes, anything after winter is a blessing :)
Seems like it does not last as long as it use to,
I'm thankful the temperatures have warmed up, but the allergies are starting to kick in :(
No need to send the fire ants poured some diesel on the mound let it soak in set it on fire dug it up with pitch fork took a few days but I got em 8) 8)
And if you have hundreds of mounds? Then what??
I don't know much about them fire ants. Saw a program and there were 1000's of them things floating down stream. Looked like a moving mound.
I try to keep the poison ivy stuff off my land. I am always fighting it at the edge of my woods.I got rid of it on a stone wall. Sprayed the vegetation killer right to it about 3 years steady. Ground was barren for 3 years. It it was green,it got sprayed. Did not bother to look what it was.
Them black flies are a bothersome critter. I have company and most are from a town or just don't go outside much and they have a fit as soon as they get out of thier cars.
QuoteSaw a program and there were 1000's of them things floating down stream. Looked like a moving mound.
Yes, high water will flood them out of their nest and they climb up whatever is nearby. As the water rises further, the ball of fire ants floats and bobs along with the water current. It would be very unfortunate to tangle with an ant ball.
A friend of ours' wife died from multiple ant stings and not from an ant ball. They got into the house and covered her while she was in her bed.
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Today's wind filled our drive way with White Oak pollen pods.
Fire ants are also rough on native wildlife, quail and other ground nesting birds get killed by fire ants pretty often. Here in western nc the biting flies aren't horrible, but eastern nc has yellow flies, horse flies and mosquitoes the size of a plane. The yellow flies will cover your truck and wait for you to open the door.
The worst part of spring is that it means we are just one step closer to summer, and I hate the humidity of the summer months. Winter can't come around quick enough.
I dislike fire season. I hate it when a forest fire burns up 20,000 or more acres of forest land along with any homes and buildings in it's path.
I also dislike high winds (especially during fire season). We sometimes get winds between 60 and 80 mph. with higher gusts this time of year.
We don't have any poisonous snakes at 8600' elevation, but that sometimes makes one lax in observance when working at the lower levels.
Deer flies.
Ground hornets.
I guess that's about it.
My only early spring dislike is the mud. However, it's just a warning that the black flies and mosquitoes are coming. And about the time they disappear, we'll have to worry about wild fires.
The black bears aren't out yet -- they had a great fall and are well fed. They'll come out, look at the snow, and head back to bed for a couple of weeks. I don't have a problem with them in any case. We have an understanding -- they stay out of my territory and I don't throw stuff at them ;D.
Typically as a farmer I like to see mud this time of year (I only farm dryland) but my big dislike right now is the 3' snow drifts in my driveway, this is the middle of April, didn't push hardly any snow all winter here and now when it should be 65* I have to push snow :D.