[Myrddin]

I moved to Pocatello in Dec 2000. Locals tell me the winters have been pretty mild compared to what they recall in the past. There is a story in the Chubbuck city history of a 3 week snow storm that buried 18-wheel trucks near the intersection of Yellowstone Ave & Chubbuck Rd. I was amused to see my neighbor's car turned into a "bump" in the driveway under 6 feet of snow one year.

Getting the hay early is probably a good idea. I hope you have enough heat units to grow as much as you need in time. The local ag reports are not very positive on that account.

I just have a driveway, sidewalk and front step to shovel. Nowhere near what my neighbors face. They NEED gas powered snow blowers.

[Noumenon]

We should be OK. We don’t grow our own, but we’ve contracted for 10 tons at a decent price. For our place, we need and use a tractor. When it got really bad last 07-08, we had to call in a guy with a five-yard loader a few times just to make places to shove more snow.

Shoveled three feet off the barn/stable roof that season.