First Snowfall of the Season at My American Home!

[Meengla]

I went to buy halal food at Greenville on Sunday, took the wrong turn at Haywood mall and got my car Stuck in the snow for 3 hours... thank god some white guy and his wife saw me and my wife struggling with our car and they help us, if not we would have ended up calling 911. Just in case anyone wondering I have a 2015 infinity Q50 Hybrid, that rear wheel drive has no traction in snow at all.

Wow! Some Good Samaritans saved you!

Very nice. I have been contemplating on the same approach, only hindered by my wife's fear of living isolated. Thanks for sharing.
By the way, have you considered Starlink for Internet access?

Country living is not for everyone. A small part of me misses the city life but that's only a small part.
Our internet situation has been much improved since a cell tower was placed nearby--now getting fairly decent internet since last about 2 years. But it is still behind what cable and fiber would do. We are luckier than some of our friends who can't even get the cell signal and satellite is too expensive / slow for them.

 

[ghazi52]

In New Jersey......
2 inches...

 

[Wood]

Digging our home out of snow was a terrible chore yesterday!

 

[ghazi52]

Family member house in South Carolina. Recent snow storm there....

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Country living is not for everyone. A small part of me misses the city life but that's only a small part.

Well you are at a bit of an extreme. My limit was I can't have a heart attack and fall in the driveway shoveling and be so remote that nobody even notices. So I'm well within sight of my neighbors.

 

[nang2]

Family member house in South Carolina. Recent snow storm there....

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Oh boy! Didn't know South Carolina even had snow. Isn't this state just one state (Georgia) away from Florida?

Well you are at a bit of an extreme. My limit was I can't have a heart attack and fall in the driveway and be so remote that nobody even notices. So I'm well within sight of my neighbors.

You are talking about living alone, not living countryside.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

You are talking about living alone, not living countryside.

The wife could be at work/shopping/at grandMa's

 

[RealNapster]

Your American home is so lucky..

 

[nang2]

The wife could be at work/shopping/at grandMa's

A case for polygamy?

 

[Meengla]

Digging our home out of snow was a terrible chore yesterday!

Well you are at a bit of an extreme. My limit was I can't have a heart attack and fall in the driveway shoveling and be so remote that nobody even notices. So I'm well within sight of my neighbors.

You guys literally shovel snow or some machine? My house is still surrounded by snow/ice. About 80% of the property is thickly wooded and so not much sun shines to melt the snow for days. Wife had to take off Monday and today she went to work at 9:30 AM. She had to park her car near the street because the loooooong driveway is very shaded and iced over. The street outside our house is very treacherous/icy for a mile before some more major road starts. Nobody here ever puts salt/sand to help the roads--low priority. I was tense all this morning until she reached office.

 

[Wood]

You guys literally shovel snow or some machine? My house is still surrounded by snow/ice. About 80% of the property is thickly wooded and so not much sun shines to melt the snow for days. Wife had to take off Monday and today she went to work at 9:30 AM. She had to park her car near the street because the loooooong driveway is very shaded and iced over. The street outside our house is very treacherous/icy for a mile before some more major road starts. Nobody here ever puts salt/sand to help the roads--low priority. I was tense all this morning until she reached office.

I have a snow machine. But I still had to use a shovel in hard to reach places. Over all, it took me a over a couple of hours.

 

[Meengla]

As I said, the driveway is still frozen and some places have the dangerous black ice. You can see some fruit trees on the left of the driveway. We have pears, peaches, apricots, apples, plums, nectarines and even some Cold Hardy Russian Pomegranate bushes; but most fruit is eaten by critters every year. The fruit trees are only good to see the seasonal changes in our case. Also there are wild blackberries and wild pecan trees. There are also two prolific muscadine wines but again fruit is eaten by critters. I hear that unless there is traffic around or monitoring of the fruit trees, critters eat fruit just as fruit is ripening. That's certainly the case for us.

An advantage of living on some acreage is that if a tree has to be cut because of a dying tree or for some other reasons then they can be cut and let the fallen tree stay on the ground. That not only saves cost of hauling them away but also provides firewood in case needed; there is virtually unlimited supply of good firewood around me. The fallen tree also becomes home for new critters, though it is always very sad for me to cut any tree--and for that I have been criticized for years by some because they say trees are a danger near a house because of their roots damaging the house and the septic system and because of tornadoes toppling them over the house.

 

[nang2]

As I said, the driveway is still frozen and some places have the dangerous black ice. You can see some fruit trees on the left of the driveway. We have pears, peaches, apricots, apples, plums, nectarines and even some Cold Hardy Russian Pomegranate bushes; but most fruit is eaten by critters every year. The fruit trees are only good to see the seasonal changes in our case. Also there are wild blackberries and wild pecan trees. There are also two prolific muscadine wines but again fruit is eaten by critters. I hear that unless there is traffic around or monitoring of the fruit trees, critters eat fruit just as fruit is ripening. That's certainly the case for us.

An advantage of living on some acreage is that if a tree has to be cut because of a dying tree or for some other reasons then they can be cut and let the fallen tree stay on the ground. That not only saves cost of hauling them away but also provides firewood in case needed; there is virtually unlimited supply of good firewood around me. The fallen tree also becomes home for new critters, though it is always very sad for me to cut any tree--and for that I have been criticized for years by some because they say trees are a danger near a house because of their roots damaging the house and the septic system and because of tornadoes toppling them over the house.



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Just like my grape vines in the backyard. I pruned them every year to produce good yield. All are eaten by raccoons that religiously come to my backyard every year around the time when it begins to ripe. They are less picky than I am and still enjoy unripe grapes. In the end, I get nothing left every year.

 

[SQ8]

The carolina’s are still my preferred spot but the mrs hated the humidity so have to settle for the mountains. At least snow doesn’t stick around here like the menace it is to the northern states.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

You guys literally shovel snow or some machine? My house is still surrounded by snow/ice. About 80% of the property is thickly wooded and so not much sun shines to melt the snow for days. Wife had to take off Monday and today she went to work at 9:30 AM. She had to park her car near the street because the loooooong driveway is very shaded and iced over. The street outside our house is very treacherous/icy for a mile before some more major road starts. Nobody here ever puts salt/sand to help the roads--low priority. I was tense all this morning until she reached office.

The wife actually shoveled last time as I was away.

I specifically told the kids to keep an eye on her.

But my old snowblower has seen better days with me being lazy about draining the gasoline and tuneups. Solved the lawnmower issue by getting a battery operated one (which rocks BTW) and I kind of look at the gas snowblower with contempt.

May have to get a battery operated one too.