How deep?

I've spent the last two days plowing and shoveling. It's not that much snow until you look at the length of the driveway. The deck gets all the snow from the roof as well so that's a bit of a workout. In the winter of 96-97 we had so much snow the sagebrush was completely covered.

We can only hope for that kind of winter again. Snow means moisture and water is life out here in the West. It takes 10" of snow to equal an inch of water on average. The soil is hard clay and only slow melting snow can seep into the earth. That makes it great for growing things like potatoes and root vegetables which drink up the wet clay slowly. We're lucky to have 15" of water a year.