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Thawing Kame
Mud season comes to the Fonthill Kame.
The last of February's snow lies on the north side of the Fonthill Kame. One more week of above freezing temperatures should see it all melt away. What remains will be mud, and lots of it!
The Fonthill Kame is a 75 metre (250 feet) high hill in central Niagara. It is a glacial moraine formed by the receding glaciers approximately 13,000 years ago. The shelter that the kame provides from southwest winds results in the slopes being an ideal growing area for tender fruit. Apple, peach and cherry orchards can be send in many areas on the kame.
This apple orchard will emerge from the mud once again this autumn, full of colour and a harvest that produces some of the finest apple cider in the area. Until then, perhaps one should embrace mud season. The Pelham Mudfest (pelhammudfest.ca/) is just a few weeks and a few blocks away.
When the world gives you mud...
Thawing Kame
Mud season comes to the Fonthill Kame.
The last of February's snow lies on the north side of the Fonthill Kame. One more week of above freezing temperatures should see it all melt away. What remains will be mud, and lots of it!
The Fonthill Kame is a 75 metre (250 feet) high hill in central Niagara. It is a glacial moraine formed by the receding glaciers approximately 13,000 years ago. The shelter that the kame provides from southwest winds results in the slopes being an ideal growing area for tender fruit. Apple, peach and cherry orchards can be send in many areas on the kame.
This apple orchard will emerge from the mud once again this autumn, full of colour and a harvest that produces some of the finest apple cider in the area. Until then, perhaps one should embrace mud season. The Pelham Mudfest (pelhammudfest.ca/) is just a few weeks and a few blocks away.
When the world gives you mud...