A little snow won’t keep sheep from the water trough. They make their own tracks. Like most of the country, the story on the farm this week was the weather. We were luckier than some folks. We only got around six inches of new snow. We would have struggled with the foot or more that […]
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Raising livestock on pasture means lots of walking for me tending the animals. They need to be fed, they need to be watered, they need to be moved from one paddock to another. That can be a problem this time of year when the ground is covered with snow and ice. Especially ice. We get […]
Here’s another sign we’re not in D.C. any more: snow tires. And not just any snow tires. These have metal studs. We had our driveway plowed after the big snow storm passed through here a week ago. Eventually, parts of the driveway were practically ice, and being on a steep incline in spots there was […]
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