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Entries Tagged as 'winter'

The Day After

February 7th, 2014 · No Comments · farming

The storm that rumbled through here Wednesday dumped nine inches of fresh snow on our farm, the most this season so far. How can I tell? Well, when I drove the pickup down the driveway to make some tracks the oil pan left a groove in the middle. That was a first. Even with four-wheel […]

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Illumination

February 6th, 2014 · No Comments · rural life

We recently finished installing electricity to the tool shed where we keep our livestock feed. This is what it looked like with snow blowing last night.

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Drat! Hydrant Froze

February 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · farming

Last year we went to some lengths to have water and electric service installed in three strategic locations on our farm property, mainly to make sure we had easy access to water for the livestock–especially in winter. We really wantws to avoid having to haul water from the kitchen sink in the dead of winter. […]

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