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Entries Tagged as 'winter'

Another Foot of Snow?

February 9th, 2015 · No Comments · farming

We had our 850-foot-long driveway plowed yesterday for the third time this season and we’ll probably be having it done again this afternoon to deal with the snow system that’s been parked over us since Saturday. Forecasters are calling for a foot of snow or more from this particular storm–a few inches each day–which starts […]

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Rejoice! New Hydrant

February 4th, 2015 · No Comments · farming

If anything could possibly be more tiresome than trudging through two feet of snow to feed the animals it might be having to fill buckets of water in the kitchen and trudge through those same two feet of snow to deliver water. But that’s exactly what we were forced to do last year when the […]

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Snow? What Snow?

February 3rd, 2015 · No Comments · Weather

Even covered with snow and with 10 inches of new snow on the ground our animals don’t miss a beat. As you can see, the sheep carry a heavy layer of wool insulation around with them. But even the “hair” sheep–the Dorpers–show no ill effects from the latest blast of winter and maintain a fine […]

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