Category: Farming
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waiting for tima’s call to breakfast
This morning it is -6F (minus 21C) and still. The sun has come up into a clear brittle slit-eyed sky. Once again we will leave the animals unbothered for a wee while yet as it is mean to get them up out of their warm beds and into these frigid temperatures until they are ready.…
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deep cold but the pigs don’t care
We are in deep cold. Our HIGH today will be minus 5 celcius. However it is sunny, with no wind so far. The wind might come up later but so far so good. We can do ok in the cold but wind and cold is just miserable. Tonight will be minus 13 celcius. It looks…
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tea towels below freezing
Even when it is cold. Very cold. We still hang washing on the clothesline to dry. Sometimes the garments freeze solid! But eventually they dry!! If it is snowing we hang the laundry on racks inside. Our clothes last twice as long plus it uses no energy to dry them. This is not a choice.…
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All Bark and No Bite
It was a wild looking storm yesterday with significant winds and quite the chill but after a few hours, the temperature rose again, it eased off and the farm was left a gray sloppy mess. I still love snow though! If you would like to watch the snow falling go HERE. I loaded one of…
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Bleak.
That is the only word I have for the news this morning. Bleak. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. This feels very true this morning, too. I get that we cannot possibly all agree. Politics is super charged with emotion here. Dangerous territory. I know. I keep taking my hands off the keyboard to…
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