My salad was superdeluxe today because of beets given in friendship. You know who you are - thank you VERY much. I think I'll be able to make it now.
I needed some extra sustenance because oh baby, its COLD out there. We've had extreme windchill warnings since yesterday. This was the first day that all the water buckets were frozen solid. Now that is cold.
When we went out for chores this morning we had to bust all of the ice out of the buckets. I had a pile of ice when I was done.
No one was outside today - there was no sense in letting any of the barnyard animals out. The dogs only got to go out for a few minutes at a time. So far so good. The only ones we are kind of worried about were the barncats and they are the toughest of the lot! Even so we set up a warm spot for them. We hung a heat lamp safely above the chair where they have been sleeping in the garage. I don't think they moved the whole day.
This cold weather reminds me about some tips for extreme cold weather livestock care. This post is from a couple years ago and this is how we manage.
Happy Wednesday everyone! Are you keeping warm? Did you have to bust all the ice out of your buckets today?
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wow that is cold. do you have a wood stove inside to keep you warm? I can't remember reading about it....
Sadly, we have been replacing frozen water buckets 2-3 times a day this week - brrr!
hi Liz! yep i'm by the wood fire right now. it really makes a difference in the house. even tho we have the furnace going (low) the wood stove really keeps the house warm!
CC, that cold is just brutal.. i'm so sorry! i'm sending you warm thoughts.
We have been trying to stay warm, too! Each morning for the past few weeks the water has been totally frozen over, usually 2" thick! I have a black rubber bowl for the animals' water so luckily it's easy to just throw on the ground and kick the ice out of ;)
We sure picked the right time to be on holiday! We missed the worst of it.
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