Got a night's sleep last night. Leisurely breakfast and then fed the calves. I needed to chase up a half dozen reluctant ones but I don't think it is sickness. I am thinking they just didn't want to give up the warm bedding they were lying on.
High of zero today I guess. Wind is down some. Checked the waterers and both the cattle drinkers are all right. Saw one hog drinker skimmed over with ice. Have to recheck later.
Market herd found its way back to the feeding site on the pasture so I won't have to use a tractor to break trail for them.
Picked eggs and watered chickens.
Skyped with Carye and Kris for an hour.
After the noon meal, started and warmed up the tractor, then switched to the material bucket and went to work on the drive way. Took about three hours to break through and then clean up some of the leftovers. Banks are four to five feet high on both sides of driveway now. The least breeze will drift it shut again. We will get a lot of use out of the snow pushing equipment around here between now and spring. We were nearly three days not getting down the driveway. Fortunately we are always well stocked with food and the heat stayed on!
It was a mistake to line the solar panels up along the south of the driveway and while we lucked out the first two years, this year we pay for it. After this we will need a line of bales or something about 25 feet into the pasture to catch some of the snow before it gets to the panels. Live and learn (and live with it)
We have not started on the yard and livestock areas other than to break through a trial to walk on. But the garbage truck is due to show up, we might have customers and hogs need to be loaded and hauled Wednesday. Tomorrow we will hit it with tractor and skidloader both. Might get it acceptable in a day. Otherwise we will finish on Tuesday.
Thursday morning we leave for the Grassworks conference. Really looking forward to it!
Need to feed the cows yet before dark. Below zero again tonight and only zero again tomorrow.
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