Farm Roofs Need A Little More Snow Support
May 31, 2022Large amounts of snow can have adverse effects on the roofs of farm buildings. Installing seasonal structural supports can help reduce the risk of collapse.
6 Tips For Best Performance With Tire Chains
February 22, 2022Tire chains can be essential for maintaining good tire traction on snow and ice. These six tips can help you get the best performance from your tire chains.
Feeling Cooped Up
February 27, 2015Chickens are spooked easily by sudden changes. Where I live, we haven’t had much of a traditional winter, but last week, the sky fell. In fact, an entire foot of sky piled up around my chicken coop. My dearly departed Red Star Mabel would have trudged through the snow like an Arctic explorer, but since […]
Four-letter Words that Make You Question Homesteading
January 6, 2014Snow, cold, wind, chill—all four-letter words. The news today is flooded with stories of record-breaking lows, high winds and severe storms as millions of people woke this morning to face piles of ice and snow.
Broken Hydraulic-powered Loader
February 28, 2011Hydraulic power is one of the greatest of on-farm labor savers. The problem with a labor saver is when they don’t work, you hate to go back to doing without.
Defending Against Deer
February 17, 2011It has been a cold, snow-covered winter—certainly not as much snow as last year, but the cover has been consistent for more than two months. It’s good for the plants, I suppose—a bit of extra insulation and some protection from the deer is never a bad thing.
It Was a Merry Christmas!
December 31, 2010This Christmas Eve, I was finally able to write my blog from my new office. This move has been a long, arduous and expensive enterprise, but I think it’s all been worth the trouble.
Transformation
November 24, 2010I started to write a little ode-type thank you blog to our dearly departed turkeys today, but then I remembered the looks on our guests’ faces when I began reminiscing about the turkeys in their living state during Thanksgiving dinner last year.
