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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Backinwellies on December 10, 2017, 09:56:29 am
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Who started the morning like I did .... rescuing fruit and netting over poultry from 4 inches of snow? .... Fruit net will need replacing ... poultry net is sunken down to level where I have to bend down! It is still snowing so may have to do it again later!
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We have only about an inch of snow, but it was minus 10 last night, looks like being colder than that tonight. :cold:
It's amazing how net holds snow. A few years back when we had a good foot of snow, the net over our brassicas became so heavy the plants were all crushed, so by the time the weather improved (took ages) all our brassicas were slime.
How is everyone in the North?
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We have a little snow here..trudged through it to feed the sheep. Also lost our hen's netting.
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No snow here in South Devon, just a howling gale. Foolishly tried to go for a run this morning- outwards was ok, being blown along, return journey at one point I was at a standstill! I felt a bit like a sweaty mime artist! :roflanim:
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We have around 3 inches of snow and it's still snowing although it's warmer now so it's a bit wet.
This is the day I was waiting for when I decided to save all the ivy and brambles to feed the :goat:
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Have done the nets for a second time.
Went for a walk about the smallholding snow is now 5-7 inches deep on fields .... cant remember the last time I saw snow this deep .... probably Kent in 1982/3
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2" this am, up to 4ish now and it's still snowing - and forecast to do so until after midnight when it turns cold & clear.
had to shake out the pig (electric) fencing and decided to give them a bit more ground to clear so they don't have so much incentive to try the fence if it's shorted out...
sheep are eating through my hay supply at a rate that'll exhaust it by newyear.
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Beautiful sunshine, and not a single snowflake in sight! Trees all nicely frosted over.
But cold.... water buckets inside the goathouse iced over again after being cleared/refreshed this morning, and had to de-ice the tap in the goats house at lunchtime again.... but we do keep a hairdryer there for exactly that reason! Milking machine also needed the hairdryer treatment this morning.
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We were down to -9 on Friday night.
Light snow on Friday and Saturday.
We have 9 and a half inches of snow now and still snowing!
It hasn't stopped all day.
Only vehicle we've seen on our lane was a tractor at lunchtime. Think we are virtually cut off now, especially seeing that it's now freezing.
Looks very beautiful and daughter is very happy because school is closed tomorrow. :snowmanhead: :snowman:
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:snowman: :snowmanhead:
Who started the morning like I did .... rescuing fruit and netting over poultry from 4 inches of snow? .... Fruit net will need replacing ... poultry net is sunken down to level where I have to bend down! It is still snowing so may have to do it again later!
As you know just down the road from you in the Cothi Valley and no snow here at all.
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No snow in Carnoustie but minus 5C about 15 minutes ago and it's been at or below freezing all day. Sunny and not a breath of wind though, so I can live with this even if I have to take water to the animals.
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We are in w. York's, following forecasts, expected to be snowed in today, collected big haylage bale, extra bags of feed, nowhere to put them so still in van.
Just a couple of light showers today. And no I'm not complaining :) .
-2.5 Friday night, but supposed to be colder tonight, pipe or pump to barn frozen, so carrying buckets from well. So goats aren't getting buckets left in pens, not carrying gallons of water for them to mess in them within minutes :( .
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Just been out and measured eleven inches on some ground where it has fallen evenly today. Montgomeryshire.
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It's about ten inches deep round here so we are housebound. OH is doing the goat feeds for me as I daren't set foot outside in this.
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No snow here in North Lincolnshire, but very :cold: :cold:
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More snow overnight. We have just over a foot now. Lovely sunshine this morning but still -5 at eleven o'clock a.m. so a bit on the chilly side.
Schools and quite a few businesses are closed.
Just hoping we keep power!!!!!
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Anyone without snow - we'll gladly send you ours - all 8 inches of it, It weighed down our fruit cage netting by about 18 inches in the middle and needed some swift action with a broom to knock it off and let the netting recover. It's also piled up on our timber gates and made them much much heavier and this morning I've found our front gate hanging at an angle so it looks like the main post has given up - another job for spring :(
Still, the sun's shining and it's a beautiful day so I'm making the most of it planning the veg beds.
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Snowed here last Thurs night and showers all fri , myself and 5 other vehicles got stuck between 2 hills for 2hrs until a gritter came , very cold and bright everyday since so snow still lying
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35cm here, drifting 80cm. Spent the day clearing and gritting paths, taking poultry drinkers in for the night (due to drop to -5), hay to field hayracks, water to pigs, wild bird seed to the feeders and throwing windfall apples to the blackbirds and fieldfares. Snow loses its appeal for me about 20 minutes after the initial "Oooh" and "Aaah" moments and thereafter is a total pain in the *****.
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Snowed here last Thurs night and showers all fri , myself and 5 other vehicles got stuck between 2 hills for 2hrs until a gritter came , very cold and bright everyday since so snow still lying
I've still got a car to recover that I abandoned on friday night... annoyed 'cos fairly new and has fancy snow settings etc. Yeah, I should have taken the 4x4 but the comfy one went up the steep hill easily and then around a few turns of narrow lane before just wheel spinning on a gentle slope. At least i managed to slide it backwards into a gate entrance off road to leave things passable.
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Was pretty bad over the weekend and cold enough to freeze all the water troughs. We have been blocked in many times so a little snow does not worry me at all. I have all my winter hay in and keep a good stock of animal food, also for us too. Just part of the Scottish winter. Trouble is far too many don't know how to drive in it. OH has a dash cam. On Friday morning as he was driving into work slowly like most people this idiot passed him at speed. Spun round a few times, drove off the road and ended upside down in a field. He was unhurt unlike his wreck of a car. I was amazed when I watch the footage how anyone could be so stupid.
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All schools closed today - so day off work for me today lol
At the moment it's very cold. Might be up to -8 they said
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snowed here 2 days ago, first thought was oh crap the milkers lol. Brought them all inside for warmth, only imports tho, homebred ones are tough and are fine with hay adlib outside, in fact they are putting on considerable weight ::)
Sheeps pasture is buried in the snow, so been giving them feed and carting hay up to them too. Although have noticed they are making pathways through the snow, then they mug me for feed when I go up there :D :D
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I'm hoping that the forecast is right and it is going to get slightly less cold. Sick of being inside. Today the goats came out for the first time since Thursday which means I have seen Pom for the first time in four days. They don't seem to mind their feet being in the snow but I don't think Pom was impressed by getting a cold chin when she rested it in her favourite place - the gate.
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I think we ended up with the perfect amount of snow, enough for a snowman for the toddler but not too much to trudge through. The lugging buckets of water around was a pain though, we really need to work on burying water pipes.
Our geese weren't convinced by the snow at all though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHGv-6tPBQ&t=31s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJHGv-6tPBQ&t=31s)
Dans
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For next time the snow is bad, don't forget to take a 'go bag' with you whenever you go out on the roads. Your go bag should contain emergency supplies of food and water, warm clothes such as wool jumpers, hats, scarves, gloves, thick coat, boots and over-trousers. Maybe a sleeping bag too. A way of heating hot water is good, as a hot drink can be a life saver, but make sure you have ventilation into the vehicle when you are using it. Don't forget too to carry a shovel and a couple of hessian sacks for when you lose grip, and a tow rope.
It sounds a lot if you're just popping down to the shops, but you can get stuck close to home but have no way to get back.
Having lost a brother in law in the snow some years ago, and knowing he would have survived had he taken these simple measures, this is something close to our hearts.
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Well i managed to get out today. Our farm road is thick ice, also the side road down to the main Banff Fraserburgh. it was clear. I put my Duster in 4 wheel drive and it coped fine. So, trip to the Bank, Chemist and more animal feed. Plus I treated myself to my lunch which is quite rare for me. Always in a hurry. Posted away my last Christmas parcels. That's me for a week. No need to go anywhere. Very cold this evening and looks the same tomorrow.
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Snow has mostly melted here but has exposed the original black ice underneath. The meltwaters washed away the salt I'd put down. I crawled across the yard to feed the pigs this morning!
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It's almost gone here. I managed to get to my evening class on Thursday night but OH had to help me across the impacted snow as my sticks were sliding all over the place. He then had to come out and help me back in from the car.
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Took one of my goats to a male today, he said normal access was dangerous, so came up a lane to the bottom of his land, we unloaded her from my van, into his 4x4, up to the yard, lucky I suggested putting a ((solid) pallet down, for her to jump down onto, as she stepped off that, she nearly went down, then he brought the male up, as it ran through the yard its feet went from underneath it, still managed the job though. ;D (in an ice free area)