Our second snow of the season turned out to be historic. It snowed all day Monday, we got about 12 inches.
Before the storm there was a coyote. It looked like it was heading over to the chicken coop. By the time I got out there with the .22-250 it was gone.
The snow started early this morning.
The cattle saw me out in the garage and came up for feed.
I cleared the snow out of the feed bunks while Lisa filled the bucket.
I went down to shovel out the gate and pull the ice out of the sheep water.
Everyone has plenty of hay since they can't get to the grass.
Lisa has been dumping the bunny poop in the garden so we can till it in in the spring. She put the corral panels around it to keep the dogs out. It seemed like a logical place to dump the ash can. I dumped it in there Sunday afternoon. AS it turns out, bunny poo is combustible.
It was smoldering last night but I was sure the snow would put it out. Lisa went out Sunday night and dumped water on it anyway. Monday morning it was still burning so I shoveled a bunch of snow on it and packed it down.
It was still burning late this afternoon. It melted a little snow cavern and continued to smolder. I packed more snow on it. It got dark so I don't know if it came back yet.
It was a cold light snow so it blew around everywhere. It got all over the un-chopped wood pile.
The snow didn't slow Tinks down.
Paris got stuck in the drift.
Paige.
The plow made it about 1/4 of the way up the hill and slid backward. It was dark and the driver didn't see the culvert. It has melted a lot now and you can see the cracked corner post. The wire is good so it will wait until spring.
He backed over the edge and got stuck. I went down with our truck and pulled him out. After he left I couldn't make it back up the hill so I left the truck at the bottom and positioned it so Lisa could walk down to it in the morning and drive to town. We were running low on supplies by then.
We had put hay out for the sheep on Friday. The tractor was sliding around so I left it in the shed.
I walked down to put out cattle hay today. The snow had melted enough to get it back up the hill.
After I parked the tractor I brought the truck down to see if it would make it back up. No problem now. It just didn't like the 3 to 4 foot drifts uphill.
The sheep and llamas got food.
The places where we shoveled and where the wind blew the snow has mostly melted clear. The girls use the paths.
There is mud to replace the snow.
Snow cat.
Paige.
