Let It Snow
Its rough going down on the farm. In the past two weeks we've gotten about 12 inches of snow. All that snow came right after an ice storm that dropped two inches of ice on every outdoor surface. Working here now is actually very hard. Tromping up and down hills in 12 inches of snow, with a two inch ice base, is very hard. It is steep and gets steeper every year after the annual spring mudslide. If the snow melts, we're in trouble. A river will run through.
When we first started farming, we were amazed at how much small farmers rely on the serendipity of others. Lots of farmers told us about things they'd been given - kitchen sinks, hoophouses, cars, vans - all kinds of stuff. We've not experienced that - but if anyone wants to send a snowmobile our way, that would be great. Some photos below. Cheers!
Here is the hill from the hens to the house.
The hens have hunkered down in their new home. We enclosed a part of our small barn. Good thing, because they were living in the hoophouse - it collapsed under the ice.
Here's the hoophouse:
On the bright side there are 200 cute baby hens in the brooder - they'll be laying eggs next year to keep up with the impossible demand.
