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Snow Painting. My Farmers art project.
I’ve had quite a few people ask me what we were spreading out in our fields on top of the snow this last winter. (the snow is all gone, thankfully, and last winter is all just a blurred memory) What we were spreading on the fields, was reused limestone. We put it on the snow on top of the wheel-lines to melt the snow. This is why… When the snow is deep enough to cover the pipes on the wheel-lines, it can cause a lot of damage. As the snow settles, especially if it has crusted on top, the snow will pull the pipes down with it. When this happens,…
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A Lesson from my Farmer… How to Really get a Tractor stuck
This happened yesterday evening. I didn’t completely get my Farmers permission to blog about this and post these pictures, so this is a “Do Not Tell my Farmer!” post. Since its Silent Sunday, I will just post pictures and not write (much). You’ll see why my Farmer would not be pleased. The best part about this (in my opinion) is, if you are following me on Facebook, you seen that I got the tractor stuck the day before. This one was my Farmer’s doing. He got the tractor stuck. Really stuck. And I took a couple of awesome pictures to remember it by. Hehe. It is a beautiful day out…
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We Survived! So far…..
Glad that’s over! That’s about all I can say about last month. I’ve been trying to decide how I can write about what this last month was like and I’ve decided I really can’t. I just can’t find the words to describe it. Snow, wind, stress, and more blowing snow. That’s what I’ll remember. Don’t get me wrong, we are use to lots of snow here. Its when it comes fast and furious, that makes it trying.During the last storm, when we were getting 10 inches of snow a day, with 30 mph wind gusts, on top of the 4 feet of snow already on the ground, I was reminded…
