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[cluckmecoop7]

I like snow, but winter is just too long. ❄

 

[frustratedearthmother]

My hat is off to you folks who deal with it for months and months. Nope - couldn't do it! But, lest you think it's a barrel of fun here - try spending half a year in mud...boot sucking, stinky, disgusting mud.

 

[baymule]

Yeah, @frustratedearthmother has a MUD FARM!! And all this time y'all thought her main focus was raising goats and pigs...…NOT! She makes MUD! She stomps in MUD, she carries feed and water through MUD! Sometimes, she even falls down in MUD!

Having experienced that very same MUD, I am qualified to make fun of her.

 

[flowerbug]

i could use some mud pie right about now...

 

[Britesea]

(stirring in some stevia...) I dunno, I like having 4 seasons. Winter snow kinda forces you to slow down, turn inward and contemplate your place in the scheme of things... stuff that you don't have time to do during the growing/calving/kidding/etc seasons.

Of course, you could also look at it as only 2 seasons.... Winter, and GettingReadyForWinter, lol

 

[baymule]

On my second cup of coffee, plenty for y’all! It’s 22* this morning! DH has the water pots boiling so I can go thaw out water buckets. We’re taking 6 lambs to slaughter this morning. Sorry for the cold ride!

 

[flowerbug]

they keep bumping down the forecast cold for tonight. the high is going to be 5F with windchill below zero. such a strange year it has been already and this adds to it.

i also do not mind winter at all. well, i'm not a huge fan of being cold, but i also like that the snow brightens up everything from the dull greys and browns. i also like reading and can get caught up on all the things i put off during the rush of the late season and harvest time.

 

[Britesea]

36 and dry on my front porch. (sip, sip) My load of apples were done in the freeze dryer; I've got 2 more 5-gallon buckets to go; that comes out to about 4 more batches if I freeze dry them all. I think I'll do some canning and dehydrating to speed up the process. (sip, sip)

 

[flowerbug]

applesauce from mixed apples is so good any time of the year, also works well as an ingredient for other things.

 

[CrealCritter]

You mean like hanging out by the water cooler at work?