The overnight temperature rose to 0.5C and that, combined with heat rising off the pigs, was enough to loosen the two feet of snow covering the byre and workshop. The snow slid off with sufficient power to knock a full 44-gallon water butt from its stand. The problem for me was that the water inside [...]
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Bitterly cold
29 December, 2005
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I’ve just come in to thaw—it was -11C at 5.45 this morning and has now “warmed” up to -8C. The 15mm mesh on the chicken run has closed up entirely with the ice crystals, giving the effect of a very large lace doily. The trees all have that lovely tracery of ice, but the best [...]
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