Cows, rain, and some thawing ground….add them altogether and you get some pretty mushy places. I almost got stuck a number of times yesterday [even in 4 wheel drive] on our “regular” roads where 100’s of cows feet had made a real mess of them. Feels like Springtime, though I think we might just have a little Winter left!
Four below one day, and 60 degrees and windy three days later! We’re looking forward to rain since it has been so dry the last couple of months. Will get out and work on fencing today, and repairing a hay wagon for feeding the cows. We recently doubled the size of our herd, so using a lot more hay this year.
They are predicting a possibility of ice and freezing rain, which is some of the most challenging weather we can deal with, both personally and from the standpoint of our animals and ranching. I’ll check our kerosene, battery, and lamp supply, as well as put our tractor under roof to get so we can even open the doors on the cab. One thing I have learned the hard way is to have the barn doors open so we can access our hay. In the past I’ve had to chip and dig in ice, a hard job on 16 foot wide sliding doors. Oh well, embrace all we get as an experience worth having! It does help us to appreciate the “normal”.
