The Bovine Bugle

And you think YOU'RE cold?!

Frigid Artic air moved in to the area overnight and temperatures this morning were hovering around -20 F. It made for pretty frosty conditions around the farm, but everything started and ran okay. Many of the cows had frosty faces, and where their breath blew against the plywood front of the freestalls they made a ring of frost on the wood. The stalls were a challenge to clean with the manure freezing to the concrete curb.

We broke out the cross country skis a couple of days ago, and this morning after finishing chores Karen, Yukon, and I headed out for a ski. I think Yukon is more excited about going out skiing than we are about it. The conditions aren't too bad, and Ben has been out skiing before school the past two mornings so the trail has been well packed and hardened by the sub-zero weather. The conditions should get even better if we get the snow they are predicting for this weekend. We found one area where beavers had built up an old dam and flooded part of our ski trail. If the temperatures stay cold, the flooded area will hopefully freeze hard enough so that we can ski on it and we can make our usual loop around the farm.

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--Jonathan (left), Howmars Farm
(with Yukon)
Franklin, Vermont

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