This is Fall?

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The nearest Tractor Supply, which is an hour’s drive from here, is out of heated water buckets.  I know this because we want some.  We need to fill a new water bucket for the dogs every morning.  That red bucket is sitting on ice.  The blue one is frozen solid.  We bought an extra chicken waterer and just bring the frozen one inside the house to thaw so we can refill it the next morning.  When someone asks me what I don’t like about farming, dealing with ice usually falls at the top of the list.  At least it does this time of year!  I’m going to keep calling around. We’ll see how far I will drive to remedy this daily grind.

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  1. Sandy Steinruck's avatar Sandy Steinruck
    Dec 14, 2010 @ 09:58:32

    Here in FL I had to break ice in my horse waterers this morning. That is a first. The horses stayed toasty in their pink, purple and green blankets.

    Try ordering heated waterers via internet.

    Stay warm,
    Sandy

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  2. Connie's avatar Connie
    Dec 14, 2010 @ 10:04:08

    Wow, that is very cold for your part of the country! At least we’ve got the warm gear to tough it out.

    I’ll probably end up doing a ship to store option somewhere.

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