December 1, 2025 — The Extras

It was 18° (and snowing) for chores this morning.

Most people would assume that we’d do chores super quick when it’s that cold outside, unfortunately it doesn’t tend to work out that way most of the time.

You never really account for the extras that pop up when it’s below freezing.

— Heated water buckets freezing and needing to be replaced

— Cleaning snow out of every single outdoor hay feeder before adding new hay

— The simple fact that it takes longer to trek through inches of snow to get to the next pen

Farming is not always pretty – but dang it’s worth it.