its hot today but this oldie i wrote in 99 will cool every thing offlol

ice water anyone 22 January, 2009 2 comments WHINNYHILL FARM WERE CRITTERS ARE MORE WELCOME THEN THE HUMANS WHO THREW THEM AWAY.. WERE THE BARN LITE IS ALWAYS ON,THE FEED BINS ARE FULL,AND THE HA Well.now that the deep freeze has set in,The once warm farm is now a big chore..the pump froze (we dont ussally have it this cold but 1 degrees was a bit much),so out came the 7 gallon plastic containers that had to be pain stakingly filled with half gallon milk juggs.and those gallon ice tea juggs (wich are nice and thick)that iv been saving all summer sure came in handy for the mini barn..iI set out just before day break in the dark to give my kids a long awaited drink but found the troughs filled to the top and iced over..ugg!i fumbled around in the faint lite looking for my axe but settled for the wood chopper with the big handle...I chopped and chopped to no avail.now i had to find empty buckets wich i did and they all refreshed them selves (all 19 of em) now being from the north originaly you would of thought id remember about frozen water.. so im sayen this now lol...when ya know a deep freeze is a comen !!leave room in the trouphs to be able to place fresh water for the horses to get a nice drink.and when it thaws if you can dump the ice water and get fresh.. ok your thinking oh why dont she use heaters? well due to this hills there no electric except in the barn(shed row) cant put a heater in all the buckets,each stall has 2 water buckets.no can do..but its ok ill just get up later and turn up the sun..