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RE: The HOMESTEAD PIPES Are FROZEN! - America Sees DEEP Temperature DROPS!
Could you not insulate the water tank, pile straw or earth around it (earth would be a pain for maintenance I grant you) to keep out the freeze?
For the animal troughs, put a floating ball (like a tennis ball) in the water, it's bobbing action will help prevent a light freeze at least, though will eventually freeze over if it gets cold enough. Anything that keeps the water moving will help.
I bet you're going through your wood pile pretty quick now! :)
Yeah, its 12 degrees outsite. I don't think a floating ball will help with those temps But I will try that when it warms up a bit. Yeah, we are going through the wood at the moment. I need to head out and cut some more this evening.
Even if it means the water stays usable for an hour longer each time, it's a win right :)
Using the old tricks to make life easier for little or no effort.
We get our logs pre-cut/split but I do salvage old timber and I need to split more of that down into kindling, slacking in summer means hard work in winter, I learn that every year and forget it just as fast lol