Snow, snow and more snow!

[Nanno]

What fun! We didn't get much snow out of this cold snap, but we did lose our water for about 24 hours. The pipe froze where it comes into the house. Luckily our hydrant was still working so we were able to haul water to the animals and into our house. We wrapped heat tape around the pipe where it comes into our crawlspace, and I dragged a hay bale underneath our front deck and jammed it against the wall where the pipe comes into the house. The pipe is underground so I had to take measurements in the crawlspace and under the deck but I apparently placed the hay bale correctly because this morning when we turned on our cistern pump the ice jam broke and we had water. Luckily the pipe was not damaged. We're happy to have running water again!

The critters are happy that it's not -15* too.