Snow Storm #3

Yes indeed we had a third snow storm. This was the same storm system that headed for DC and dropped 2 feet of snow. We, thankfully, were on the southern edge and only got 4-5 inches of snow overnight and then rain all day yesterday.

It was beautiful in the morning, one of those postcard snows, big wet flakes that weighed down the tree branches, but by lunch it was rain, and by the end of the day we were a swamp with a layer of snow on top. We are very grateful that we had no ice and we did not lose power, we even did school work, and went out for supper:)

Second snow of the winter

January snow.

Deep south freeze.

Erosion damage from heavy rains.

Last night January 29the we had our second snow for winter 09-10, we had 10 inches. Although this is only our second snow fall, this has been the worst winter in my 20 years of living in NC.

From the end of December through the first two weeks of January we had temperatures that rarely went above freezing. At night, we were in the teens, and single digits with the wind chill factor. We carried water to the horses and pigs twice a day, our pond was frozen solid.

Last week, we had hurricane like winds and 4" of rain one night, the bridge over our little creek washed out. None of these are great hardships, they are however, out of the ordinary for what used to be a pleasant season.

Our Farm

We are a small hobby farm in NC. This blog is mainly just for fun, and to show pictures of our animals.



I will tell you all what we have. We have 10 goats, around 20 chickens, ( We have a couple different breed's. ) 3 horses, 12 pet fish, 2 cats, 1 dog, and 1 duck. Pictures will be coming soon of all the animals. The Goats are Nigerian Dwarf's and we milk a couple of them. The milk is VERY good. The chickens are all multipurpose, (except for the bantam rooster) and the eggs and meat are good.