Tonight we're going to get as much as a foot of snow. We're in pretty good shape. We've repaired the canopies over the chickens and the wood pile. The ice remaining on the driveway has been removed.
I've been talking about preparing for winter in New England in previous posts. A few of my friends (those who live in the city)
have suggested I'm overreacting.
Well, here are some pictures.
We used two canopies over the woodpile this year, the big one that is sturdy and I've been working on for some years and a smaller one that we used as a shelter for our summer party. The idea of using the smaller one was to finish up the wood underneath and then fold it up and put it away for the winter. Well, we weren't quite quick enough.
The canopies are both under a hickory tree. I figure about a ton of shown came down and destroyed the weaker canopy. The other one can take a licking and keep on ticking.
Winter in New England is sort of like a bear, except a bear might leave you alone once in a while.
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Addendum. We have a foot on the ground of the fluffy stuff. More coming.
ReplyDeleteThe big canopy is doing fine.