Ok, so, that’s not as bad as it sounds, nor as bad as it could be! I wasn’t drinking it was snowing hard! We had a major Winter Storm! So, I thought I’d share a few photos of what it looked like here, and what I was dealing with this morning, the morning after the night before!
As You can see from the photo, we got nearly a foot, or possibly more, of snow overnight! Since this is the first Winter for Briden Farm, and this is definitely the most snow that’s been on the ground this Winter, We’re declaring this a Record Snow Fall At Briden Farm!
That said, this Ole house is over 150 years old and I’m sure that over the years there has been more snow than this! However, in our time here, this is definitely a Record Snow Fall At Briden Farm!
On the Wish List here at Briden Farm is something like a Tractor, Quad, or Wheeler, to be able to do things like haul firewood! In the meantime we’re making the most of the winter and happy that The Fresh Snowfall Allows For Hauling More Firewood With Our Toboggan!
When you’re living off grid, or in an isolated area, being properly prepared for Winter can mean the difference between success and failure. Proper preparations mean survival and when you’re in a remote area it can mean survival.
Now, it’s not like we’re super isolated, but we are a 1/4 mile, or about 400 Meters, up a laneway that is an old Declassified Government Road. So it no longer gets upkeep, or plowing, from the Government. Thus we’re on our own when it come to that!
We had someone’s lined up to do our plowing, and he has had other obligations come up and won’t be able to do it! So, rather than being beholden to someone else, we’ve bought a used Snowblower and plan to do it ourselves! It should be interesting!