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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

Yikes, and now that I'm almost done restoring programs and data 3 days 
later.... I see hundreds of emails... :-)  (The worst is I lost several days 
of a client's work and I have to re-do it --- for free... :-(
 
Couple of ideas:
 
1)  EMERGENCY LIGHTING - get some solar patio lights.... and bring them 
inside when the power goes out.
 
2)  STARTER KIT FOR SEEDS - got this tip this a/m at the gym.  Cut a few 
sheets of newspaper into strips the same width as you would want a starter 
cup for seed(lings).  Wet the paper, then roll into the desired width.  Let 
dry.  No need to remove at planting time.
 
 
 
 
 



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Roxanne , I just thought of an idea that might sound crazy, but having a 
frozen water trough or pond where the animals can't drink, and you couldn't 
break the ice with a shovel.. If you have a wood stove or fireplace, maybe 
you could keep a couple of large, smooth rocks or large smmoth stones;  
heavy, but not so heavy you couldn't pick up with a pear of pot holder 
gloves; then throw them in a little wheelbarrow or wagon, and just dump them 
on top of the ice; to let the heat and gravity from the heavy stones break 
and melt the ice.  If you are laughing at my idea, that's okay   ;-)

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--- On Mon, 12/22/08, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:

> From: roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cold,cold weather
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, December 22, 2008, 10:25 AM
> No, no precip of any sort right now, just very cold. it was
> 3* and windy when I fed this morning. The water lines all
> froze last night, and I couldn't scrounge up enough ice
> to melt for the horses, and the little pond by the stall is
> frozen solid (tried to bust it with a shovel, no luck), so I
> turned them out to get water for themselves down by the
> creek. I like to keep them in the paddock by the house when
> the weather is like this so I don't have to be out in it
> looking for them if they don't come up for hay in the
> eve or morn. I'm hoping our water tank just ran dry
> because we left the water running at a pretty good drip to
> keep it from freezing. At least then the pipes won't
> break. But no water in this weather is bad when you've
> got dogs and chickens and cats who can't melt their own
> ice to drink. Well, the dogs will go down with the horses to
> the creek. But the cats and chickens still need someone to
> provide it to them.
>
> Roxann, NW AR
> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the
> homestead)
>
>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
>  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Cold,cold weather
>  Sent: 22 Dec '08 17:15
>
>  Do you have snow again?  How cold id your part of the
> ozarks ?
>
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