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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anybody here???
  • Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 14:18:25 -0800 (PST)

Hi Roxanne, thanks for the update. I'm curious about one of your dogs (not
the jack russel). You said the big dog was totally an outside dog. What do
you do for the outside dog when the weather is frigid and you have
ices-storms?

p.s. Are you still enjoying cooking only with the woodstove?



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--- On Sun, 2/1/09, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:


> We've been letting the water run so it hasn't frozen
> up. Last real cold snap, we tried to ration it to just a
> small drip and the water froze at the tank. when we went up
> there to check on it, overflow was immense and the tank was
> completely full. So now when it's below freezing, we let
> it run a lot harder because we know it's likely full and
> overflowing anyway and it isn't going to drain down 1500
> gallons overnight with it running in the sink. Most likely
> is that the amount we are running is the same amount that
> would be overflowing anyway.
>
> Roxann, NW AR
> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the
> homestead)
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anybody here???
> Sent: 31 Jan '09 22:09
>
> Roxann; I read on your blog about the storm and how well
> the woodstove cooking went for your family.  Though you
> don't have a well, you could have still had frozen
> pipes, but since you didn'y mention that, I suppose it
> wasn't a problem.  Good luck and keep us posted
>
>
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