Yep...that's cold! But wait...

Last Thursday and Friday we dropped into major subzero low temperatures. On Friday, my work vehicle was saying -30 degrees below zero. Yep...that's cold! Now in a drastic turn of events, by tomorrow (one week later) it's supposed to hit 34 degrees ABOVE zero. Fortunately there haven't been any major snows during this time and it looks like we'll get a break for several days now. But wait...by the weekend, they're predicting highs in the single digits with lows below zero again. This is one winter to remember for sure!

Can you believe it?

Last week our driveway was a sheet of ice! After some warmer days providing melting and some light freezing rain, our 1500 foot steep driveway was definitely a challenge. We used 600lbs of ice melt to try and make a dent in it on two different times with a little success. I have a seed spreader that I can hook to my ATV to help get the ice melt spread evenly. I have another 300lbs waiting for the next emergency.

Close to the top of the driveway, we spread out wood stove ash from a 55 gallon steel drum that we empty it into every day. With 5 gallon buckets, we spread just on the tire tracks which helps a lot in providing a little extra traction when you start to lose momentum coming up the driveway near the top.

On Friday we received another 6-7" of snow. Ironically, there was a 15 mile wide area that stretched from Dodgeville to Madison that had the heaviest snow. Everyone else only got 2-3". I guess we're just lucky like that!

Today we are to get another 3-4" of snow, with more on the way for Wednesday. I'd be lying if I said we weren't looking forward to spring already.