do a good job of sliding snow when it warms up, but i shoveled the back porch to speed things up and direct the snow where i wouldn't have to deal with it again off the roof. here is a picture of what it looked like about 9:00a
you can see the big house roof slid the other day as well as the upper portions of the little house and back house. but, since the porch has less of a pitch the snow builds there and ice forms underneath which makes it even more sticky.
a bit of sticky is good, i don't mind falling into a pile of soft snow, but it is easier if i stay up top. when i got up there just after the above picture was taken, the snow was an impressive foot deep. it was covering that crusty layer i have written about from a couple weeks ago, which was helpful for footing as well. i went up on the left and started on the right, working my way back to the ladder. one place i try to avoid loading snow with is the bulkhead, which you can just see a corner of below the lone downstairs window on the north side of the big house. things were deep and light enough that i used the big snow plow. not sure what you call it, but it is a two handed affair and moves a lot of snow at once. i have heard people call it a float too, and it does float and swing fairly easy if you tip it back and get it on top of some fresh stuff. that made it easy to dump it where i wanted!
things went pretty well--i only slid once, not off the roof or my feet, but definitely sliding. the sun was hitting parts as i shoveled and starting to melt things. it was warm enough for me to work in a shirt, with no hat or gloves. i am hearing that it will be this warm tomorrow too, which will make for a pleasant hike up smarts with MOC for the deepfreeze overnight. while it is supposed to freeze overnight, it will not be as deep as it has been in the past. one morning we woke to somebody's little zipper-pull thermometer at -22°F--inside. the cabin on smarts is unheated.
while i was snapping the 'after' picture, i took a couple shots of deer activity at the brussel sprout stalks, looking north-ish toward the compost bins, and the kale, going toward the southeast corner post. there were absolutely no tracks there yesterday afternoon, so all that work was done over night.
the deer digging through the snow for bits of vegetation, made me think of the news story this morning talking about reindeer in alaska. we all have to eat. which reminds me, i have to go into the coop and buy the food for the overnight...
you can see the big house roof slid the other day as well as the upper portions of the little house and back house. but, since the porch has less of a pitch the snow builds there and ice forms underneath which makes it even more sticky.
a bit of sticky is good, i don't mind falling into a pile of soft snow, but it is easier if i stay up top. when i got up there just after the above picture was taken, the snow was an impressive foot deep. it was covering that crusty layer i have written about from a couple weeks ago, which was helpful for footing as well. i went up on the left and started on the right, working my way back to the ladder. one place i try to avoid loading snow with is the bulkhead, which you can just see a corner of below the lone downstairs window on the north side of the big house. things were deep and light enough that i used the big snow plow. not sure what you call it, but it is a two handed affair and moves a lot of snow at once. i have heard people call it a float too, and it does float and swing fairly easy if you tip it back and get it on top of some fresh stuff. that made it easy to dump it where i wanted!
things went pretty well--i only slid once, not off the roof or my feet, but definitely sliding. the sun was hitting parts as i shoveled and starting to melt things. it was warm enough for me to work in a shirt, with no hat or gloves. i am hearing that it will be this warm tomorrow too, which will make for a pleasant hike up smarts with MOC for the deepfreeze overnight. while it is supposed to freeze overnight, it will not be as deep as it has been in the past. one morning we woke to somebody's little zipper-pull thermometer at -22°F--inside. the cabin on smarts is unheated.
while i was snapping the 'after' picture, i took a couple shots of deer activity at the brussel sprout stalks, looking north-ish toward the compost bins, and the kale, going toward the southeast corner post. there were absolutely no tracks there yesterday afternoon, so all that work was done over night.
the deer digging through the snow for bits of vegetation, made me think of the news story this morning talking about reindeer in alaska. we all have to eat. which reminds me, i have to go into the coop and buy the food for the overnight...
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