Ice, still not nice!

Some of you who read my post about the problem with ice will think this sounds familiar, but the beat goes on and so does the ice.

We had a thaw then a refreeze a few times over. This made the ice more challenging than before. 

We then had a new layer of snow added to that.
 As my Super Farmer husband went to plow the steeply curved driveway, he got into some trouble. 

Even though he was driving the 70 HP tractor with chains on, he started to slip. The blade of the plow hooked onto a pile of firewood and spun him in a full circle and took out the bovines fence. 

The tractor and he were fine, but I could not say the same about the fence. So for those of you who asked me if I had used my new fencing tool from the Christmas post yet, yes, yes I have! 

We were lucky that no posts were involved, because, well changing a post when it's frozen really can't be done.
it's impossible to dig through the frost in the dirt to set a new post. 

The ice storm that blew in from the North East the other night didn't help matters much either.

Around midnight the wind was howling to the point I began to worry about the safety of the pigs, as their pen is on a treeline.

Morning arrived with me lacking some sleep and to everyone safe and a bit chilly.

The pigs emerged from their house with a billow of steam as the body heat they were sharing escaped. 

I no longer worry about them staying warm enough a night. Their sleepy-eyed faces was a comical sight. They apparently didn't get much sleep either.

Because of the odd weather for Vermont, we have gone through about 3 Mud seasons and 3 Winters in the last few months. 

The best part of this is that even though it's muddy there is still Frost underneath. So you may start to slip because of the mud, but you keep slipping because of the ice underneath.

I have earthen steps that lead to Daisy's pen. I set one foot on the first step and slid all the way to the bottom.

Well, there goes my steps.

It's currently cold and the driveways are better, however, walking can still be tricky, it's very icy again.

 Anyone have some used ice skates, size 9?