More Snow: Winter Laughed at our Last Video!

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Жыл бұрын

Well, we are getting slammed with snow and I think Winter is laughing at us! Don’t think we have gotten this much snow at once or this much this early in Winter before. Almost 10” overnight and probably a few more inches today. Makes us so thankful for a barn full of hay and healthy cows.
Clover Mountain Dairy is a small Organic farm in Northeast Washington state about an hour north of Spokane.

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@johnhenderson299 Жыл бұрын

What a nice winter scene

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ryanwaege7251 Жыл бұрын

The cows look happy in the snow. They're always warm if their rumen is working on fiber!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I think I read once that the average rumen generates about 3,000 watts of heat!

@tobigforyou Жыл бұрын

You two are the American Dream.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We’re certainly living our dream! Took a lot of hard work to get here though! Thanks for watching!

@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481 Жыл бұрын

Do cows wear boots! They would be pretty cute ! Good luck with this snow and cold❤️

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@janetdupree6353 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for today’s video 🥰.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@mennoreuten1563 Жыл бұрын

The snowtopic we talked about already, only thing i can see positive is that we call it poor mans fertilizer for what its word, thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Never heard it called “poor mans fertilizer” before. In the mountainous area we live in, snow is important for water supplies the entire year round… Thanks for watching!

@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481 Жыл бұрын

The chicks look good!❤

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! They’re on winter break…

@simonknight2448 Жыл бұрын

Snow always looks better on a picture post card.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Or someone else’s KZfaq video?!? Haha!

@laurelhoward5571 Жыл бұрын

WOWSER!!! TALK ABOUT A WINTER-WONDERLAND!! (AND HERE I AM IN SO. CALIF, SHIVERING IN 65 DEGREE WEATHER!!) BOTH MY SISTER, IN ARK AND MYSELF IN NORCO, 'HORSETOWN,USA) CONTINUE TO ENJOY YOUR WONDERFUL, INFORMATIVE VIDEOS !!! HERE'S WISHING BOTH OF YOU A SPECIAL HOLIDAY GREETING AND....KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING!!!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful comment! Holiday greetings to you too!

@joansmith3492 Жыл бұрын

Holy smokestacks - that is a lot of snow! Looks like you had a plan for it. All the best!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

It is a lot of snow… I have a feeling it’ll be sticking around a while!

@bucsr.6106 Жыл бұрын

❄️ Snow way! More snow? There is never an “off” day for farmers. Stay safe!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Of course not… but there are slower days that after the animals are tended to, are spent relaxing in front of a fire!

@KeithFinkFamilyFarm Жыл бұрын

The two of you seem much happier in the snow than I would be. God chose the right farm to bless with snow! I was watching this with daughter Lydia and she made a good point -- those big horses should be plowing out their own hay feeding spot in the pasture, not Stacy. The cows look great. I love to see Jersey heifers with plenty of weight on them. I think the "experts" don't realize that the Jersey cow is supposed to be fatter than the other dairy breeds.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We try and look for the joy in it. If we got angry at the snow, it wouldn’t change anything… I’d just be angry, and still have the snow! Haha! I do like my heifers a little chubby… not that I can do anything about it. They’re like that and they only get grass hay! Thanks for watching!

@ajlewis9454 Жыл бұрын

Now you got tunes when your haying 👍😁

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!

@stevemccoy8138 Жыл бұрын

It's kinda refreshing to see someone chain up the equipment, before they get Stuck. I always love to see your videos. I have one for you, Why are cows great Dancers? " They have all the best Moooves " . Ha🤣

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Why chain up in the snow when you can do it in the comfort of the shop, right? I’ve done my fare share of chaining up in the snow though… mostly semi trucks. Thanks for watching!

@stevemccoy8138 Жыл бұрын

@@vnthomas16 Exactly. 🚜

@richwhitaker1506 Жыл бұрын

Think of it as magic liquid for growing grass next Spring. Could be time to string up some snowshoes. The horses and cows are certainly dressed for the weather. Such a pretty red barn against the snow back drop. Thanks for the early Christmas card.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We’re always happy for the moisture… It’s just a bit early in its frozen form. That’s all… !

@christianluts810 Жыл бұрын

I'm no meteorologist but, based on the colour of that sky, I'd say you were in for a tad more snow!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you could be a meteorologist! You’re probably more accurate! Haha!

@the4thj Жыл бұрын

Ya know how they do what you do in Wisconsin? The cows seldom or never leave the barn. I like how they do things in the West vs Midwest.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a tie stall barn until I lived in Wisconsin. Out west, most dairies are freestall or bedded pack or outside lots.

@chrism.2231 Жыл бұрын

You will love those muffs. My wife got me a set a couple of years ago and I live in them for things like mowing and log splitting. I don't tend to use them on the tractors as often, but that is only because I have learned that it is best to be listening to the vintage tractors when working them. I second the notion that you need to keep future storms in mind. I remember the early years when I essentially turned the drive into a luge run because I did not start off pushing stuff back far enough. I also learned that I move snow off the drive and put it on what is typically downwind. I have been caught out by snow storms that essentially fill in the drive and it might as well be concrete. Other little trick is I run the blade in reverse until the drive and lawn are good and frozen. Otherwise, I get too much gravel on the lawn or end up scalping things. Don't hurt yourself shoveling.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I already love the muffs! Yeah, I turn my blade around too until everything freezes hard. We do have one are that drifts pretty bad. Long term I’d like to plant a living snow fence to help.

@chrism.2231 Жыл бұрын

@@vnthomas16 Well, coming from a guy in his early 50's, do not wait too long to plant something like that. Not if you want to benefit from it. Before we even had our house done, we planted an apple orchard with an eye on the future. Sure, seeing trees you planted mature makes you feel old, but beats the alternative. lol

@technutz Жыл бұрын

Your girls look so happy! Wish I had some girls to milk now, but that will come in time.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We love milking cows! Wishing you the best!

@kenlynch6332 Жыл бұрын

🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄🐮🐄

@fincarosa6767 Жыл бұрын

I laughed at both videos!! Jk 😜 I hear that at Plaze Los Americans mall, in San Juan. They make it snow a few times on the weekend. With a snow machine of course, because it's mid 80s outside. Thanks for sharing the snow!! I'm not missing it much. My 3rd Christmas in the Caribbean. Those headphones were an amazing and thoughtful gift!! Love them!!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

We’ll take a winter trip off the farm sometime… but probably not anywhere warm… probably Wisconsin! Haha!

@fincarosa6767 Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with visiting there!! More cheese 🧀 is a great thing!!

@ronharrison1776 Жыл бұрын

But it sure is beautiful . They make pieces to bolt onto your loader so you don't scoop up very much of your gravel . Look for them on Tractor Time With Tim channel .

@ronharrison1776 Жыл бұрын

R2 Manufacturing .

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I usually just turn my blade around until the ground freezes hard. My Farmall Cub snow plow does have shoes on it though. Thanks for watching!

@thomasspink4930 Жыл бұрын

No snow here in southern Michigan, but I know the western upper peninsula was getting up to 24".

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I have some fond winter ewe-pee memories, breaking ice around Escanaba in St. Ignace.

@thomasspink4930 Жыл бұрын

@@vnthomas16 that U.P weather is definitely altogether different. Lake Superior had high winds this last week with waves up to 35' I believe. They closed the Mackinaw Bridge due to winds. Had 50 mph winds across the bridge surface.

@doncc6080 Жыл бұрын

Stacy have thought about a blade for the front of the tractor. My neck was getting sore watching you.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

I use the bucket too much to put a blade up there… and normally I do plow going forward, but there was just so much at once I’m a little more efficient pushing backwards. Thanks for watching!

@doncc6080 Жыл бұрын

@@vnthomas16 So then you can pile the snow up better with the bucket after pushing it with the blade.

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed… Also I have one spot on the driveway that likes to drift shut, so I sometimes have to dig that out.

@cedricgates9976 Жыл бұрын

know just how you feel we used to get 24 in at a time that was brutal had a long drive and had to clean a spot for schoolbus with open cab backhoe

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

There have been times when there is too much to plow here, and I’ve had to dig my way out with the front end loader bucket. That’s slow going!

@samwiginton40 Жыл бұрын

that snow is pretty for like 5 minutes then thats enfough LOL

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

Haha!

@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481 Жыл бұрын

Do horses stay out or in the barn!

@vnthomas16 Жыл бұрын

They stay out. We’ve tried to bring them inside, and they just don’t like it. They both get real nervous in the barn. The way their corral is set up, they have good windbreaks for the winter winds, and of course the tree helps. Thanks for watching!