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Preparing for winter

10/16/2013

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  The autumn has been good to us. No uexpected surprises. We have had sun every day for a monthe and very little night frost. It means that preparing for winter has been a pleasant experience for once.
 There is , however, plenty to do.
 The fences that have kept the nipper outers in, have to be rolled up and taken in. The snow is often higher than the fence posts here (about three feet) and it would be dangerous for snow scooters if I left the wire out. Most of my pastures are fenced in with temporary wire. As I have mentioned, I am regrazing land that has been abandoned for half a century so I need to move my stock often to be sure they have sufficient nourishment. Sometimes I think I walk more than they do!
 The spools I use have about 400 metres of plastic "string" with 9 copper and stainless steel threads woven inso I can send an electric charge through.
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400 x 5 strands, no, do I count 6 on the right hand side of the picture?
 
I do not want to work it out! 

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We have gravel roads in Söderhögen and Nederhögen.

When the snow starts falling it keeps falling.  On each side of the road there is a very deep gutter to take the surplus water from the melting snow in the spring.
 Because of this everyone in the villages put up branches along the road side so that vehicles know where the road is in a heavy snow shower. This is one of the farms that is only occupied during the summer months so the owner was out in september with his sticks.

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