More Snow: Winter Laughed at our Last Video!

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.

[@johnhenderson299]

What a nice winter scene

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks!

[@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481]

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

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@ryanwaege7251]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@tobigforyou]

You two are the American Dream.

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@mennoreuten1563]

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]

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!

[@stevemccoy8138]

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]

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]

@@vnthomas16 Exactly. 🚜

[@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481]

The chicks look good!❤

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks! They’re on winter break…

[@joansmith3492]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@janetdupree6353]

Thanks for today’s video 🥰.

[@vnthomas16]

You’re welcome!

[@richwhitaker1506]

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]

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

[@bucsr.6106]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@laurelhoward5571]

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]

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

[@ajlewis9454]

Now you got tunes when your haying 👍😁

[@vnthomas16]

Yes indeed!

[@KeithFinkFamilyFarm]

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]

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!

[@simonknight2448]

Snow always looks better on a picture post card.

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@christianluts810]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@fincarosa6767]

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]

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

[@fincarosa6767]

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

[@chrism.2231]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@vnthomas16]

We love milking cows! Wishing you the best!

[@the4thj]

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]

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.

[@doncc6080]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@thomasspink4930]

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

[@vnthomas16]

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

[@thomasspink4930]

@@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.

[@ronharrison1776]

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]

R2 Manufacturing .

[@vnthomas16]

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!

[@cedricgates9976]

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]

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!

[@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481]

Do horses stay out or in the barn!

[@vnthomas16]

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!

[@kenlynch6332]

🐄 🐄 🐄 🐄🐮🐄

[@samwiginton40]

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

[@vnthomas16]

Haha!