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Challenge of the day for me, it rained all night on the snow, it has stayed around the freezing mark, nothing but ice from my door to the barnyard, from my door to the car. Salt is not used on paths, as there is no concrete, it all would be leached into the grass and soil underneath. I used a ski pole to steady myself as I let the dogs into the yard. I have a bucket of wood ash I will ask my son to use on the paths. Will be wiping up dog prints all day. Please Lord, let it snow deep and soft, (at least if you fall in that, it just makes you laugh)
If the temperature is between 25-31°, urea can be used instead of salt. It's a nitrogen fertilizer, so it won't harm the grass unless too much is used.
https://www.ehow.com/facts_6134867_urea-vs_-salt-de_icer.html
thanks for that, at first I thought it said urine, and that would be a problem.
Funny 😄
I've seen mention of mixing wood ash and vinegar as a homemade deicer, but I've never tried it, so no idea if it works.
the ash just gives great traction so you dont slip and fall, eats right through the surface and makes it safe to walk on, its just awful messy, we dont always take our shoes off at the door, so the entryway gets grey streaks pretty fast.
Ice is the worst! Praying you thought out soon. We’ve had a few very bad ice storms. The worst was 1989, learning experience for two newlyweds. We had just two dogs and it was so bad we put them in the extra room. I used to love snow as kid but the older I get I’m not a fan. I’m happiest in the blazing hot humid summer. You will hate me, it was 73 here yesterday. Not hot enough for AC but no heat. 50 & 60 all week. I’m a whimp in cold weather. I think people that live in the bad weather get stronger from it.
Awww, I don't hate ya! I like the 4 seasons, and cold dont bother me till it gets down to 5 degrees with a wind. Its the ice, nothing can help, and I live on top of a big hill with a steep road. I like the snow, keeps the house insulated and it's so pretty.
Ha Ha, didn’t think you would hate me. Just a silly phrase. I normally say I’m jelly (jealous) to someone in the warm places during the winter. Snow is beautiful and it makes everything look so pure. I’m around mostly pine and oak trees, I love it from afar. I don’t have the clothes or shoes for it. Growing up my mom always bought us snow boots and snow jumpsuit for just once a year. We are crippled here when it snows or ices. The state is better today than twenty years ago. Two inches and the schools are closed for at least a week. We got 18 inches when I was about 15 and out a long time. Had to go to school on Saturday. After this incident in Raleigh the state got better on the icing the roads. Businesses didn’t let people leave early and schools didn’t get out early enough. https://www.wral.com/-oh-my-gosh-raleigh-woman-s-snow-photo-goes-viral/13390109/
Sounds like when I lived north of Seattle, it rarely snowed or froze but when it would it caused sheets of ice everywhere. It actually amused me seeing all the democrats cars in the ditch when I would drive past in my 4x4. I'm a native to the Rockies and no stranger to ice and snow. Go slower with more caution is the name of the game.
I have a 4wd Honda CRV, it gets up the hill in a snowstorm like a tractor, but ice, I've seen my hill so bad nobody could make it up. Luckily I'm only 1/2 mile to where it evens out, and there have been times I've had to back up, park the car on the side, and walk up hill sideways, tiny steps. Give me a good 3ft snowstorm anyday, its so pretty, but dismal gray days full of sleet and ice are no fun.
Sounds like the south, most can’t drive in snow. It brings out the crazies for sure. My husband will always have a 4x4 so we are good. My dad never missed work and drove a 70s beatle bug in the snow. It always tripped me out him in a bug on snowy roads.
We had "The Lookout" above the fairgrounds in high-school. A pretty gnarly 4x4 trail to get up there so it was always a bunch of jeeps, broncos or what have you. I'm going up to watch the demo derby for free of course... I get up to the top in my f-250 without much struggle to find everyone baffled around my brother who managed to get up there in a shitty old Chevy Cavalier.
I still wonder if he had it towed up just for the story but if he didn't that kid can drive anything anywhere. We grew up dealing with whatever transportation we could get our hands on in the worst conditions.
That’s hilarious! Too bad we can’t share pictures. That should be a meme or advertisement for that car. We don’t have hills here but it didn’t stop the guys in the 4x4s. One night I was working night shift at the local hotel and my new husband comes very late to get quarters. You couldn’t tell his Nissan was black. There used to be very large sand dunes (radio island) at Morehead NC. Everyone went 4 wheelin. Now it’s got condos. I thought hubby was going to flip that truck down the hill. Boys and their toys 🤣 I can drive the four wheeler & a stick if I got to. Learned to drive in that beatle. Wish we still had it,
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