First frost of season Oct 5

Yesterday morning it was 38 degrees here, today it dipped briefly under 32 degrees F (31.5 F) a little before 7am.

At 9pm as I write this the temp is 47.9 F.  It was a nice day here, a family of deer has been hanging out.  I did some bush hogging in the upper pasture in the afternoon, broke two shear bolts and called it quits.

Fall has arrived

Beautiful fall weather here.  Yesterday morning it was 48 degrees at the farm, this morning it was 42.5 degrees at 6am.  Delightful weather. 

49 degrees F at the farm July 30, 2014

This morning it was 49 degrees F at the farm with a little bit of fog.  Yesterday morning it was 56 degrees.  Knoxville set record low temperatures for these dates yesterday and today. 

Fiber to the Farm

Highland Telephone Cooperative installed a corning fiber optic line up to the house yesterday.  They had a big crew, perhaps 10 men, equipment ranged from a 4 wheeler to pickup trucks, trailers, a trencher/plow, and a bucket truck.  It is possible that we will have high speed internet sometime in the next year. 

We presently have a DSL connection with a maximum speed of 1150 kbps, actual bandwidth is often much less.

49 degrees at the Farm July 17, 2014

Yesterday morning it was 53 degreees F, today it was 49 degrees F at the farm when I woke up.  Beautiful and refreshing weather for the middle of July.

Sleet, Snow, Wind, Cold (24 degrees F) and Beautiful Spring Blossoms

Yesterday we had snow, sleet, and wind, it looked briefly like a blizzard, and it coated our decks.  The air temp was about 40 degrees F so it quickly melted.

This morning on Wednesday April 16 it was cold and clear, 24 degrees F, I had to scrape ice off of the car windows.

Last week one day it almost hit 80 degrees F, a lot of trees are flowering and it is very beautiful right now. 

White stuff on the driveway yesterday, not snow this time

Came home yesterday and found a few large "LOC ->" messages spray painted in white on our gravel driveway.   Apparently the local telecom is preparing to install fiber optic cables in our area. 

We have lived on the farm now for 7 years and we have had a DSL internet connection the whole time.  Our internet speed has never exceeded a maximum of 1150 KBPS (that is just a little over one mega bit per second) and it goes down from there.  

It would be nice to have a better internet connection, however our main concern is the reliability of the system and actual bandwidth during peak usage times.

Snow Flurries yesterday, 16 degrees F this morning

Yesterday we had snow flurries and brisk winds, this morning it was 16 degrees F on the farm.  Yes, today is March 26, 2014.

9 degrees F February 27, 2014

Very clear night skies caused the temp to drop to 9 degrees F this morning on the farm.  Beautiful clear and sunny day. 

Minus 5 degrees F January 29, 2014

This morning it was -1 degree F in Knoxville.  It was -5 degrees F here on the farm this morning.  We had a couple inches of snow in the storm yesterday, Knox county schools released early yesterday and are closed today and tomorrow. 

The Emory river is covered in ice topped with snow. 

Fortunately is was clear and sunny today with little wind.  

Another below zero morning temp Jan 24, 2014

The temperature hit -0.9 degrees F at the farm this morning. 

Hopefully all of this cold weather will put a dent in certain insect populations such as the hemlock woolly adelgids. 

Another cold snap, 5 degrees F January 22, 2014

We had about 1/2" of snow and the temperature was 5 degrees F this morning.  Big wind gusts yesterday afternoon, enough to overturn a fairly heavy "peacock" house (made from OSB and 2x4's, 4'x4'x4' and sitting on the ground) and our basketball goal which had 300 lbs of sand in the base.  More cold forecast for the next few days.

Minus 6 degrees F on the farm January 7, 2014

Yesterday morning the temperature at the farm hit a low of -6 degrees F.  Definitely the coldest temp we have experienced in a while. 

The temperature has remained below 20 F for last two days. 

We worked very hard around the farm and all of the animals have come through the cold spell in good shape. 

Yesterday morning the sun was shining and the temperature was still -3 degrees F and and I saw a group of about 20 pigeons flying laps above their loft, enjoying their morning flight, apparently oblivious to the cold.

We had about 1" of snow on Sunday night and it may start to melt today.

One of our dogs came in the house yesterday afternoon with icicles on her fur. 

17 degrees F on Thanksgiving Day morning

I think that is the coldest so far here this year, 17 degrees F on Nov 28, 2013.

Snowy Nov 27, 2013

We had a little snow here last night, only about 1.5".  Flurries throughout the day.  Tonight will be cold with a low in the teens. 

20 degrees F here Nov 13, 2013

Coolest morning of the season so far, 20 degrees F.