How do all you Northeners do it?

[WoodlandWoman]

Wool. Wool is excellent!

A long felted wool coat, Sorel boots with wool liners and a great hat or scarf, also wool!

For Christmas I bought my husband a fur lined bomber hat, to keep his head and especially his ears warm. He loves it!

 

[BayouPoules]

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Amen! It must take a special tough person to get out in the frozen world! It got down to 25 here last night and was a freezing 38 this morning,. and it was brutal on this southerner!

It's only going up to the 40's today....

I hear you laughing yankee...

 

[woodmort]

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We're just a bit more north and east of you, so only got about 3 inches of snow although it was enough to close school for the day. When I started out to clear the driveway I had on a heavy coat but by the time I was done was down to a hat, mittens and a hoodie. Temperatures in the the mid20's which have been our highs since about Jan. 4th. You get used to this stuff plus you're ready for it. After pushing snow off about a third of the driveway I finally gave up and, for the first time this year, fired up the snowblower. A few years ago I'd have gotten out the cross-country skis and had a go at this kind of snow but I've reached the "I've fallen and can't get up." stage so they'll stay in the cellar. Instead I'll split some more wood and build a nice fire, get out my Kindle and read away the day with a short break to feed the chickens and collect eggs. They sure won't want to go out in this.

 

[chickensioux]

I grew up in Memphis, Tn....HOT, HOT, HOT! Lived in Vermont for a year....TOOOOO COLD, too much snow. I now live in NC and it is a wonderful compromise. Perfect springs, falls and summers but this winter and last have been atrocious. I do not like to be cold and I don't like my animals having to be in this. I worry too much. They do fine it seems, but I hate it. The first 6 years we were here were nice, winter was short and not too much snow. But, like I said, these last 2 have been doozies!

 

[stanglover2001]

I don't know how they do it, we got 3-4 inches (6 inches where my sister lives near the Smokies, she got snowed in) of snow Monday and it still hasn't melted

(DH's work closed Monday!). Our high today is 26! 26? REALLY??? Friday or Saturday will bring relief in above freezing temps and melt all the snow

For now my layering of sweat pants and jackets will have to do!!

 

[chicken stalker]

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We're just a bit more north and east of you, so only got about 3 inches of snow although it was enough to close school for the day. When I started out to clear the driveway I had on a heavy coat but by the time I was done was down to a hat, mittens and a hoodie. Temperatures in the the mid20's which have been our highs since about Jan. 4th. You get used to this stuff plus you're ready for it. After pushing snow off about a third of the driveway I finally gave up and, for the first time this year, fired up the snowblower. A few years ago I'd have gotten out the cross-country skis and had a go at this kind of snow but I've reached the "I've fallen and can't get up." stage so they'll stay in the cellar. Instead I'll split some more wood and build a nice fire, get out my Kindle and read away the day with a short break to feed the chickens and collect eggs. They sure won't want to go out in this.

I can't believe we haven't run into each other on other posts....thought I had all the NYers pegged.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

How do we do it? The alternative is to NOT do it? If I didn't 'Do it', my chickens would starve and freeze... so i have to do it, or else! Right now I'm gearing up the chillins for some driveway sledding!

 

[RoeDylanda]

We've got 22 inches in the driveway and it's still coming down... after attempting to shovel a path to the road I have to rest my arms on the desk but can still move my fingers!

I love the cold, even though I'm pretty small and have to seriously layer up starting in October. Generally, I wear an undershirt, a thermal shirt, a turtleneck, then a (wool!) sweater or a fleece. Long johns & cords on the bottom half and waterproof overpants for yard work. Thing is, we get used to it and then 35 degrees seems like a heat wave! It's 23 right now according to the kitchen thermometer, but feels toastier because we're shoveling.

 

[sourland]

How do we do it? Fact of the matter is that for me it gets harder every winter- this is my seventieth. One advantage to being retired is that I don't HAVE to get to work. I have a good neighbor who plowed the driveway this AM. Still took me an hour and a half to do the sidewalks, deck, and finish off the parking area. I simply trudge to the pens with feed and water. Next week the Philly weatherman is threatening temps from the single digits to mid teens. My hands hurt just thinking of that.

 

[woodmort]

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I'm on my 73rd and retired as well so when it snows I just laugh at all those people that are shoveling to get someplace, fill my coffee cup and get on the computer. We've got a 50-foot, double car width driveway that goes downhill to the garage and, until today, I've kept snow off it using a heavy steel push shovel--takes me about 30 minutes to get rid of a 2-inch snowfall. I love the exercise. Today is the first I got the snowblower out and still cleaned up after I got done with the shovel. Our retired friends who have moved south think we're nuts for living here but we like it and now that I have water to the coop, winter is pretty easy--the 4-wheel Kubota helps too. I think if I live someplace where there was no snow to shovel, leaves to rake, garden to till or lawn to mow I'd shrivel up. As my wife says you can layer up to stay warm when it's cold but there is a limit to how much clothes you can remove when it gets hot.