The Quack Shack

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Christmas Video, delayed due to L triple R, of the Waddle Through Buffet in the duck-yard:

 

[Supercow]

You have 12 months/year in Slovenia too?
Here in WV we have to wait at least two months, until March before outside temperatures are supportive for cold loving vegetables like Kale, Mustard and Turnips…

Your latitude is 38 north ... Our place is 46. Yet it's usually only January that's really nasty, February can start quite cold (for non-Canadian values of "quite cold") but later breaks into pleasant spring temps. There is usually a price to pay later on for those trees that were foolish enough to really start going all out with the first warmth, but .... we don't normally get "full winter" back after February. I plant spring garlic and shallots in mid February (can't do the autumn varieties because of heavy soil and inquisitive animals).

 

[Supercow]

The ducks just keep coming Beautiful!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Christmas Video, delayed due to L triple R, of the Waddle Through Buffet in the duck-yard:

Wow, talk about dine and dash!

 

[Canadian Wind]

The disadvantages of living north of the Polar Circle…

-50° (-58F) i experienced in December 2009 in Red Deer Alberta. Rented a car in Calgary and there was a cable dangling from the front bumper. Walked back to the counter and told them that somebody had forgotten a power tool in the engine bay.

- Answer: Not a forgotten power tool, there will be an electrical outlet at every spot in the hotel's parking lot. Please plug-in the car over night otherwise it will be frozen solid and you will pay for the damage…
Breathing at these temperatures is painful. 🌡

Yes, it's called a Block Heater. It keeps the engine block warm enough to start the car. Cars here used to be equipped with one as a standard feature. They have, for some odd reason, stopped doing that now. If you want one (and you do!) you must purchase it as an option.

And yes, breathing is extremely difficult when it's this cold, even for those that don't suffer from asthma. If you're asthmatic, don't even poke your nose outside. There are times I have several layers of scarves over my face to keep the skin from freezing off and to keep my breath semi-warm enough that I can walk across the driveway to the house and not require resuscitation.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Christmas Video, delayed due to L triple R, of the Waddle Through Buffet in the duck-yard:

You need more feed bowls to feed that army.

 

[Luv Ducks]

The disadvantages of living north of the Polar Circle…

-50° (-58F) i experienced in December 2009 in Red Deer Alberta. bumper. Walked back to the counter and told them that somebody had forgotten a power tool in the engine bay. - Answer: Not a forgotten power tool, there will be an electrical outlet at every spot in the hotel's parking lot. Please plug-in the car over night otherwise it will be frozen solid and you will pay for the damage…
Breathing at these temperatures is painful. 🌡

Our -19 degrees F is freezing cold to us here in Ohio. I had a diesel Chevette that year and it started to gel up while I was driving it. I stopped at a fuel station though and was able to fill the tank while letting it run and we made it to my Son's doctor's appointment just fine. I used to plug it in at night because it had a block heater on it. I drove that car for 17 years and loved it. I surely would not like those temperatures and admire you for being able to withstand them.

 

[Luv Ducks]

You need more feed bowls to feed that army.

I'm surprised they did not wait around for more food.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Your latitude is 38 north ... Our place is 46. Yet it's usually only January that's really nasty, February can start quite cold (for non-Canadian values of "quite cold") but later breaks into pleasant spring temps. There is usually a price to pay later on for those trees that were foolish enough to really start going all out with the first warmth, but .... we don't normally get "full winter" back after February. I plant spring garlic and shallots in mid February (can't do the autumn varieties because of heavy soil and inquisitive animals).

You might be at a higher latitude - very likely at a similar latitude than @Canadian Wind - but you are south of a mountain range that is oriented in east-west direction and prevents the cold air from the north migrating south.
The American continent is different, the Rocky Mountains ad the Appalachians are more north-south oriented, in fact they create something like a funnel that funnels the arctic-air straight south to the Golf of Mexico, making the whole landmass much colder in Winter than Europe and much warmer and humid during the Summer.
Since i live here, i have always proposed to build a tall wall in the North border to bottle up the arctic air in the eternal darkness, but i nobody is listening to me...

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The ducks just keep coming Beautiful!

Yes beautiful and funny. Have you noticed the different running techniques that the ducks apply? The runners just run, the Buffies kick their legs to the side and the Swedish just stomp.
I still don't know know to get them off the pond, Flashlight and laser-pointers were unsuccessful, now my wife gave me a winter-pattern projector…
Frosty nights are forecasted for next week, so hopefully that dam pond freezes over.
Its not only that they're not safe up there, but they're not paying their foo-bill!
Just three eggs in December out of over 30 ducks.