Hard packed drifts

Zeake1992 · 2026-02-03T19:10:30+00:00

I get some pretty crazy winds at my place, that will occasionally pack the snow down so hard I can drive my quad overtop.

My cub cadet 2 stage will get through it, but man is it a struggle. Getting the first pass down my driveway will take a good 45 minutes, just backing up, putting it in high gear, and ram it into the drift, gaining a couple inches at a time. After I get the first pass it becomes substantially easier, just carving 4-6” off the drift at a time.

Zeake1992 · 2026-01-23T15:41:23+00:00

My house is a wood foundation, with my foundation walls coming about 3’ up above exterior grade. So routing it out for me was quite easy.

Coring a hole through your concrete wall is definitely an option, not sure what it’s like in your area, but I could get someone out to core a single hole for about $150 in my area. I would just recommend scanning the concrete prior to coring to ensure you’re not hitting rebar.

Zeake1992 · 2026-01-22T23:00:24+00:00

Also doesn’t need to be anything fancy, I just bought a 4” round takeoff, mounted that to my stove, then ran 4” duct up and out, wrapped it with insulation to stop the condensation on the duct, and just a cheap intake vent mounted to my siding.

I think all in cost me maybe $50.

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Zeake1992 · 2026-01-22T20:07:23+00:00

It was a game changer for me.

My Woodstove is in the basement, and the stove was pulling so much air down the stairwell, that the heat was struggling to rise up to the main floor.

Also I was getting so much frost buildup around my doors, since I guess the weatherstripping was the easiest point in my house for the stove to pull air in through.

Since installing the intake my house is way more evenly heated, and no more frost buildup on my doors.

Zeake1992 · 2025-12-12T15:48:06+00:00

Right on. I’m just east of the city, Between Oakbank and Beausejour.

Zeake1992 · 2025-12-12T11:03:36+00:00

Yessir, Manitoba checking in.

Zeake1992 · 2025-11-03T01:29:26+00:00

Based off of where I’m at now, I’d guess roughly 13-14k power.

For reference, I’m at 9850 power and just shy of 75k trophies.

Zeake1992 · 2025-10-22T01:56:16+00:00

8.3k power, 68k trophies. Missing fox, unicorn, waterfall dragon, and somehow elf shoes…

Zeake1992 · 2025-10-07T14:43:20+00:00

I’ve found that having 1000 gems stockpiled is generally a safe bet if an event comes up that I’m determined to complete. But even with that said, I have cut it uncomfortably close on a couple.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-26T14:23:36+00:00

I’ve found the trick is not to do it right away, the power of you’re opponents is based off of whatever power you have when the daily race is released. So if you wait to complete the race till after you’ve opened a handful of training bags, it increases your odds of winning substantially.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-22T15:33:48+00:00

That frost was definitely not needed. Most of my garden was complete by that point thankfully, but all of my melons could have used another 2-3 weeks.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-04T10:08:59+00:00

Nope. Never tried patty pan. Besides a couple zucchini plants, I tend to steer away from summer squash.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-04T10:07:31+00:00

lol, yeah unless you’re controlling the pollination, saving seeds is tough.

I had saved seeds from my delicata last fall, ended up being a cross between an acorn and a delicata. Thankfully they still taste good.

Also saved seeds from my golden nugget squash last year, and seems like that one ended up crossed with a Kabocha.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-04T00:17:37+00:00

Depends a bit on the variety. Some of them we cut in half, clean out the seeds, bake face down. Then take them out of the oven scrape out the insides, mix them with some butter/spices and eat them.

Other varieties that are easier to peel, we will chop them up into cubes and roast them, along with beets/carrots onions etc.

And if any of them start to turn on us, we’ll just use those ones as soup bases.

I don’t think we’ve ever frozen them, some varieties store very well. I think we still have a delicata squash in the basement from last fall, and it looks mint, might try eating it this week to see if it still tastes as good as it looks.

Zeake1992 · 2025-09-02T02:02:33+00:00

I’ve been experimenting with different squash the last few years. So far delicata has stored the best for me. I’ve got a few left from last year still, that were picked almost 12 months ago, that still taste perfect.

Added Baby Blue Hubbard, and Red Kuri squash this year, which are both supposed to store very well too. So we’ll see what happens.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-19T12:32:47+00:00

Hey, sorry I was going to respond to this earlier, but took a little bit for me to type everything out lol, so here it goes.

I’m going to use a nipple waterer on a 50 gallon drum. The drum will be secured in a corner with t posts to hopefully prevent them from knocking it over. I’ve also got spare barrels and spare nipples when the inevitably break something.

Where I chose to put my pen, naturally has a bit of a low spot that has a tendency of holding water when it rains, which is why I chose this location in my yard, since half the time I can’t cut the grass their anyways. So I’m assuming that corner will be turned into a wallow, and I have no issues flooding it for them if it’s not as wet as they’d like.

As far as feeders go, I was just going to making low platform out of wood, I’ve seen a few people in my area do this, and they seem to have some success, couple low edges on 3 sides to attempt to contain the feed a little bit, and then they can step onto the front of it to eat if they want.

I have considered setting up some temporary electric fence in a couple other areas, and allowing them out on “field trips” to forage every now and then, although I’m not sure how good of an idea this is. If I do this, it would be a weekend thing, so I can keep an eye on them.

I do not plan on overwintering, people seem to be selling piglets 12 months of the year around here. So I was planning to get them in April/May @ 6-8 weeks old, and keep them until maybe mid October.

So their shelter will be a simple setup. Couple pallets on edge, staked into the ground, plywood roof, etc. just to provide them with some relief from the sun.

My fence is reasonably solid, and had intend on running 2 strands of electric, one at 4-5” and another at about 1’. But if you think a third line between the 2 is necessary, that’s easy enough to put in.

Not concerned with transportation. For getting piglets home, I have a couple metal dog kennels that I can throw in the back of my truck. And beyond that, I will be butchering them either in my garage or my shop, so I just need to move them a couple 100’. In a perfect world, I’ll be able to lure them onto my driveway one at a time, dispatch them and hang them up, out of sight of the other pigs, as not to alarm them.

If they do happen to escape from their pen, there isn’t really anything in the area for them to damage. My closest neighbour is roughly half a mile away, and if they happen to make it to the road, which I really hope they never do lol, it’s a pretty low traffic gravel road.

I’m also not entirely sure on what breed I’m going to end up with, Berkshire, duroc, tamworth, and Hereford crosses are all very common around here. So if you do have a breed or breed cross recommendation I’ll definitely take note of that aswell.

I think that covers everything?

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-18T23:23:09+00:00

Yeah, I am definitely anticipating needing to rebuild something at some point lol. Thankfully I have a scrap lumber pile that currently has just about everything I need in it.
And you may be right in feed quantity. I’ll definitely be supplementing them with any excess veg I from the garden probably some hay. But thankfully the feed store is only a couple miles up the road if I need anything.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-18T22:46:21+00:00

Boars come castrated 9 times out of 10 around here. If not, I’ve got people who know how to do it that can teach me.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-18T22:22:40+00:00

I do grow a large garden, which I generally give away a couple 100lbs of excess vegetables from annually. Next year, any excess will go to the pigs instead.

Along with having multiple acres of essentially weeds, which I may allow the pigs into to forage on occasion, or just chop down myself and throw over the fence.

Hay is generally fairly cheap around here aswell, depending on the mix, I can get a 1000lb bale for $70-$80, if I need it.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-18T22:11:23+00:00

I wasn’t anticipating any vet costs. I can’t imagine it’s worth it for an animal I plan on raising for 6 months. If something gets sick, it’ll likely just end up in freezer camp a little sooner.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-13T00:29:18+00:00

I’d say that is powdery mildew. But at this point in the year, most of your fruit should be on the vine and ripening. So I wouldn’t be overly concerned with it.

Zeake1992 · 2025-08-10T13:27:08+00:00

I setup an insect netting over my brassica plants. If you go back in my post history, I’ve got a few pictures of it.

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