{"id":1653,"date":"2018-01-06T22:33:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T03:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2018-03-12T20:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T00:31:01","slug":"cold-spell-freezes-big-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/?p=1653","title":{"rendered":"Cold Spell Freezes Big Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had a good week to 10 days of below freezing temperature, usually only getting into the 20s and getting close or below zero at night. \u00a0The big pond froze a good 5 inches thick, I tested it in multiple places with a hole saw. \u00a0The boys got their hockey skates, sticks and puck and gave it a whirl. \u00a0Not so much as a creaking noise from the ice.<\/p>\n<p>I took the opportunity to get out onto the island and clear out all the overgrowth.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the video below me and Patrick take the UTV for a spin over the shallow part of the pond, again not even a crack in the ice when we drove over.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwX282Y9d-Y?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1655\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1655\" class=\"wp-image-1655 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0246-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0246-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0246-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0246.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even in below zero temps this must be a warm spring upwelling into one of the small ponds in the bottom area.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1658\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1658\" class=\"wp-image-1658 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0236.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrick helping clear the underbrush<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1659\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1659\" class=\"wp-image-1659 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0241.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temperature dropped to 7 below zero that night.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1660 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0238-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Had the fireplace ROARING!\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0238-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0238-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.springfieldfarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_0238-768x576.jpg 768w, 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