[Jacob-list] intersting, but pointless

[Linda]

That's surprising that the water would be warm enough for frogs!

I run the water from the creek through a couple of five gallon buckets, 
some pvc, and a bunch of garden hose. It runs all the time. We don't get 
as cold here, of course, but I sure appreciate having running water for 
the sheep when it's 15 degrees out.

Linda

Dan Carpenter wrote:

>

> A couple of years ago during a dry spell I decided to dig up a 

> chronically wet spot to fix what I thought was a broken tile.  When I 

> got about 3 feet down, instead of finding a broken tile I found an 

> artesian spring and by the next morning the hole was filled to the top 

> with water!  This summer I expanded a pasture so that it overlapped 

> that spring and decided to use it as a watering hole until it froze 

> over.  (You know---save on all that electricity to run a tank 

> heater.)  Well, would you believe that it's the end of January and 

> here in Michigan the ground is frozen rock-hard, the temperatures have 

> been dropping to near zero, and not only is the spring still open, but 

> yesterday I saw two frogs /swimming/ (not hibernating) in it?

>

>  

>

> -Dan

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