Keeping Warm

It's a good time of year to fire up the dye pots. Anything hot will help keep my pipes from freezing in the milk room, where the bulk tank used to be, and where I hook up my hose to water the sheep. The range I bought out of the want-ads is keeping the room semi-warm and is my dedicated dye stove. The kitties huddle on top of the range, even when the oven is on and the pots are boiling. We dipped below zero F. last night, but next week will have the temps in the teens. Critters are doing fine, lambs fat and healthy on alfafa/grass mix hay.