tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138859409301308693.post3426448137366505175..comments2023-08-24T05:05:27.274-04:00Comments on Blueberry Hills Homestead: Preparing for WinterJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05712893867575841432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138859409301308693.post-17536715804821691652009-08-12T09:45:52.700-04:002009-08-12T09:45:52.700-04:00Hi Cindy - great suggestion about the plastic to p...Hi Cindy - great suggestion about the plastic to protect the foundation. I love talking to the old-timers. So much knowledge that we've lost!Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712893867575841432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138859409301308693.post-11639651866034446352009-08-12T00:25:57.649-04:002009-08-12T00:25:57.649-04:00The first thing I would do would be to either fix ...The first thing I would do would be to either fix the foundation of the house or nail up some heavy duty plastic about 3-3 1/2 feet up from the ground. tack it into place with strips of wood on the top side and have enough plastic on the ground to have a little apron. First snow fall take a shovel and bank the foundation. Pile the snow up as high as the plastic. Each snowfall add more until the foundation is well banked. That will keep most of the cold out. Right idea with closing off the rooms you don't need in the winter. Tack up blankets you can get at rumage sales for little or nothing over the doors and place a rug at the bottom. Plastic on the windows that you can shrink wrap with a hair dryer. No more flapping plastic in the wind. Heavy curtains or more blankets over the windows at night. Leave open on sunny days for some solar heat. Keep the chimney cleaned and in good repair and only use seasoned or very dry hardwood for the stove. We live in Minnesota in the country, this is standard procedure here. Some people will line the outside of their foundations with staw bales stacked two high. Talk to the old-timers. They are a wealth of information.cindynoreply@blogger.com