Re: RC: keeping troughs from freezing

[Dave & Abby Bloxsom <cyclone@snet.net>]

> Basically you dig a big hole under the trough, below the freezing area for
> your area.   Line it with rocks (I've got TONS if you want them) or concrete,
> or leave it alone, put your trough on top, and WA- LA the ground temperature
> from below keeps the trough from freezing.
> 
hmmmmmm ... around her the frost line is 42 inches down.  I guess that
would work better somewhere else.  How bout y'all in Michigan?  Any
nonelectric frost-free tub suggestions?  I thought about building a box
around the tub and insulating it with packing peanuts or something. 
Someone once suggested floating a piece of styrofoam on the water &
letting it freeze *around* the foam.  Anyone tried that?

-Abby B
Connecticut



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