Working on a farm during the winter can be really hard sometimes when the weather outside is really cold.
I work at a local farm and during the winter we sell Christmas trees to people who like to experience coming out and cutting down their own tree. When you are working outside during the winter, you are really at the mercy of the weather and the temperature outside. Of course, you can always dress for the weather, but sometimes you just can’t beat it. Last year, the winter weather was really terrible. We had record breaking cold temperatures, and the place that I work for was having a really hard time keeping employees. I think that was because of their terrible lack of heating systems at the farm. The only place where you could goto start heating up was inside the little office of the main barn. When it’s freezing cold outside, you want to be able to get warmed up fairly often. That’s why this year, the management at the Christmas tree farm decided that they were going to put kerosene space heaters and propane heaters here and there all throughout the property. They also built little heating shacks where employees could go in to get warm here and there throughout the day. Let me tell you, it sounds silly, but it has made all the difference for me and my attitude on the job. This year has been so much better than last year. I think we owe it all to the heating systems that we are able to use this year.