Ice from cattle trough

With all the rain we had a few weeks ago water got into my cattle trough. With no cattle currently I prefer the trough to be empty of water.

With this colder weather I found a way to remove water from my cattle trough. At night the water turns to ice and during the day when the temperature is in the 30s and 40s the ice partially melts. For several days now I have pulled pieces of the ice floating in the trough and placed them against my small English Walnut tree.

Yes - the tree is small as one of the cattle got their head through the fence a few years ago and ate the tree down. Hence the wire now nailed to the fence.

That the ice has been there a few days now is a testament to the cold temperatures and the shady location. You can see how one piece of ice has partially melted where it rests against the right side of the white metal pipe.