Our year-old Snow Joe wore itself out in the last storm, our terrain includes a pasture with frozen manure and small rocks, and the machine just gave out.

We have a lot of rough stuff mixed with the snow; the Snow Joe did an excellent job for us; our farm just overwhelmed it.

I went to the hardware store this morning and found a new one, an EGO that was twice the size and cost twice as much.

It is highly recommended and has solid and positive reviews. I talked to several people who used one.

Mike Conklin, our friend, power, landscaper, power,  plumber, generator counsel, and adviser on all things mechanical, went to the hardware store yesterday and checked out the new snowblower that I wanted.

Besides Mike, I researched online and with people who have snow blowers. Everybody gave this one very high marks.

He said it looked great and was being offered at a reasonable price. I looked at it yesterday but have no idea what I was seeing.

The hot new trend in snowblowers and lawnmowers is easy to use and battery-powered. The Lithium batteries are strong and much improved.

Snowblowers are important. I can’t do too much shoveling, but I can push a snowblower around all day.

I stick the batteries in their compartments and push a button, and it’s on. It throws snow for 35 feet, twice as much as the Snow Joe, which was smaller.

I know the price will only go up by next winter, so I figured I should grab one of the last blowers the hardware had in stock.

We are ready for next winter – the hay is ordered, we have a generator and snowblower.

Besides, it often snows into April here.

The blower is in the barn, the batteries are charged, we’re ready.