Rob MacLeod is a history teacher at Harwood High School and runs a small farm at his home in East Hardwick. On Saturday, Sept. 20, while filling water for his cows, his spring ran dry.

Reporter Erica Heilman talked with him about his water deficit — and his plans for the winter.

This interview was produced for the ear. We highly recommend listening to the audio. We’ve also provided a transcript.

Rob MacLeod: We were watering the cows, they were down below the house, and the water stopped running. So I was like, “Uh oh.” So I went down, I have a 300-gallon storage tank down the cellar, and I went down there, and that was empty, and no water was flowing in. So I was like, "I think my spring is dry." I hadn't checked it because I was like, "Well, I can't use any less water than I am, and

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