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ohyes. I had one for a couple of years in a row (early 2000's). Myself and my neighbour would combine our efforts. he had a narrow yard, but was able to build a very thick, flat pad good enough to curl on.
My yard is wider and what I did was to use the snow blower to clear out the middle - 25 x 40 or so - and then stomp down the rest so that I had a hard packed snow surface surrounded by snowbanks.
Then I had to run the garden hose from the basement laundry sink. This was critical because the outside faucet kept freezing. I needed to run hot water through the hose, so that it didn freeze in the hose or the sprayer. After a while it would freeze on the snow. it took about 4 nights of spraying plus 2 40 oz of scotch (Lagavulin & Talisker) for the two of us to create a decent rink.
We surrounded the rink with the Tiki lawn torches. The skating lasted for about a week before a February Thaw ruined it.
needless to say, this year's winter has not yet been cold enough to do anything.
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