We are making the best use of every summer day that is dry between some really intense thunderstorms, I heard on the radio that in the past month we’ve had 94mm of rain which is far too much really. Despite all the wet ground, our farm projects are cruising along and being fairly productive. Currently [...]
The heat of summer is upon us, we’ve had a couple of 27C days last week which is too hot for my comfort and that of our black-furred dogs. (and yesterday, torrential rain of about 3″ total, flooded us a bit, welcome to Alberta weather!) I’m very glad our barn is a much cooler and [...]
It’s shaping up to be a busy time on the farm with the arrival of spring! We have a new litter of 9 rabbits just born last night, and I’m excited to see 6 dark-skinned babies in with the 3 light-skinned ones. We’re trying for blue fur and it looks promising so far. The white [...]
It’s been a busy few weeks at the farm lately! We decided to attend the Wetaskiwin Rabbit and Poultry show last weekend to see what shows were like and took a couple of our rabbits there and entered them in all the classes. Our Jr. Flemish Giant buck Argent won 2 Best of Breed ribbons [...]
Earlier this week I blocked a section of fence where the goats and sheep were regularly crossing to get at the hay bales. I had to come up with a solution using what materials we have on hand so tried weaving branches into the existing fence and give it a top rail. The goats came [...]
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Well this month has certainly gotten really interesting all of a sudden. The cause/catalyst would be my discovery of the local Edmonton Kijiji website. I have finally found the Flemish Giant doe rabbits plus their new litters I was looking for and got 2 of them along with a New Zealand buck to start my [...]
