Here’s some pics of the animals today enjoying the warm, dry weather. Also some other pics from the past week and a bit. Milking Lisa our Nubian – SaanenxBoer cross goat is going well and we’ve built a milking stanchion which makes the job a snap. I don’t even have to catch her anymore, just [...]
Continue reading about Some pics of the last really warm day of Fall
Well today we picked up our 5 month old Nubian Lamancha cross dairy goat Aega. Sweet thing she is being coloured beige and white and has a sweet temperament. I got her home and took her to meet the others in our little flock. They were quite interested in her, though Moose the goat butted [...]
Continue reading about Extremely busy day, now what to do with Hera?
We were driving around last week looking for something to do and I was reading the local newspaper and saw an ad for 2 month old Blue Heeler/Black Lab puppies free to good homes. Now having just a week earlier having said no to another Border Collie-Rottweiler mix from the same place we got Zipper, [...]
Continue reading about New cattle dog Nyx added to the household Collie-Brigade!
Well, it’s been a few months since I posted and as life always gives you the unexpected, we’ve had a wild ride this summer into fall. Typically my family will “reboot itself” every September in some fashion and this year has been no exception, but with the addition of being extremely intense! We gambled our [...]
Continue reading about Settled in to the new farm, looking ahead for next season
I’m happy to report Hera is doing fine! Now I can turn my attention to figuring out what to sell at the local farmer’s markets and getting our first podcast recorded and produced!
Well, the new dog managed to eat a sharp chicken bone that Davin accidentally spilled onto the floor during dinner last night. We couldn’t get it out of her before it went down her gullet!! I had my forearm pretty much halfway down her throat and I just couldn’t catch it – it slipped away [...]
The storm that spawned this red rainbow also spawned grape-sized hail near Busby Alberta. Watching the clouds roll over our house was fascinating yet somewhat alarming since they were some pretty nasty clouds! It’s tornado season here, so whenever the storm warnings pop onto my cell phone, I have a look at the radar if [...]
Continue reading about Red Rainbow from last weekend’s storm
Well, our move to the new farm is finally complete! All of the plants I had growing outside our old place in town are really loving the new digs and flourishing. We are getting regular occurrences of rain to keep things watered and our rain barrel is always overfull. One of our many things on [...]
Continue reading about Getting Settled In & New Addition to the Family
There are green tomatoes growing now in both the Camrose and Millwoods plots! First green tomatoes at the Camrose Garden! In the Millwoods plot the Early Time plant is certainly ahead of the other ones with 2 little tomatoes on the way. Almost all the plants have flowers now, so I’ve been making sure to [...]
