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, 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
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 [...]
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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 [...]
After a marathon weekend of planting seeds in a frenzy and getting quite the sunburn, the seeds are all in the ground on both plots! All that remains in Camrose is to put in the vining tomatoes and the potatoes, and the vining tomatoes and the peppers into the Millwoods plot. I have decided to [...]
Wow, now I’ve met the rototiller, and I’m pretty tired from it. It’s a good thing I weigh as much as I do or there would’ve been no chance of me running it as it would’ve run away with me. As it was, I just did a few rows of the garden to try it [...]
