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 [...]
Well things have been very busy around here lately, but in a stop and go fashion as I’ve had 2 trips to BC for several weeks at a time each. It in general has been cold and wet during the periods I’ve been at home from April till now so only half of our fence [...]
We have a new purebred Flemish buck in the barn who is impressively huge, yet completely adorable at the same time! He’s about 4 months old right now and we are excited to see how well he does with our does when he comes of age. He’s the largest rabbit we have so far and [...]
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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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 [...]
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We started fencing parts of the dog’s enclosure this evening. We got the first part done except for building a gate which will happen this week. this part will be where the dog house will go, and once it’s done we’ll fence in the larger part of their enclosure so they can have an area [...]
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We have 4 new additions to the farm and more coming in the next weeks! We’ve acquired 3 sheep (destined for my freezer and dinner table) and a goat as of yesterday. It was an adventure getting them home since we don’t have a stock trailer, but one trip to the junkyard did the trick. [...]
The era of bunnies has now dawned at our farm and the first bunny has arrived. This new bunny is Davin’s 4H project this year. I found a bunny that was free to good home, and so Bender (named by Davin after watching 2 seasons of Futurama) has moved in as of yesterday. For now, [...]
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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
