Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Bringing in the Pro’s

I like to do most things myself, I give my all allowed legal vaccines, I treat for worms and I help birth, I can tube feed if needed and give sub-q shots and fluids, I can trim feet on sheep, … Continue reading

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Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake Recipe 2 cups flour 1 teaspoons baking soda 1 cups sugar 1/4 cup, generously rounded, cocoa 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup full-fat mayonnaise 1 an 3/4th cup warm water 1 teaspoons vanilla Stir together the dry ingredient, make … Continue reading

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No Buy Feb- 5 year anniversary

Well, its a good thing I have been doing this for a while.. it makes getting ready for it fairly easy at this point and yet it also means I know how much this will hurt as well.. Yup, I … Continue reading

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Indoor Quail Breeding Box

Now I have my little quail in for the winter, I had raised them in their rabbit hutch and they did great right up until it was truly winter, and the snow came, the cold came, their pen was wrapped … Continue reading

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Beeswax -Grades and cleaning

What a great gift I got yesterday, I brought home some lovely local honey but I was also able to bring home a big box filled with uncleaned beeswax.. The bee keeper had already graded the wax, I assume for … Continue reading

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New Sheep on the Farm -Tess

Today we picked up Tess, aka Tesseracts, the black sheep..  There was a few to pick from but she was the stand out, her temperament, her size and her excellent hair sheep winter coat. She was gotten in honor of … Continue reading

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Bella

It is with great Sadness that I am letting you know that our beloved Bella, our sweet and always sassy little Yellowknife Rescue has crossed over. She joined our family at the tender age of six weeks and she would … Continue reading

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Roasted Winter Root Veggies with Sausages

Sometimes in winter, you just love to make it and forget it, and baking something not only increases the sweetness of your root cellar veggies but also helps warm your house at the same time. the base of this is … Continue reading

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Itchy Skin- Listernine Blend Spray

With winter comes dryness and with dryness can come itchy skin on one of my hounds, she tends to be the type that can itch from the grass, itch from rolling around in the hay and itch from dry skin, … Continue reading

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Homemade Suit Cakes for Birds

Sometimes you need to do things the hard way and sometime you can do things the easy way.. While I guess that it would be easier to buy these (haha) trust me.. it would take me more time to go … Continue reading

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