Category Archives: Life moves on daily

Fodder-Sprouting for the livestock- Beaker Update

Well first a update on Beaker-that little guy is just rock’n it back with his momma, he is growing, nursing, eating and is all full of himself.. sometimes you get really luck and if you can catch something early, it … Continue reading

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Gutting out the old shed with redo plans

Well, between the farm helpers and Dh and myself, many hours was spent emptying out the old brown shed, ripping out the shelves, the floor and the subfloor, cleaning the area around it.. It down to the bare bones and … Continue reading

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Beaker on the mend! and a breakout story..

Well, this morning I have great news, first is that Beaker is feeling so much better today, and will be heading back out to the barn, he got warmer up, well feed and finally today, he passed a normal stool!  … Continue reading

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My 40th Birthday Ride..

I had promised myself that I would go riding for my 40th birthday, I had booked a afternoon ride for this coming weekend this spring at a place in Quebec, it never crossed my mind that I would be able … Continue reading

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Hot Topic- To eat or not? Retired oxen….

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/22/163257176/despite-protest-college-plans-to-slaughter-serve-farms-beloved-oxen Dh and I had a interesting talk about this very subject and I wanted to share where we came down on it.. This is clearly a very personal subject to us, given that Girl is both family milk cow … Continue reading

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Beaker is in the house..

Thank goodness for big old dog crates, they have so many uses, right now they are holding a three week old piglet, who now has the name of Beaker, you see while he is better in the sense of not … Continue reading

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Miss Piggy is a very protective momma

Now I have to admit that Miss Piggy is a sweetheart of a pig, and I really don’t worry about her near as much as I do angelo when working in her pen as she has much better training and manners … Continue reading

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This little Piggy..

I know that I have talked about this before in regards to other livestock but today its about my little piggy in the litter.. now, this is a big strong little boar piglet and yesterday, everyone was up and doing … Continue reading

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Walked to the mailbox and found out we are 92,000 richer! or Perhaps not..

Wow, that’s all I can say, wow.. according to the province my house, farm and outbuildings have increased in value to the tune of 92,000 over the past four years.. now what this will really mean is that I will … Continue reading

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A little Buck here and there..

Well on tonights ride, I got to have a bit more of a challange then I expected.. I started out just fine with grooming, tacking and didn’t do much ground work, perhaps I should have but you see a storm … Continue reading

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