Category Archives: Life moves on daily
Butternut Squash Grow-out 2016
Here is the overview of the program.. I have sent you a mix of seeds for short season butternuts to be grown out and selected for best fruit. Within this are some of my own seeds that have already gone … Continue reading
Sunday’s course- Disaster Planning
The course I took on sunday was put together by Equi-Health Canada http://www.equihealthcanada.com/ It was the Disaster planning and Emergency Preparedness Course “A MUST for any livestock owner, this course will train you in fire prevention, planning for and executing … Continue reading
Melting weekend-garden
Much to my pleasure, got to find time to put in a few hours on sunday in spring cleanup and combo it out in regards to the front yard garden. I was on a course from 9 till 3 on … Continue reading
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Spring, gardens, muck and lambs..
What can I say, I am so busy outside on the these first days of warmer melting weather, and busy with lambing, that I am behind on my blogging.. So once again, this is a photo heavy post 🙂 but … Continue reading
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Breeding Lines -Sheep
While this is on sheep, the truth is knowing, understanding and running female breeding lines applies to all your breed programs, everyone is always so worried about the males.. I hear it all the time.. the stud gives 50% of … Continue reading
Squash Bee’s Overview- Part 1
Good Day Folks, it is finally warming up above freezing One foot in front of the other and steady as she goes 🙂 I have been off for a few days but its been so worth it, we have new … Continue reading
Rice Water Rince – Overview
So while I tried to keep up on the blog during the storms, I ran out of time and the farm and the critters always need to come first, plus I lost the computer for a week and bit only … Continue reading
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Purple Pea Pod Jelly Recipe
Purple Pea Pod Jelly 4 C pea hull infusion (see below) 5 C sugar 1 package Sure Jell (or other powdered pectin)… 2 T lemon juice For pea hull infusion: I got 4 cups of liquid from a pound of pea … Continue reading
Lamb Hide Followup
So from yesterdays post, the brown curly hide is the hair sheep and the fluffy white one is the wool lamb hide. Here it is green washed and wet, ready to be scraped and salted.. Here it is dried, stretched … Continue reading
Lamb Pelts
So, this is a fast little post but I will put out a little challenge for you.. Both of these are washed, cured by me stillborn lamb hides.. One is a full hair sheep lamb and one is a wool … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 