Tag Archives: Farm Life
Farm Sales Stories
Auctions and Farm Sales are a time honored way to spend a saturday with farmers in your neck of the woods. I can remember as a small child always wanting to hear the story of the wash board.. it seems … Continue reading
Chores, New Lamb and Sheep Milk
Its been a busy morning so far.. first my ear does not have blisters, or white spots, and while its tender, it’s doing well today, just needs to be treated gently while it heals. I am craving rubarb, which means that … Continue reading
Book Review:101 Uses for Stinging Nettles by Peirs Warren
This is a little softcover book, but its worth its weight in Gold (well maybe not with the cost of gold these days, but Silver for sure). I started out using Stringing Nettles in the spring as one of the … Continue reading
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Bitter Cold
ahhhh, frost bite warming on exposed skin within ten min, and they say that in our closest city that its min 30 c with wind chill min 38, but the outside farm says that its min 36 c without the … Continue reading
Got it figured out! -Sheep Milk/Lamb Update
So we got a pattern now and there might just be enough extra for a little bit of fresh sheep yogurt to appear soon.. We are milking twice a day, Puff getting a nice big meal by nursing off the … Continue reading
Sneaky Hay Baby Lamb
So went out last night to milk an there was very little to have, see I had a ewe (carmel that looked like she was likely to start labour in the next while so I moved FF in with spot … Continue reading
First Lambs have arrived.
Well, its been a crazy busy day, the morning was very full, getting ready to head out to friends this evening, so we went to do barn chores in early afternoon, and Funny Face ewe was clearly in labour, she is … Continue reading
Our Workout.. Shoveling Snow..
Its funny, most folks don’t hand clear a lane as big and long as our’s and to be fair, if we get a really bad storm/drifting, we hire a friend down the road to come and plow it out and … Continue reading
We are in the 30 coldest days of the year..
Brrrrr, and I can tell it, its bitter bone chilling cold out there, its the wind and the damp that makes the cold seem so much more, I was raised in cold country but it was a dry cold, with … Continue reading
Rabbit Liver Pate Recipe
1 Fresh Rabbit Liver-Chopped into small pieces 2 Tbsp of Local St. Alberta Butter 1 Small Onion, Peeled and Fine Diced 1 Clove Garlic, Peeled and Fine Dinced Salt, Pepper, Hot Red Pepper Flakes to taste. Basil 2 Tbsp of good … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 