Harvest time
As summer has been coming to an end, we have been working on harvesting around the farm. We have processed all the meat rabbits and dropped down to just our breeding rabbits for the winter. Today, we butchered all the roosters…
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Gardening in February
Yesterday, Alex and I built a new growing rack for Anna to use with seedlings. We have had a couple of different setups for the past few years, but they were not quite what Anna wanted. A few years back,…
The harvest has begun! With video
We have been enjoying salads with lettuce from the garden. Tonight after a family trail ride (including Amanda), I went to help Anna collect a few things for dinner. I was a little surprised at what I found growing. Radishes!…
Cold Frame
For Mother’s Day, Anna had 1 request: “build a cold frame for my plants before you leave town.” Well since I was leaving town on Monday, that didn’t leave much time to get the project designed, built, and installed. A…
Seedling preps
For the past few days, I have come home to dirt cooking in the oven. Today, I found Anna using the kitchen to start the seedlings for the garden. Based on the number of seedlings she is planting, I expect…
a productive afternoon
The power was out at work this morning, so I came home at lunch. Of course, I got the call that the power came back when I was within a mile of the house. No worry, I still took the…