How was your Easter long weekend? Still not over for you?
Friday was pretty quiet for us. Saturday we went to the GP SPCA in hopes of finding a farm dog or two. It was very busy and though we met a cute pitbull mix we didn't come home with any new friends for Vixen. Maybe next time.
Sunday was busy clearing up some deadfall. I got to use the chain saw for the first time and drag some trees out of the bush with the tractor so that was fun!
We finished our weekend with a very non-traditional Easter dinner - BBQ beer-can chicken, roast potatoes and creamed corn.
Some photos and a short video on our web-site...
http://www.homesteadingalberta.com/#!clearing-trees-chopping-wood/cgik
~Sue
Monday, 21 April 2014
Thursday, 17 April 2014
You CAN farm and/or garden anywhere!
Found this great story of a family growing their own food and raising chickens and goats in a small back yard in a large city.
Proof that you can do it anywhere!
http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/04/16/woman-has-itty-bitty-farm-city-heres-amazing-way-shes-making-it-work?cmpid=foodinc-fb
~Sue
Proof that you can do it anywhere!
http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/04/16/woman-has-itty-bitty-farm-city-heres-amazing-way-shes-making-it-work?cmpid=foodinc-fb
~Sue
Saturday, 12 April 2014
Home!!
It is so nice to come home and sleep in your own bed after being away!
We went down to Edmonton and Red Deer over the weekend. We drove to Edmonton Wednesday night after the Farmers Market workshop and Thursday morning we went to Tandy's.
If you have never been it's an experience. Ray wants to get in to leather crafting so this was definitely the place to go. It's like a small warehouse and you can easily get overwhelmed in there but they were so helpful. I had a list of items Ray wanted from their web-site and one of the guys took my list and found everything for us. This gave us time to wander around and look at everything. They have a pretty good collection of books and a lot of different leather hides.
We left with a nice big order that included their deluxe starting kit and some free leather samples for Ray to practice on. After Tandy's we headed to Cabela's. Easily one of my favorite stores in Edmonton.
We headed to Red Deer in the afternoon and met some friends for supper and a Jeff Dunham show that night. So much better live than the videos and he had some new stuff too. We had a blast!
Friday and Saturday was full of appointments with lawyers, accountants and life insurance agent. But we still made time for some fun stuff and, of course, visited Wolverine. There we picked up a Ranchman's rifle for $70 less than GP.
Our big purchase this trip was our new dumping trailer. We had found it over Kijiji and the timing was perfect to pick it up when we had to be in Red Deer anyway. Our beautiful new trailer is in pics below.
On Saturday we headed home after another stop at Cabela's when we got a competitive shooting target, some rubber boots and a camo jack for me and more ammo for Ray.
A fun weekend and now there is lots of work to do!
~Sue
We went down to Edmonton and Red Deer over the weekend. We drove to Edmonton Wednesday night after the Farmers Market workshop and Thursday morning we went to Tandy's.
If you have never been it's an experience. Ray wants to get in to leather crafting so this was definitely the place to go. It's like a small warehouse and you can easily get overwhelmed in there but they were so helpful. I had a list of items Ray wanted from their web-site and one of the guys took my list and found everything for us. This gave us time to wander around and look at everything. They have a pretty good collection of books and a lot of different leather hides.
We left with a nice big order that included their deluxe starting kit and some free leather samples for Ray to practice on. After Tandy's we headed to Cabela's. Easily one of my favorite stores in Edmonton.
We headed to Red Deer in the afternoon and met some friends for supper and a Jeff Dunham show that night. So much better live than the videos and he had some new stuff too. We had a blast!
Friday and Saturday was full of appointments with lawyers, accountants and life insurance agent. But we still made time for some fun stuff and, of course, visited Wolverine. There we picked up a Ranchman's rifle for $70 less than GP.
Our big purchase this trip was our new dumping trailer. We had found it over Kijiji and the timing was perfect to pick it up when we had to be in Red Deer anyway. Our beautiful new trailer is in pics below.
On Saturday we headed home after another stop at Cabela's when we got a competitive shooting target, some rubber boots and a camo jack for me and more ammo for Ray.
A fun weekend and now there is lots of work to do!
~Sue
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Getting into Farmers Markets Workshop
Today was the Getting into Farmers Market workshop in Grande Prairie. It had been re-scheduled from an earlier date and this one was better for us anyway as we both got to attend.
It was a day long seminar with a lot of great info on what you need to do to start selling food products at Farmers Markets in Alberta. Besides all of the great info we learned we met some wonderful people.
The managers of the Rycroft Farmers Market were there and we look forward to going to their market in the future. We also go to meet Kreg from Broken Tine Orchard. We have been following his story on his haskap berries for a while so it was nice to put a face to the facebook page.
If you are considering selling at Farmers Markets this workshop is a definite plus. This was a first for them but they do plan on more in the future. You can get more info at http://www.albertamarkets.com.
~sue
It was a day long seminar with a lot of great info on what you need to do to start selling food products at Farmers Markets in Alberta. Besides all of the great info we learned we met some wonderful people.
The managers of the Rycroft Farmers Market were there and we look forward to going to their market in the future. We also go to meet Kreg from Broken Tine Orchard. We have been following his story on his haskap berries for a while so it was nice to put a face to the facebook page.
If you are considering selling at Farmers Markets this workshop is a definite plus. This was a first for them but they do plan on more in the future. You can get more info at http://www.albertamarkets.com.
~sue
Yummy Stuffed burgers!!
Yummmmy stuffed burgers for supper last night! They turned out delicious and for those that asked.. here's how we made them with a little review of the "Stufz burger press"...
http://www.homesteadingalberta.com/#!stuffed-burgers/c21j1
~Sue
http://www.homesteadingalberta.com/#!stuffed-burgers/c21j1
~Sue
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Nuts about squirrels
Ray disappeared this morning after breakfast for a bit. When he came back he told me to go to the window with the camera. That's when I seen this.... I love it!..and so do the squirrels!! lol
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Caught on video! The bird seed thief!!
We've noticed that our bird feeder has some damage. We figured it was probably the deer coming over and shaking it to get seed to fall to the ground. Well today I caught this little bugger on the feeder lol
Video on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLc5GTKdLA
~Sue
Video on our youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLc5GTKdLA
~Sue
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