Spring, The Earthship and the Fossil-Free Garden
Posted by Chris in Earthship, Gardening, roof on 28. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
It seems like only yesterday we were finishing the rocket stove in January … and now it is almost June!
As you might have guessed from the above picture we were in Vancouver for four days a week ago. We visited the aquarium and managed to go cycling around Stanley Park. Thank you Tom and Stephanie … Read More →
The kids have branched out on their own…
Posted by Sandra in Family, Farming on 29. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Over the last few days Katie, Stephen and Helen have been working on desigining and developing their own blog, with Chris’ help. Chris asked for one of them to volunteer to be the administrator and Helen was eager to step up. So she and Chris are primarily responsible for the look of the whole thing. … Read More →
The Ultimate Radiant Heat Floor
Posted by Chris in Farming, Sheep on 21. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
I had the opportunity to work on the ultimate floor today; radiant heat, about 8″ thick, and on top of all that the floor is soft and springy.
I am talking, of course, about the floor in our barn … this floor is amazing! I guess I should say was amazing. We cleaned out the barn … Read More →
Turkeys and Chickens
Posted by Sandra in Chickens, Farming on 26. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
On July the sixteenth our hens and turkeys finally hatched we ended up with six turkeys and about 17 or 18 chikens. the chickens were mostly black but we had 5 or 6 chicks that were yellow. last night the 17th 3 chicks couln’t hatch so we had to help themby peeling there egg shells and … Read More →
Turkey Eggs Update
Posted by Katie in Chickens, Farming, turkeys on 13. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Well, we candled the turkey eggs to see how many of them are going to hatch. When you shine a really bright light through the egg in a dark room, you can see inside it. If you see a “spider” in the egg, it means that is developing into a chick and … Read More →
Turkeys – day 2
Posted by Helen in turkeys on 24. Jun, 2010 | 1 Comment
It is June 23rd and day two incubating our turkey eggs. An incubator is the white box Stephen and I are sitting in front of. What you do is you put the turkey eggs in and turn every morning and night. The only way to know what side to turn them on is if you put … Read More →
