Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

Showing posts with label small holding. Show all posts

Showing posts with label small holding. Show all posts

15 October 2014

Yes, I’m here.

I haven’t written much lately … I’ve been quite busy, doing one thing or another, recovering from a cold, struggling to sleep, catching up o...

18 October 2013

The new sheep feeder

Today was the first test of the new sheep feeder, designed by me but built mostly by The Boy (I did help a little). The prototype was bu...

13 October 2013

Getting ready for the snow

Before we know it, the snow is gonna be here. The pressure to get the summer jobs finished is now at maximum. I split a pile of wood today...

20 July 2013

New watering strategy for the stock

The shape of the pastures and barnyard is an evolving thing, still. I would like it if we could just figure it out and stick with one good, ...

03 May 2013

Spring is crazy busy on a farm

Springtime is nuts around here. The weather has been a bit crazy – it’d warm up, then we’d get a heavy wet snow blizzard, then it’d warm u...

21 February 2013

What’s it like to be a small holder

Most of us have visions of what it is to be a farmer: driving a big combine, baling hay, loading a hundred cattle into stock trailers and dr...

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