First snow with our Rabbits. Start Up Cost: (Housing, Food, Animals, Misc.) So, obviously because we had never done this before, there was a "start up" cost to get the items needed to begin raising our Rabbits. Building the hutches, getting the feeders/waterers, making the nesting boxes, and getting a small animal tattoo kit (for… Continue reading “Start Up Cost and Break Down: Raising Rabbits For Meat”
Finally, we re-homed, Tyrell. Sticky Situation: Rehoming Tyrell As many of you may know, we got a Blue Rex buck a few months back, now. Unfortunately, It was a very sticky situation, straight from the beginning. The owners, were not completely honest with us at all, and the rightful owner, left the buck in the… Continue reading “Rehoming, and Buying Another Rabbit.”
Straw bales, before and after tilling. Finally, we picked out the last of the tomatoes (most were green) and ripped up the straw bale raised beds! Once they were up and the bale strings were taken off, we tilled our whole garden section up! Hoping We Wouldn't Hit Any Unwanted Nests In The Bales: After… Continue reading “Deconstructing Straw Bale Beds, and Preparing Our Garden For Spring.”
Flopsy, and Cottontail. 2 of 3 breeder does. Although we have researched a ton about (Standard Rex) Rabbits and how to care for them, what to expect when breeding, and all of those things. We still don’t have much experience with it! We’ve only been at it since this last June, so in total, about… Continue reading “New Experiences In A Beginning Rabbitry: Real vs False Pregnancies”
Our garden beds. What We Planted: Tomatoes plants Yellow Onions (bag of started, baby onions)Pickling Cucumbers (planted from seed)Garlic (cloves, not seeds)Carrots (planted from seed and starts)Lettuce (planted from starts, and seed)Spinach (planted from seed)Swiss Chard (planted from seed)Strawberry plantsBell Peppers plantsCayenne Pepper plantsJalapeno pepper plants What Thrived vs What Didn’t: Our lovely Tomatoes. Our tomatoes… Continue reading “First Year Garden Update: September 2021”
Among the Evergreens 