I paired our beautiful Derrick Morgan (torte mini lop) with both Extra Stuff (broken black French Lop cross) and Sweetie Pie (white New Zealand White / Lionhead cross) for March litters. I figure if they're not finding homes and I've had to feed them through winter, they can at least provide us with some babies. That means those two does will no longer be available for sale until after kits are weaned. If all goes well, two litters of lop cross bunnies should be arriving around March 20th!
I had my much awaited doctor appointment today and left with several follow up appointments with a variety of other specialties. It's been a long road but I think I may finally be on my way toward some diagnostics or at least ruling things out to get to the bottom of my health issues. Here's hoping anyway.
I paired our beautiful Derrick Morgan (torte mini lop) with both Extra Stuff (broken black French Lop cross) and Sweetie Pie (white New Zealand White / Lionhead cross) for March litters. I figure if they're not finding homes and I've had to feed them through winter, they can at least provide us with some babies. That means those two does will no longer be available for sale until after kits are weaned. If all goes well, two litters of lop cross bunnies should be arriving around March 20th! We've had a lot of change going on behind the scenes over the last couple of years, so I apologize to those who'd been frequent readers of the blog and may have been disappointed by the sudden lack of content. If you'd like to help support our little homestead, please consider checking out our offerings on eBay, Mercari, and RedBubble. I am considering setting up a GoFundMe but I doubt we'd be able to gather up enough to save the homestead. I'm doing the best I can on my own, but it's been a struggle.
We are having an unseasonably warm winter, and despite it being the middle of February, the only snow left on the ground is in the shade of trees or buildings. I'm not going to complain, I prefer a mild winter. The geese have been enjoying continued foraging, despite the grass being dry and dead. We did lose one goose last month to a coyote (rest in peace Goose-Toph, mother of our five yearling geese). It's about that time to start thinking about winter sowing and selecting what seeds to start for our garden this year. Our future here is uncertain given personal and financial issues, but I'm going to keep functioning as though I'm staying and hope that things will work out as we go. I'm not sure if I'll be winter sowing or just starting seeds indoors this year. Maybe a combination of both would be best. I have two new small raised beds (5x3 and 4x2, only 10-12 inches deep) that I hope to fill with the old manure I shovel out of the barn in the spring once it all thaws out completely. I also have the pool garden I put together with cloth bags last year. I'm hoping that by starting earlier (and an earlier spring) will help the garden be more productive this year. It'll also help if I can keep the geese out of the garden this year... |
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