Recent content by john_francis

What an oddly interesting six week stretch we're coming out of at our little Maritime homestead. It's made me reflect upon that sage and wonderful Chinese curse "May You live in interesting times." Interesting doesn't denote "good times" or 'abundance times"; merely interesting. More in line...

I guess I'm mostly fixing holes where I find them and a bit of caulking up. \ If ambition and timing collide on the correct day I may insulate the interior Northern wall of the rabbit abode. I've got this dandy little wood stove I picked up for a song. Came with an old fashion wall stone to...

We've accumulated 7 of the 16 oz drip bottles and a single 32 oz bottle but for sure that's not going to be near enough once the freeze starts setting in. We've been looking for dew tubes that will fit directly onto a 2 litre pop bottle to try and minimize expense and change outs but no such...

My wife made a stew with one of our fryers and i was just thinking as i ate the last bowl that some barley would hit the spot with it, looks like a good recipe!

Custom making a shed that's sized strictly for rabbits, or anything else; is not a practical way to develop the project. Consider it from the labor and material perspective as well as any secondary use the building may have if the rabbitry were to fizzle. If the intention is to use dimensional...

That sunflower is all dressed up for the rodeo!

If I sold those rabbits I'd want to know and I'd make every effort to correct the problem. I suspect most small time producers would. They know what it's like, or at least they know the potential is there; to have the short end of the stick handed to them. In my dealings the context is...

"That's pretty neat! The French dialect down here does have some influence from local Indian languages, as well as Spanish and Creole. It is also generally spoken with a heavy accent that has the consistency of a thick, spicy etouffee, rather than the light elegance of beurre blanc like French...

I used a rubber mallet yesterday on two of my New Zealand White/Flemish crosses and it worked out just fine. Done in one blow, quick as lightning. I'll be doing that from now on.

Man oh man, I wish I was buying them for that sort of money! My two does and buck cost fifty dollars and another fifty in gasoline to get them.

If I was making a new bunny barn I'd work in measurements of 16" on centre. Every three studs would be 4' then, as well as aligning the roof joists. Standard plywood sheathing would be 8' by 4' so that would be a labour and material saving as well. I'd pour a concrete pad with rubble...

Wow, that's a hard row to hoe. I truly hope the corner is near for you and your very own. Three times in my life I've lost everything. I've heard people tell me things like "it's only stuff", or "you'll find another job", or "home is where you make it." Funny thing is they still had their...

We moved out to the country three years ago. We're happy. I say "Go get em tigers!" Couple of things you may want to consider, not that you probably haven't already. A manual pump for the well because of the regular power outages, in fact that's on my wish list for this place. Nothing speaks...

Sounds really good.

I am hearing this Maggie. I've got a big cull coming up in October, then another in November and that's it till spring. May not be a bad investment. I can pick up a Crosman at the Walmart pretty cheap too.