Hey all and welcome to the farm. We're tucked away in northern Alberta, couple hours north of Edmonton.
Just our little corner of the world, but it IS ours.
Interests here on the farm are varied, we have a vegetable garden with potatoes, beets, turnip, carrots, parsnip, sunflower, raspberries, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, and all kinds of herbs. We have livestock, 4 cows, 4 pigs and 3 dozen chickens. The cows... one heifer, one cow and her calf, and a steer, the steer will hit the freezer this fall when the pigs go and of course the chickens. The heifer and cow have been bred for April or May calving.
Future plans include rabbits for meat and perhaps for fibre if I can lay my hands on a spinning wheel.
We've also made use of all the roofs of our buildings to gather rainwater, uphill from the garden is a 1000L tank filled with rain, might expand that to 2 tanks next year, because it's uphill it feeds the drip-water lines in the garden without the need for an additional pump. The barn also has 2 1000L tanks connected, one tank is elevated and collects the water for the pigs, the other is just a backup tank if the first one comes empty we can top it back up from the second with a pump. Storage shed also collects water used to supplement what the cows get.
Hunting season is almost upon us, still looking for a Bolt-action shotgun but not having much success there as yet.
I don't get groceries, I get provisions, sugar for canning / baking, flour though the plan is to grow some of our own here and mill it on site, coffee, tea. Much of the rest of our needs are met by the garden, eating in season. Raspberries went in this year so looking forward to the harvest next year.
Well I'm to post this now and get back to cooking dinner, be well all.
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