http://allsortsacre.ca Permaculture in Practice Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/15/lambs-out-and-about/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/15/lambs-out-and-about/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:37 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2217 Luckily we have had a great lambing season. Tim had his first opportunity to assist in lambing, I had a run in with our ram, but all in all it has been good. The entire flock is out and about on grass for the first week. Our eldest lamb, Friday, is just about weaned, but [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/15/lambs-out-and-about/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/14/eat-your-lawn/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/14/eat-your-lawn/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:50 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2215 Only if it has something more interesting in it than grass. Come and join Alexis Burnett of Earth Tracks Wilderness School for a day of foraging, fun, and of course eating! Location: All Sorts Acre, 10-3pm, May 26, 2012Cost:$50 This one-day workshop will focus on learning about some of the many edible plants that are [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/14/eat-your-lawn/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/11/penetanguishene-is-an-amazing-town/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/11/penetanguishene-is-an-amazing-town/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:33:07 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2200  Okay, well the entire area is pretty cool. Last weekend I had the privilege to teach a Practical Intro to permaculture course in the beautiful town of Penetanguishene. I am so grateful to Erin, Sylvie, and Jenn at the Karma Marketplace and 100 Mile Huronia. They all did a wonderful job at getting the word [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/05/11/penetanguishene-is-an-amazing-town/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/04/26/wow-we-are-in-the-paper/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/04/26/wow-we-are-in-the-paper/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:03:31 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2195 Erin from the Karma Marketplace in Penetanguishene sent us this. We are doing a workshop there on May 5th. Thanks Erin! By Jennifer Harker of the Midland Mirror, Apr 26, 2012 Learning from Mother Nature Participants in permaculture workshop May 5 will discover a new/old way of growing Learning from Mother Nature. Hundred Mile Huronia’s [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/04/26/wow-we-are-in-the-paper/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/28/another-lamb/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/28/another-lamb/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:04:04 +0000 thesquirrel http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2167 I came in from work today to discover that Izzy, our oldest ewe, had just had her lamb. Now that the sheep have been shorn, the whole nursing theing has become much simpler. I picked up little wet lamb and moved her in to the second pre-made pen in the barn. Mom followed right along, [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/28/another-lamb/feed/ 0