http://allsortsacre.ca Permaculture in Practice Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:44:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/31/guelph-2012-what-a-great-conference/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/31/guelph-2012-what-a-great-conference/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:50:48 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2126 Thanks to all of those that came to say hi at the Guelph Organic Conference. What a treat it was to show off our drum carder, not to mention all the people that shared their stories, and tried their hand at carding wool, and learning about needle felting! We made some great connections and met [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/31/guelph-2012-what-a-great-conference/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/25/its-conference-time/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/25/its-conference-time/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:34:53 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2113 We have been incredibly busy here getting ready for the one main social event on our yearly calendar. It is the time for the Guelph Organic Conference. We have been busily being gathering supplies and information for our table at the GOC. After a few years of observation and exploration both Tim and I seem [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/01/25/its-conference-time/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/11/13/folks-this-aint-normal/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/11/13/folks-this-aint-normal/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:59:26 +0000 thesquirrel http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1975 Last Wednesday night the Brickworks played host to farmer and author Joel Salatin, who is on a tour to support his new book. By the time his reading got under way, he was playing to a pretty much packed house. Joel is a remarkable speaker, and there is a deep level of ecological understanding beneath [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/11/13/folks-this-aint-normal/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/10/29/our-egg-stand-is-finally-open-again/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/10/29/our-egg-stand-is-finally-open-again/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:22:36 +0000 thesquirrel http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1948 This has been a good week for eggs. Our older hens seem to have finished molting, this year's hens are finally laying, and we have ten guest ISA brown hens who are also contributing. Thank you Rohan and Khosrow for bringing us your peri-urban hens. Our newest additions spent their summer as part of a [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/10/29/our-egg-stand-is-finally-open-again/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/09/28/molting-hens/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/09/28/molting-hens/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:46:34 +0000 thesquirrel http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1905 The chickens have been slowly and gradually replacing their feathers, and preparing themselves for the colder weather to come in a process called molting.  As I collected eggs this evening, I saw a couple of clues - feathers in the chicken run looking like snow on the ground, and only ten eggs today, down from [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/09/28/molting-hens/feed/ 1