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/2012/04/26/ouch-that-hurt/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/04/26/ouch-that-hurt/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:13:26 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2190 We have had our last lamb of the season Ewenice, our Babydoll southdown/Horned Dorset cross had a lamb last Friday. It was touch and go for a day, but he is just fine now. But that isn't what this is about. I have to give a bit of background first. This time of year we [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/04/26/ouch-that-hurt/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/16/wool-rocks/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/16/wool-rocks/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:34:16 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=2145 This is just plain cool. We met Judi at the conference. She was kind enough to take some of our wool home and spin it. This is what happened. Isn't that cool! Thanks Judi!]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2012/03/16/wool-rocks/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/08/12/goodbye-itchy/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/08/12/goodbye-itchy/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:40:10 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1774 On August first we lost our beloved Itchy. Two weeks earlier we had Dr. Rob, come in to look at her. We started getting concerned after she was shorn. She looked too thin and too bloated to be well. Sometimes if a ewe has been stressed or drained with lambing, they can lose condition. Itchy [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/08/12/goodbye-itchy/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/27/consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-3/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/27/consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-3/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:52:52 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1704 Yesterday I spend most of my time on tenterhooks. I thought I would wait 24hours to see if Izzy and Thomas improved. Knowing how I feel when my stomach is rebelling against the rest of my body, I thought it would be good to just watch and wait. Several times I went into the paddock [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/27/consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-3/feed/ 0 http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/26/the-consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-2/ http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/26/the-consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-2/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:42:43 +0000 niffer http://allsortsacre.ca/?p=1667 Well, The barn gate had already been left open so now I had to just deal with it. Dr. Swackhammer wasn't very long at all. He was going to drench them with a magnesium carbonate mixture to bring the PH levels back to normal. It had a few other constituents in it too, notably ginger [...]]]> http://allsortsacre.ca/2011/07/26/the-consequence-of-an-open-gate-part-2/feed/ 0