"Hi Katherine,
I have also started breeding rabbits, I have Rocky, Blonde and Jemima.
Rocky is pure NZ white, Blonde and Jemima are crossed with Flemish Giant and so the babies are 3/4 NZ white.
I was wondering what age or weight you butcher and do…"
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Ricardo Oscar Marques commented on Katherine's blog post Growing Rabbits for Meat"Wow I want to be part of this as soon as I finish with a couple of projects, hopefully by October."
Roxy Hart left a comment for Katherine"Thanx for clearing that up for me love :) Think ill stick to chickens and lambs.
p.s Your swarm photo is awesome."
Roxy Hart left a comment for Katherine"Hi Katherine, this may be a silly question...do your rabbits stay in the cages in the coup or do you open the cages and let them into the coup area?"
Lucette and Niki left a comment for Katherine"hi Katherine, Great photo of the swarm collection. I m feeling pretty excited about the bees. I've got a friend that is a commercial bee keeper who i can go along with now and then, but I'm keen to meet as many people keeping bees as…"
Katherine left a comment for Lucette and Niki"Hi Niki
Just read your email about top bar hives. We have just made two, no bees in them yet though. We also have three langstroth hives. "
Katherine replied to Gary Brown's discussion Siting a hive in a home garden in the group Bees"We had bees that distance and they were fine but sometimes they got caught in my hair. I never got stung but now have made a bit more room for their flight path. They drop down as they are coming into land. Ideally you need a few more metres from…"
Katherine commented on Katherine's blog post Growing Rabbits for Meat"The first photo is of the mother's permanent homes. They have their babies with them until four weeks. After that they go into smaller cages in pairs. Although we do have a large run where we will put several girls in together at times. They…"
Roxy Hart commented on Katherine's blog post Growing Rabbits for Meat"Hi do your rabbits live in the pens in photo one? or is this where they go at night?"
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Continuing Our Bee Adventures
I've already shared a little about our bees and catching a swarm. so this is a kind of update but a lot has changed since the season started. We have now collected a second swarm and we are experimenting with three different kinds of hives. I thought I would journal some of our learning curves.
As far…
ContinuePosted on December 7, 2011 at 2:00pm
Growing Rabbits for Meat
Growing rabbits for meat is a very productive enterprise. When our children were small we lived in a small town, on a small property and…
ContinuePosted on October 21, 2011 at 8:00pm — 11 Comments
Collecting Our First Swarm of Bees
We started off with two langstroth hives. That is what the beekeepers say to do. You can monitor the hives and compare them and you soon know if one is doing better than the other. We were late gettting going into the season last year and bought the hives and nucs middle of October. At the end of the season we…
ContinuePosted on October 5, 2011 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
Think About This - Grow Things You Like to Eat
So many books and so many different ideas. I try to read the books for information that is sensible. I love organic books, permaculture books etc, but the truth is I haven't got the time or energy to worry about the cycles of the moon or burying things into the ground I just want to grow fruit and vegetables. Whether or not there is a scientific base to half of what I have read over the years I don't know... There is a vast array of ideas and concepts in books, some more scientific that…
ContinuePosted on September 30, 2011 at 8:30am — 5 Comments
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 3:04pm on November 18, 2011, Roxy Hart said…
Thanx for clearing that up for me love :) Think ill stick to chickens and lambs.
p.s Your swarm photo is awesome.
- At 3:25pm on November 17, 2011, Roxy Hart said…
Hi Katherine, this may be a silly question...do your rabbits stay in the cages in the coup or do you open the cages and let them into the coup area?
- At 12:14am on November 14, 2011, Lucette and Niki said…
hi Katherine, Great photo of the swarm collection. I m feeling pretty excited about the bees. I've got a friend that is a commercial bee keeper who i can go along with now and then, but I'm keen to meet as many people keeping bees as possible. Are you going to create an artificial swarm from your langstroth and have more hives or convert? I don't know any one with a top bar hive yet. You are welcome to come by and see the one I made. I had already caught the swarm when I was building the hive, So was a bit rushed, I think I'll build another with an observation window. All the best Niki
- At 6:17pm on September 13, 2011,
Megan said… - hello Katherine, welcome to ooooby. It sounds as though your garden is keeping you very busy, looking forward to seeing photos. I grew tree onions for the first time this year and they're great, haven't given them a chance to bulb up yet, been using them as spring onions and boy, do they have a kick :) Am into my second season of growing garlic and just about to finish my last two bulbs - have planted many more cloves this year as well as lots of hardneck bulbils so should be able to keep more of my harvest for the table.
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