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First Time Farmers: Quick Update

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Rachel — No Comments ↓

Nearly two months into our adventure and we still don’t have a site up. There are approximately 25 pieces of content written, 18 more in the queue and a laundry list (handwashed, naturally) of other ideas kept loosely in an…

Tagged with: barn, bluejay lake, british columbia, Chickens, cortes island, farming, first time farmers, garden, goats, hens, homesteading, organic farm, rural living, urban farm, whaletown
Posted in Animals, BlueJay Lake, Cortes, Life, Photos

Hen House: Our First (Urban) Farm Fresh Eggs

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Rachel — No Comments ↓

Today was a big day. I had been sitting outside near the coop, on the edge of the bed where our vegetables would be growing if we weren’t packing up our stuff and hitting the road in a week (!!!)…snuggling…

Tagged with: americauna, backyard chickens, blue eggs, Chickens, chimay, fresh eggs, guinness, kokanee, laying hens, stella, urban farm, urban farming
Posted in Animals, Bowen, Life, Photos

End of an Era, Start of an Adventure.

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Rachel — 12 Comments ↓

Saying goodbye is never easy. Over the past fourteen months I’ve found myself re-immersed in things I loved but had put away on a shelf for a long while. I started having different conversations with friends who were going through…

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Posted in Life, Work

Little Give’in-er

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Rachel — No Comments ↓

One of the things I truly love about Edelman is every year we turn on our out of office messages and take on entirely new roles as participants in The Little Give. This year was my third Little Give, and…

Tagged with: childcare, daycare, edelman, emmas, garden, little give, vancouver, ywca
Posted in Life, Work

Hen House: Going Rogue

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Rachel — No Comments ↓

So…someone figured out how to fly up on top of the chicken coop. Let me rephrase for a second. That’s actually two Americaunas who find their way up there. But by the time I made it down the stairs to…

Tagged with: backyard chickens, chicken coop, Chickens, hen house, kokanee, livestock, urban farm
Posted in Animals, Bowen, Life, Photos