Life On and Off an Acreage

In-sights into moving from an Acreage back to Town, plus a few things I find of interest.

Two things that horses are scared about:


1. Things that move
2. Things that don't move




Old enough to be eccentric, but not rich enough
Showing posts with label Storm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Storm. Show all posts

April 4, 2013

Once More , Here We Go!

Alerts in effect for Whitecourt, AB

Snowfall Warning

Issued at 3:40 PM MDT Thursday 4 April 2013

SUMMARY

Heavy snow tonight and Friday.

DETAILS

A developing low pressure system will bring heavy snow to parts of Western Alberta and mixed precipitation to parts of Central Alberta. For western parts heavy snow will begin this evening and continue until Friday evening. Accumulations between 10 to 15 centimetres are expected with locally higher amounts possible. In parts of Central Alberta precipitation will begin as rain this evening before changing to patchy freezing rain as the overnight temperatures drop below zero. Freezing rain will then change to snow by Friday morning. These areas will likely receive 5 to 10 centimetres of snow by Friday night.

We are in a band that other folks are saying will produce 20 cm.(8 inches)
Blaahh !!!

November 25, 2012

Sweet Feed is So Good!

It's been in the -20C range at night so the girls are getting about a pint of sweet feed a day as a heat source. Oats and molasses must taste pretty good because the horses kind of swarm me. They come in close and fast, but know not to go for the bucket until it is spilled on the ground. Alpine, then tucker and finally Biz get their rations as per the established pecking order.

 Brooklyn is content to check the hay loft for mice or cats. She saw a cat in there about 2 years ago, and always checks to see if it has come back.
It was nice to see some sunshine again and hang out with the critters particularly after the last week. The truck failed to the cost of $500 and the septic pump failed to the cost of about $700. The driveway was ploughed out three times due to unforecast snow storms and all this while fighting cold temps and high winds ( wind chill of -31C)

Now all is up and running and the Grey Cup game is about to start. Have a great week!

August 5, 2012

Good to be Back!

The raspberry bushes are now almost 7 feet tall. The spring was cold so it appears the growth went into next year's canes rather than into the berries. Last year we got 100+pounds of berries. This year we will be lucky to get 40. When the bushes are this tall and you hear slurping noises, you immediately think " Bear"!
 She is big enough to be classified as a bear, but is the wrong colour. Brooklyn taught herself to pick raspberries. She just lips them off the branches. There is no way that she ate 50+ pounds! Bad dog!
The five rows of peas will be ready for freezing this week. The carrots will stay in the ground until first frost. They seem to grow best in October.
 More shots of the very tasty peas. Brooklyn hasn't figured peas out yet.


The potato patch is producing already. Elaine likes baby spuds and I like the heaviest that can be grown.
We had quite a wind yesterday, The powers to be are looking at perhaps a little tornado. It was at the minimum, a severe down burst. Several cars were squished by trees, a couple of roofs went missing and a few roads were blocked by fallen trees. The worst missed us by half a mile, and we suffered no damage on the Acreage. The power was off for 20 hours due to trees on the power lines. All the chickens in the Kenmore Hilton were OK after that time so I guess the claim that a freezer is good for 24 hours holds, as long as the freezer isn't opened. The storm came right out of the blue with virtually no warning. Ah, well, Life in Alberta has it's moments!

Firewood available. U-Pick.

Environment Canada is forecasting more of the same tonight with the possibility of large hail. The large crop of apples is getting close to harvesting, but is not there yet. I would hate to lose another bunch!