Small Harvests

Hello,

Today we did a lot of Sabbath chores and cleaned up around the cabin because Sunday Fellowship is going to be at our house this weekend. We have been having major problems with our Blog and that is why we have been so quiet lately. Sorry, we will try to get it up and running soon because we have tons of pictures to post.

Tracy butchered 3 male rabbits on Tuesday. She seasoned them with steak salt and basil, smoked them, slow cooked them and canned them. It takes about 2 fryer-size rabbits to fill a quart jar. So we got 1 and 1/2 quart jars of rabbit meat. We will be butchering again on June 30th.

Jennifer got her first peas out of her mini garden this week. Hooray! Sarah's corn is getting big and Robert has planted mostly leafy greens. But he does have cantaloupe, tomato and squash ( with a teeny squash on it).

We found that the raccoons have been getting into the corn bin up at the pigs. So Tracy set a trap with some cat food in it and we caught a big daddy coon! He was mad as a wet hen about it, too. :) He would growl if you got near and jump at the side of the cage.

The funniest thing just happened. While I (Tracy) was writing this blog, I hear Robert call "TRACY!! I NEED YOU!!" So I run out there ready to rescue him from a snake or some such scary critter... and here is what I find....



Robert on the motor hoist. He must have been bored because he somehow managed to attach his belt loop to the hook of this thing and crank himself a good 5 inches off terra firma. Stuck and uncomfortable, he calls out to his big sister for help. What does she do? Yell " WAIT THERE!" and runs to retrieve the camera and tells a few people on the way what Robert Einstein figured out how to do. Let's just say he walked carefully for a while. What a Kodak moment!




Well we have to go and finish cleaning up.

The Bunker Children

Pictures

Hello

We are doing very well and have a lot of pictures for you today. We wanted to share with you the things we do in our playtime.

Tracy raises Californian meat breed rabbits. The one seen to the left is a male that is up for sale right now, named San Clemente'. A.K.A. Clem-O.

This is 3 of the 5 kits that were out of Santa Monica. The other 2 are in the box sleeping.
This is Santa Rosa, the pregnant female Tracy hand-raised. She is very friendly and super soft.
This is Santa Clara and her new kits

This is Jennifer's cat, lizard, and her garden:

This is Robert's garden and his cat Sam.


Well, until next time,

The Bunker Children

Beulah the Cow

Hello from the Ranch

We are doing well and things are getting back to normal here after a wonderful Spring '08 Ranchfest. We had a wonderful time fellowshipping with everybody.

We just recently bought a Holstein heifer cow and dad named her Beulah. She is a big cow and very friendly. We are not used to having a cow with such short horns. When she arrived here, Sarah asked why she didn't have any horns. We said she did, but they are only about 4 inches long. The lady that sold her to us said Beulah is probably about 600 pounds. She was born in November and she already dwarfs 2 year old Pita, the longhorn/watusi mix heifer.

Mr Peck, diatomacious earth is a white powder like substance that is made of the microscopic crushed-up bodies of shelled sea animals that have died. It is spread on the ground or plant and it kills insects with exoskeletons. It cuts the waxy outside if the bug and the bug dries out. We use it on our gardens for ants and worms. Tracy also used it to deworm Guinness, the female black lop rabbit.

Speaking of, we had another litter of kits the other day out of Santa Clara. There are three and they are doing great.

Well, bedtime for these Bunker Children!