Hi and Welcome,

This groups was very active before Y2K but has slowed
up, I am glad to seeone out there living life.

ymhbiC

Bryan

--- tenzicut <tenzicut@...> wrote:

> But this is my Intro...
>
> Hello from upper British Columbia, Canada. We live
> on a 40 acre farm
> in the middle of the bush. My guy is a enviromental
> logger, which
> basically means he brings in beetle killed dead
> trees before we have
> the worlds largest forest fire.
>
> I am a Editor for a organic homesteading magazine
> and farm caretaker
> and dog trainer. Until an accident almost 18 months
> ago, I was a
> veterinarian technician for livestock, small animals
> and worked for a
> zoo(and lived at) with African Ungluates (think
> weird looking cow
> type creatures from Africa).
>
> We have cattle (beef and milk), milk goats (doubles
> as meat goats),
> horses, turkeys and heirloom chickens (dual
> purpose), Californian
> meat rabbits, 6 sled dogs and a farm dog, seasonal
> hogs and 2 house
> cats (if they are not house cats, their life
> expectancy is from 24
> hours to 30 days).
>
> I have run sled dogs for 6 years now and use them
> around home for
> chores as our snows are deep. It is much nicer to
> hitch 2 dogs up and
> haul the feed bags, the millions of gallons of water
> (so it seems
> anyway), hay and firewood around.
>
> I have been toying with the idea of a team of ox, as
> I do drive the
> horses now and again, though they do not enjoy it. I
> like keeping the
> old arts alive. I have 3 calves to be born here soon
> and I plan on
> starting to ground train them almost before their
> mother's dry them
> off. I like having all our cattle halter broken
> anyway, as it makes
> life much easier.
>
> We have about 200 trees of our own to take down
> which have been
> killed by Mountain Pine Beetles, which is a huge
> epidemic in western
> Canada. I have used a horse for pulling some of the
> logs out, though
> we have a D-3 Cat. But I like the quiet and the
> working with the
> partnership of animals. Also I will be able to get
> around in areas
> they cannot get the tractor or the cat. We do
> utilize our wood for
> pole fencing, our 12x17 foot root cellar, my 16x16
> ft writing
> cabin/guest house and we are bringing in a portable
> mill for making
> lumber for the siding of our cabin and for making
> new barns. I can
> see using oxen for alot of this.
>
> So is anyone out there and still doing this? At the
> same spot I am
> or....???
>
> tenzicut
> http://www.downtotherootsmagazine.com
>
>


ymhbiC

Bryan(Griz)Womack

Life's journey is not about arriving at the grave in a well preserved body, but
rather sliding in sideways, totally worn out, screaming - "HOLY COW MAN, WHAT A
RIDE!"

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