New Things Happening on the Urban Farm

It's been too long since I posted. Mainly because I've been busy with my 9-5, I have a dog that requires an unexplainable amount of my attention, and I have not really been growing vegetables so I don't have much to write about anyway because of the first two reasons.

That is going to change this month. I can't free up my 9-5 time, but I need to spend more time with my dog IN the garden. A few things have been happening since my last post on our little Urban Farm.

First, my wonderful boyfriend Daryl and I built a massive raised bed, just one but it's 10x10. Enough for square foot gardening with lots of nutritious soil to be devoured by soon to be vegetables.

Second, we bought MEAT RABBITS. Meat rabbits are just that, rabbits one raises for meat, not a pet. I did come across several helpful blogs about meat rabbits that helped me seal the deal.

I chose the Californian breed. We are starting with one male and one female. We will never eat the breeding partners that we star with, so these indeed can be looked at as pets (although I've had them 2 weeks already and they still don't have names). Once they grow to full sexual maturity, we can begin to breed them. The female is expected to deliver 10-12 babies every 12 weeks. My favorite thing about my rabbits so far is their ability to love and devour vegetables as much as me. They LOVE my home grow arugula. My least favorite thing about them is they spray their pee everywhere. Beware, they are NOT good indoor pets, we tried for all of 5 days and went through half a bottle of Natures Miracle. Pee ended up on walls four feet away. Gross. There is however this redeeming attribute to the species:)

Rabbits seem to be a lot of work, but they are also rewarding. Ill be honest, I'm not sure how I'm going to be when it comes down to slaughter time. I guess it's an experiment and I guess I'll never truly appreciate the meat that I eat until I at least try raising it myself, let's just wait and see.

New 10x10 raised bed

I amended the soil with compost, chicken shit, and Amend from Kellogg. 

Each trellis has about 6 pea stalks that I started 2 weeks ago

Self seeded arugula from last seasons abundant seed harvest 

Looking from the new rised bed into the back yard

Me, with the new babies AKA or 3 Californians:)

Enjoying their vegetables and alfalfa 

Our girl has the smokey nose and ears, and the male is all white, with a very masculine looking face.

I'll leave you with this, the bunny run, with my predator of a cat, Meepers, waiting for lunch. Fortunately, the little guy is seriously every single animal on the Urban Farm's best friend, including our duck Stella.

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