Hey, just stumbled across this site and was surprised to find some Manitoban's pretty close to my neck of the woods
I'm in between Deloraine and Boissevain in the very south western corner of Manitoba, just a few miles from the ND border.
I've grown up in this area for all of my life, and my husband and I bought a little acreage last year near Lake Metigoshe, for anyone that is familiar with this area. It's 10 acres and we are butted right up to the side of a ravine. Our farm has the amenities for critters, which we will be getting in a few years (actually I'd love to turn our place into a rescue farm, I'm a vegetarian so we won't be raising anything for the freezer). And, a large garden..that I've been struggling with for 2 springs to try and combat the weeds! I think it was neglected for a few years and it's straight up thistle apocalypse in there with some portulaca. :/
We are in the midst of building a new home on our place (bought the acreage for the yard, definitely not the old farm house we're currently in) and once the dust has settled with that we're talking about creating an orchard on part of our land. We currently have a few fruit tree's (3 apple tree's and a cherry tree I planted this year) but plan on doing more herbs, veggies, and planting some more fruit tree's and bushes. I would love to get a bee hive and try my hand at that as well, and we do plan on getting some chickens next year for eggs and pets
Nice to 'meet' some fellow neighbours! I grew up about 20 minutes south of Souris, it's a nice area in there.
And, I'd definitely be down for a permies meetup if those have ever happened! Any one Feel free to PM me or send me an email
kirbiecooper@gmail.com
