Ima Newbie

Yep, my dogs have taken a large interest in the bunnies...

Just a matter of time before I'm smacking noses for bunny sniffing.

hopefully won't have to beat doggie butts for having a pre-dinner snack...

hadn't thought about pasturing them.

that's why the book will come in handy though...

I wanted to think this part of the homestead thoroughly before we bought in, but hubby found some dutch bunnies for $2 so we have 3 does and a buck

now I need to know what to do!

I immediately added Mother Earth to my favorites links... glad I asked - that looks like a nice gathering to check out

Has anyone taken this course by chance?

http://www.permaculturedesigntraining.com/courses

Spirko mentioned it, so I looked it up - I think it might be a fabulous place for a beginner like me to check things out, but want some feedback if anyone has looked into it.

I guess I truly have nothing to lose since it is free which happens to be my favorite number of all!

Need some preliminary information about rabbits. I like the colony idea, but really don't know anything about them to get started. I am on 14 acres so I can build a nice big pen...

I need a book... can anyone recommend a good book for a city chick who has fled to the country and is out of her league but would like to eat nice, tasty, fat rabbits on a regular basis?

what is the Mother Earth News Fair?

I am new to this area... actually was a west sider...

wow, why did I wait so long to move to the country?

Jen - if you do a local get together I would love to attend.

I am overwhelmed at where to start to the point of inaction and I think seeing somebodies works might be the little kick in the tushie I need to get started in the right direction

I am in Ashtabula county... right in the middle of you and Rion...

Rabbits are project #2, right after the hubby builds the chicken coop we are starting on the rabbits, so your offer is very well timed.

Please send info - I suspect they won't be quite as easy as the chickens to get started... that was go to tractor supply, purchase and figure it out.

If those birds aren't off my porch in a few weeks though there will be a culling...

With the rabbits we want to be more intelligent, pick a good breed... set up a habitat for them... This one is going to be more of my project than the hubby's so the more information I have the better decisions I will make (right?)

Thanks Kadence!

Online PDC?

would love to come out and see the animals and bees - I definitely want to learn more about both. your garden - is it hugelkulture?

I really did get lucky with the property. I have a south facing slope. The house is built into the slope so I am very slightly underground. The front acreage is all pasture, we told our Amish neighbors to go ahead and take it for hay this year as we are completely clueless as to what to do with it. The pond is at the bottom of the slope. The slope and all around the pond is woods so I have a large pasture up front, woods all on the hills and a pond at the bottom. Behind the pond is the river.

Coop this year, I want to start rabbits too, but honestly the one thing we have in mass abundance here is complete ignorance...

I ate my first eggs this year that didn't come from a grocery store and the first real chicken in my life...

I have watched a lot of videos, bought some books, bought a DVD on soil, but I am way out of my league.

I don't need support so much as a starting point.

I missed the PDC last year in Cleveland which I am still kicking myself for, but hey what can you do.

Any words of wisdom at all would be welcome