Snagged a bunch of these cute little bunny hot/cold packs the other day. You just never know where you'll find bunny themed items.
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Pretty funny that I ran across this item on eBay the other day. I remember when Eastern Maine RBA was putting this cookbook together as a fundraiser. It went pretty well too! Now it is being sold as "Vintage"! I still make the Pineapple Cookies featured in it, they are the best.
THIS VINTAGE COMMUNITY SPIRAL BOUND COOKBOOK IS TITLED- "FROM OUR HOMES TO YOURS" 1988, compiled by EASTERN MAINE RABBIT BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. The contributors of the recipes are named. 96 pages of recipes plus index & kitchen hints. Includes many rabbit recipes. In very good condition. Interior very clean. All ready for the 4th of July! We put up these Patriotic metal wreaths on the loft doors on the new barn. To help prevent rusting I sprayed them with clear spray that has a UV protectant in it. What will they think of next?
A few little facts from the history of the Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club -
In 1989 - 47 member voted on the HL Standard. In 1994 - 5 years later that many members voted in Zone 1 alone. 1993 - The Proposed HL Standard had 43 changes to be voted upon, 11 proposals failed! Approximately 340 members voted. In 1993 HLRSC did a color survey to determine who was raising what colors. What a dramatic encouraging response we got! 210 members responded by mail!!! I can't imagine us getting 210 email responses from members, much less have them fill out a questionnaire on paper, put a stamp on it and mail it. Hollanders had PASSION for the breed and it showed. Chris Zemny made a wonderfully detailed chart with the % of each color being raised. Also published was a list of which breeders were raising the most requested colors. Then listed in order were - Blue-eyed White, Chocolate, Pointed, Lilac, Lynx, Smoke Pearl, Ermine/Frosted Pearl, Squirrel, Steel and Tan pattern. Also Blacks without white hairs. Anyone remember Smoke Pearl Points? Okay, all that bunny poop you've been piling up over the winter can now be turned into someone else's GOLD. We have the "active" bunny manure pile near the barn and then another pile that has been hauled to the edge of the field where it composts for a year. Almost like having a stack of "green" wood and a stack of "seasoned" wood to work from.
Bunny poop makes a great fertilizer as it doesn't burn plants even when applied "fresh". It has the highest concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus of any animal manure. Smell is minimal and the pellets break down quickly. Ours have shavings in it which isn't a problem as the shavings will compost as well. We put some on the flower bed in the fall when it is done blooming for the year. In the spring when I rack the dead leaves away from the hosta plants before they start to come up I dump numerous fresh pans right over and around the shoots. The shavings help keep the moisture on the plants and also act as a barrier to grass intruding around the hosta. I've also put it around the Forsythia bushes in the spring. Or any new tree or shrub we put in. This year it has been especially handy after tearing down the old horse barn and reclaiming the soil underneath for more lawn. We put down loads of bunny manure with the Kubota and then seeded with grass seed and let the rain showers do the rest. Within a week grass is coming up. Years ago, a Netherland Dwarf breeder who also had a greenhouse used to sell grain bags of rabbit manure along with plants. If you don't want the hassle of bagging it, list it on Freecycle or in Uncle Henry's Swap Magazine and have people take it away in their own buckets and bags. There is even a YouTube video showing how to screen, compost and sell bunny manure at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO9hq6YWgms Your ARBA board has voted to charge a $10.00 "Registration Fee" to ARBA Convention exhibitors starting in 2017, if not before. The money collected from this new charge is to go to a Cage Fund. The convention cages are costly to maintain and replace. Instead of raising membership fees which places the burden on all ARBA members, they chose to have members who take advantage of utilizing the cages at convention carry the cost. Okay, that makes sense.
An exception will be made to convention attendees who purchase only banquet or tour tickets as they won't be using the cages. Likely these attendees are spouses or children of exhibitors, along for the ride, so to speak. The new charge is a requirement starting at the 2017 Convention, though earlier host clubs may decide to charge this new fee. So far Oregon has not chosen to do so. I totally understand the cost of new cages and equipment which continue to go up year after year. Recently a new model of convention cage trays has been prototyped and approved by the board. Hopefully these will be a great improvement over the wooden trays and should last much longer. I'm not sure what dollar amount the board is budgeting for. But I think with the number of Open and Youth exhibitors at conventions instituting a $5.00 fee to start would sound more reasonable. Conventions are SO costly, especially if you add an airfare and kennel charge to the trip. Yes, cages and equipment are costly but without the exhibitors supporting the convention host clubs there would be no conventions. That was the logo saying we used many years ago when the New England Holland Lop Club hosted a National show in Topsfield, MA. The Hollands are coming, the Hollands are coming... (Paul Revere, get it?)
A 4H group from Mass. made these wonderful banquet favors for us for cost. It was a good project for the kids and a nice memento to the banquet attendees. I still have mine. Some Hollanders put their favorite rabbits ear number with magic marker in their favor's ear. Looking at the detail, the jointed arms and legs, the Minuteman hat, the string tie, felt vest and bushy tail, they were really a pretty nice banquet favor. I wonder how many are still around? I'd had this square of Holly Pond fabric for quite some time knowing someday I'd find the perfect thing to use it on. I finally found it. A wicker storage box with a plain crème material top. Pinned it on and Voila!
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AuthorHoping to share the rabbitry happenings & thoughts. Also HINTS that I hope will help you and your rabbits.
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