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My Project: Creating custom Rabbit Management Records and Pedigrees

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Jane Doe

Jane Doe

All this rabbit stuff is exciting, I tell ya !!

I’ve learned alot in the past few weeks on rabbits and rabbitry management, everyone seems to have their own ideas and or use software programs to help with accurate rabbitry records.

I joined a discussion forum called Rabbit Talk and the people there are very helpful and are very open to new rabbit owners asking alot of questions about anything. Pedigrees, sexes, color and genetic patterns, breeding, breeds .. very nice forum to get started with what ever project rabbit you can think up.

I mentioned last blog post that I was venturing down the path of my own Rabbitry and seeking advise from anyone willing to help with my new John and Jane Doe project. I have had overwelming support from different people and gathered alot of info on the internets.

Last week after browsing around the 4-H sites and the Rabbit Talk forums mentioning Rabbit Management, Records, and how to create my own printables for a binder type record keeping – I decided to do it all from scratch with my own personal design. I figured if I have 2 rabbits and must start from scratch – why not start from scratch with my own custom Rabbitry Record documents.

So, that’s what I did. I created 6 documents – a pedigree, doe record, buck record, rabbit inventory, feed expenses and a breeding record. I had alot of fun creating these and after the first 5 creations .. I learned that I could do even better with my designs adding hyperlinks, photos and even generators. The possibilities are endless especially online, digital and even a smart phone application is possible. But, for now the 6 documents will do for a novice with 2 rabbits as I prefer a simple binder to start out.

I created these documents in a printable form using Open Office. This was the first time I ever used Open Office and I find it is rather amazing what all one can do. The only discouragement I had was setting the margins to print quality, I found myself always adjusting the margins after adding text. Nonetheless, all 6 should be print ready.

Here is the list of 6 documents if you care to check them out. If you have any suggestions or concerns please let me know. Tonight I plan on creating a binder cover.

(edit) I created my cover for the binder and a rabbit gestation table .. I will also add these to the list of 6 – now totaling 8 documents to get me started.

Rabbit Gestation Table

Rabbitry Cover

Pedigree

Rabbit Feed Expenses

Doe Record

Buck Record

Breeding Record

Rabbit Inventory

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Western Orb Weaver Spider

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Western Orb Weaver Spider

Western Orb Weaver Spider

I found a huge friend in my garden last night. This spider is so hairy with bright colors I think it’s the prettiest spider I ever seen in my yard. (lol)

I did alot of searching on Google last night till I finally found one that even resembled the spider in my yard. I not only have one huge spider but I think a whole family of them because there are 3 babies (not as brightly colored though) to the left and right of this one. I’m gonna assume this is a female because they say the female spiders get larger than the males .. gezzz if this is a male then the female where ever she is has got to be the size of Kiwi fruit. (I thought of a Kiwi because they are hairy) lol

Anyhows, I Googled and found a few websites with a spider that look close to this one and they call them Western Orb Weaver Spiders. Although, mine is alot prettier than anything I’ve seen online so far. This one has bright red on the legs closest to it’s body. My pictures don’t do this spider justice but I assure you, she has bright red on all legs. This spider is very very hairy too. If you look close enough at her some of her hairs are so thick they are almost like porcupine quills.

Heres another picture .. I’ll have to get better pictures tonight.

Western Orb Weaver Spider

Western Orb Weaver Spider

I learned the Orb Weaver Spider is in the Araneidae family and one of the 3 largest spider groups. They say these type spiders (Araneidae or Orb Weavers) webs may be quite large, spanning several feet in width. This spider has a web about 2.5 feet wide and about the same long. According to one website Orb Weavers have eight  eyes, arranged in two rows of four eyes each. I didn’t look to close at the eyes last night (lol) I was too afraid the spider would jump on me so I just sent the Android Camera in while I stood holding my arms out in hopes it wouldn’t jump. Another website says they can barely see sooo I guess I can get a closer look tonight. (lol) 8 eyes and can’t see very well ?

Apparently they only live one to two years max. Females build the webs, males run around looking for the web, female lays eggs, male fertilizes eggs, female eats the male, female wraps eggs in silk, female dies at first frost and babies hatch in the spring.

Orb Weavers can get rather large they say – large enough build a strong web and eat hummingbirds and frogs.

Orb Weavers are nocturnal and have venom which they use to stun prey.

I’m glad to see such a large spider in my yard to be honest, because the mosquitoes around here are big, maybe the size of this spider but nowhere near as stocky and strong. Now all I need is a few more of these big Western Orb Weavers hanging around and maybe then I can enjoy some coffee and pie while sitting in my garden at night. (without getting bit by huge mosquitoes)

Wishful thinking. I like my new garden friend. Ha Ha

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Morning Glory Flower Vine

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Pink Morning Glory Flower Vine

Pink Morning Glory Flower Vine

The Morning Glory Flower Vine is amazing I think. I bought a packet of 20 mixed seeds off a lady in Malaysia on Ebay in 2002. Well, 10 years later they are everywhere in my yard. This was the first year I decided to specifically even try to control my Morning Glories.

I originally bought them for a fence cover so I could have a blanket of pretty greens and flowers covering my fence line that encloses the yard. By the 3 year my entire fence line was covered with these beauties. White, dark blue, light blue, all shades of purple, all shades of pink and reds, some get so dark a color purple they look black in the shade, different sizes of flowers and leaves .. amazing to say the least. I simply love them.

Blue Morning Glory Flower Vine

Blue Morning Glory Flower Vine

I decided after the 3rd year of Morning Glories I would collect the seeds and sell a packet of 50+ for a dollar. (lol) Believe it or not, I had alot of buyers for these very hardy growers. I sent my seeds to different countries even. I eventually had alot going on in my political activism since 2006 and haven’t sold but a dozen since.  Although I’m sure there’s alot of my seeds as foundation stock for some of the sellers on Ebay now. When I bought from the Malaysia lady in 2002 there was maybe a 4-5 Morning Glory seed sellers in the USA and at the time the Malaysia lady had the best looking flowers and colors. Now there is like 15-20 different sellers in the USA alone.

Anyhows, I want to tell you about my Morning Glory Flower Vines .. I love them !! They grow extremely fast once germinated, they love water – the more you water them the faster they grow.  I usually water every night depending on the weather. If it’s supposed to rain I don’t – is about the way it goes around here.

They crawl, twine, cover anything you want them too and even what you don’t. (lol) I like to train mine to certain areas so they don’t strangle my other many plants. Believe it, they will strangle anything in their path. I like this in certain areas (like behind the shed) because when spring weeds take off – by the time they are approx 6 inches tall the Morning Glory Vine has germinated and will soon strangle those weeds into oblivion. Never even giving the weeds a chance to reseed for next year.

Morning Glory Vine

Morning Glory Vine

On the flip side, Morning Glory Vines will too – strangle your favorite plants also. You need to control the Morning Glory Vine when they are young or that’s all you will ever have growing in your yard. (lol) I’ve found seeds in the strangest places too. So somehow when they reseed – they skedaddle to some crazy places to germinate the following year. I have a Corkscrew Willow Tree I planted 8 years ago and where the large branches connect to the trunk – (yep you guessed it) there are Morning Glory Vines growing. Looks pretty I think, but they do attempt to strangle my Corkscrew Willow Tree from the area of germination on up the tree. When I do see them growing in the tree, I get the ladder out and pull them back to a pile where the branches meet the trunk – just intertwine them so they strangle themselves – they stay compact and the flowers form more of a bunch than a long straggly vine with flowers here and there.

Dark Pink Morning Glory Flower Vine

Dark Pink Morning Glory Flower Vine

Morning Glory Vines are related to the Sweet Potato Vine, so they don’t necessarily have to grow upward. They will grow on the ground and twine in a circle and form their own upward support. I have a large area outback where they do just that. By early fall they are 5 foot tall from the ground with no supports whatsoever.

I can’t say enough about them, I love Morning Glories but they are after years of reseeding high maintenance in regards to controlling their population.

Here’s one of my 2008 Ron Paul signs still at the back of the garden surrounded by the Morning Glory Vines. (lol)

Ron Paul & Morning Glory Vine

Ron Paul & Morning Glory Vine

 

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My Project: Creating custom Rabbit Management Records and Pedigrees

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Jane Doe

Jane Doe

All this rabbit stuff is exciting, I tell ya !!

I’ve learned alot in the past few weeks on rabbits and rabbitry management, everyone seems to have their own ideas and or use software programs to help with accurate rabbitry records.

I joined a discussion forum called Rabbit Talk and the people there are very helpful and are very open to new rabbit owners asking alot of questions about anything. Pedigrees, sexes, color and genetic patterns, breeding, breeds .. very nice forum to get started with what ever project rabbit you can think up.

I mentioned last blog post that I was venturing down the path of my own Rabbitry and seeking advise from anyone willing to help with my new John and Jane Doe project. I have had overwelming support from different people and gathered alot of info on the internets.

Last week after browsing around the 4-H sites and the Rabbit Talk forums mentioning  Rabbit Management, Records, and how to create my own printables for a binder type record keeping – I decided to do it all from scratch with my own personal design. I figured if I have 2 rabbits and must start from scratch – why not start from scratch with my own custom Rabbitry Record documents.

So, that’s what I did. I created 6 documents – a pedigree, doe record, buck record, rabbit inventory, feed expenses and a breeding record. I had alot of fun creating these and after the first 5 creations .. I learned that I could do even better with my designs adding hyperlinks, photos and even generators. The possibilities are endless especially online, digital and even a smart phone application is possible. But, for now the 6 documents will do for a novice with 2 rabbits as I prefer a simple binder to start out.

I created these documents in a printable form using Open Office. This was the first time I ever used Open Office and I find it is rather amazing what all one can do. The only discouragement I had was setting the margins to print quality, I found myself always adjusting the margins after adding text. Nonetheless, all 6 should be print ready.

Here is the list of 6 documents if you care to check them out. If you have any suggestions or concerns please let me know. Tonight I plan on creating a binder cover.

(edit) I created my cover for the binder and a rabbit gestation table .. I will also add these to the list of 6 – now totaling 8 documents to get me started.

Rabbit Gestation Table

Rabbitry Cover

Pedigree

Rabbit Feed Expenses

Doe Record

Buck Record

Breeding Record

Rabbit Inventory

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#LebanonPa #LebCo #RPF #Pennsylvania Today is the Vote on a FULL AUDIT of the FED – HELP pass this !!

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Ron Paul, member of the United States House of...

Ron Paul, member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.

 

TODAY around 2:00 is the vote to get a FULL AUDIT of the FEDERAL RESERVE !!!

This is it folks. HELP us get Ron Paul‘s FULL AUDIT of the FED passed TOADY !!!!  AUDIT the FED will prolly go from the House to the Floor back to back … call both Reps and Senators !!!!! Kindly mention DO NOT GUT THE BILL !!!!

Capitol Switchboard’s phone number: 202-224-3121

Call your people NOW !!!!!

House of Representatives

H.R. 459

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011

To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.

Find out if your Representative is a cosponsor HERE.

Don’t know who your Representative is? Enter your zip code in the top right HERE.

If your Representative is not a co-sponsor, urge them to cosponsor H.R. 459 to audit the Federal Reserve. If your Representative is a cosponsor, thank them for their support.

Find contact information for your Representative HERE.

 

Senate

S. 202

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011

To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.

Find out if your Senator is a cosponsor HERE.

If your Senator is not a cosponsor, urge them to co-sponsor S. 202 to audit the Federal Reserve. If your Senator is a cosponsor, thank them for their support.

Find contact information for your Senator HERE.

 
GOOD LUCK AMERICA !!!!

 

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