GRAPEVINE - Gold Fever Follies back for 25th year

Music

• Music in the Park plays on Canada Day and will feature local blues group Plan B on Friday at 7 p.m. Old time country favourites Cattle Annie and the Crooked Corral go Thursday, July 7.

Health

• The Compassionate Friends is a self-help support group for parents and families who have lost a child, at any age from any cause. Three cell groups meet monthly: in Fruitvale, the last Monday of the month at 1p.m. 1414 Green Rd., in Trail, the third Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Trail United Church and in Nelson, the second Wednesday 7 p.m. at Mountain View Village. Please call Joan for summer meeting plans and any further information 693-2281

Other

• Check out the Canada Day festivities at Beaver Creek Park on Friday, pancake breakfast from 8:30-10 a.m., craft fair and displays, face painting, children’s games, First Nations story telling, with music from North of 60, birthday cake at noon and more.

•The Annual Seniors Day Picnic will be held Thursday, July 7 from 2 – 6 pm at the Beaver Valley Family Park. Cost will be $12. Crib games 1-75 will be from 2:30 - 4 p.m. Entertainment from 4 - 4:30 p.m., dinner starting at 4:30 pm and the BC Old Time Fiddlers #9 will play from 4:30-6 p.m. Dinner tickets must be purchased in advance (deadline is June 30) at the Fruitvale and Montrose Village Offices.

• Trail Smoke Eaters Alumni serve up their seventh annual ALS Dinner on July 8, live and silent auction, with special guests, Steve and Jeff Tambellini and Tom Renney. Dinner tickets $50. The Golf Fundraiser goes Saturday, a three-man scramble, prizes and barbecue dinner, register by July 1. Tickets for Friday dinner and golf, $125, available at Remax Pro Reality or visit trailsmokeeaters.com for more info.

• The Gold Fever Follies celebrate 25 years by offering the Golden Ticket. Purchase a $30 ticket and gain access to the Rossland Museum and the Golden City’s rich mining heritage, a free dinner at the Flying Steamshovel and entry to the Gold Fever Follies. Shows run all summer from Tuesday to Saturday at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets available from the Rossland Museum, Rossland Pro Hardware and Out of the Cellar.

Upcoming

•BCIAHA All Breed Community Horse Show to be held at the Trail Horseman’s Society Grounds during their 50th Anniversary Celebration from July 8-10. For entries, to volunteer or more info contact Holley Campbell at 362-9065.

Back On The Homestead | Blog | Homestead Yard Plan

Homestead yard plan is a major consideration as it represents a lifelong design that may not be easily changed in the future and so careful consideration is important.

Planning considerations include:

1)       Lay of the land

2)      Orientation of the homestead

3)      Access to the property

4)      Needed structures

5)      Utilities

6)      Land quality

7)      View

8)      Water supply

9)      Waste disposal

10)   Livestock and Crops

11)    Access to schools/public facilities

A successful plan will include all these ideas into the design model of your homestead yard plan. Your farm yard plan should be fluid in design by allowing for easy movement of humans, livestock and equipment.

1)      The lay of the land will determine a great many things on your homestead. If you happen to live on the prairies your canvas may be flat, wide open land. If you live in the foothills region then you have to design around undulating land that may require care in layout of outbuildings and road building. If you live in the peace country then you have wetlands to work with. There are many variations to be aware of when one looks at the lay of the land.

2)      Orientation of the farm design means what direction you want the majority of buildings to face. Each direction has its advantages and disadvantages.  For example here in southern Alberta facing into the West means extremely strong winds from the mountains 7 months of the year and from the North strong cold fronts in the winter. Typically most farms have their “back” to the Northwest.

3)      Access to the homestead is based on roads common to the region. Try to avoid property that may be land locked by other properties. Items to be on the lookout for are bridges, culverts, natural waterways, coulees, and right away through other peoples’ land.

4)      Homestead yard plan will require many farm structures. Your farm design is determined on the actual usage that you plan for. That is if you specialize in livestock you will have more corrals and barns in your farm design. If crops are more of an interest then you will look at Quonset and storage buildings in your farm yard plan. The core of the homestead yard plan will have a home, garage, well site, barn, garden shed. Additional farm structures for the yard plan would also include corrals, wood shed, chicken coop, greenhouse, Quonsets, storage bins; mechanics shop to name a few.

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