Magee Family Farm

Thursday, July 19, 2012

BIG wins for my little girl!

Magee's Sweet won Reserve in Show twice at the CRCS show

in Watsonville CA on July 15, 2012

The next day SWEET surprised us again with another bigger win Best in Show

at the Stanislaus County Fair with over 500 rabbits competing!

Friday, May 11, 2012

Tide Pooling at Moss Beach

Lena asked us to take her tide pooling for her 10th birthday celebration.

I remembered Moss Beach was a fantastic place to visit and discover a variety of plants and creatures.

We checked to see when would be the best low tide and struck out at

5am on Friday, May 11.

Hermit crabs were abundant and one of Lena's favorites!

Black and brown Turban Snails

California Mussel Bed

Green Anemone

Ochre Star

Look at all the Plants and Animals!

You have to look long and hard in the pools to see some of the creatures.

Harbor Seals were hiding behind Lena

Purple Urchin

Monday, February 27, 2012

Bloom and a Princess

The sun rays were shining through the clouds today on the Summer Sweet Peaches.

Miss Lena won Cal State Royalty Princess Sunday February 25, in Turlock CA.

Preparing for the big Royalty Test!

Taking a written test is one part of the royalty contest. Lena also judged 2 classes of rabbits, identified 29 different rabbit breeds, was interviewed and submitted a written application.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

After irrigating for 24 hours yesterday, we woke up to ice on the trees. We have not had any rain in December or January so the trees needed water. Combined with 20 degree low last night... Voila! Ice!

Lena and Russell collected icicles before school this morning

Very pretty sight first thing in the morning

Monday, January 9, 2012

Showing Rabbits at Alameda County Fair

4-H in Action 1988 Demonstrating grooming Angoras

This is from 1988 the last year I showed rabbits in 4-H. Third place Advanced Showmanship at Alameda County Fair. Yes that is an English Angora I'm holding!

1989 I started showing my Rabbits in FFA. I won Reserve Champion Meat Pen that year with Red Satins! Pictured with the buyers Mr. and Mrs. Escalona.

Showmanship 1990, first place Advanced. That's Dani White as the judge.

I continue to show rabbits at the Alameda County Fair in Open and have won Best in Show at the fair 3 times since showing as a youth.

Magee's Chilaberries 2011

Magee's Puff 2010

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Planting Hay

My boys planting this year's hay.

Ed's out planting the open field today in wheat and oat seed for horse and rabbit hay. Hasn't been much rain this season, but we are hoping it arrives now that we have the crop planted!

Straight rows with the beds furrowed up (60 inch spacing) allow us to irrigate when we don't get enough rain. In Vernalis we usually only see 8 inches of rain per year.