“This year, the farm jam is on Saturday, August 3rd. Come camp and enjoy music. Directions can be found https://smallprairiefarm.com/contact-location/ or Google: Malcolm Rice’s farm. Hope to see you there.” We usually have a lot of fun! We have chickens busting their butts making eggs. We provide supper for the night (burgers and hotdogs). BRING Read more about FARM JAM 2024- A message from Malcolm[…]
Farm jam is Saturday, July 30th this year. We will supply burgers and hotdogs for supper. Also outhouse and water. Power will be on a first-come-first service. Bring your tents or camper. Join us for the on-stage jam.
The year after COVID. We didn’t get many pictures. It’s like we wanted to see people with our eyes instead of through a camera lens for once! It was a great FARM/ FAM Jam. WE HAD BABIES! You know we are close to the end of the COVID epidemic when babies can leave the house! Read more about Farm Jam 2021- The Year After COVID[…]
CRITTERS, CRITTERS, EVERYWHERE! WE HAVE THEM ON CAMERA. We’ve had several Critters families stop in to try and figure out the cameras. We’ve also had a few who didn’t notice the cameras at all. Birds, raccoons, deer, coyotes, fox, MOOSE, Owls, house cat, bald eagle, hawk, cougar, rabbit, white weasle, and more. We’ve had Read more about Wildlife on the Critter Camera[…]
Summer 2020- Social Distancing! Summer 2020 was my (Kelly’s) first full season living primarily at the farm. What better place to social distance is the farm. That’s a LIE! The Rice farm has been a haven for people looking for outdoor retreat! Bon fires, hiking, biking, sledding. We even showed up for Christmas. Garden Our Read more about Garden 2020[…]
Garden 2019 was huge in spite of lack of water! This year we planted the entire Garden plot! In the Garden 2019 we grew cucumbers, corn, raddish, (yellow, purple, green) beans, soy beans, swiss chard, spinach, lettuce, (yellow, green) zucchini, (heirloom, orange, purple) carrots, (green arrow, sugaranne, sugarsnap, mixed)peas, (red, yellow, mixed)potatoes, dill, cucamelon, garlic, Read more about Garden 2019[…]
Farm Jam 2018 was smaller than usual but more fun than ever! There was a small group at Farm Jam 2018 this year, but a lot of newcomers! We were happy to see Beth and Laurier(Sp?), Auntie Kate(from South Korea), Billie, Kendra, Cousin Danielle and family, cousin Gerry and family and of course all the regulars. Read more about Farm Jam 2018[…]
Cousins Weekend Was Filled Sunshine, Drama and Food! We camped out at Uncle Malcolm’s for the cousins long weekend! Mathew and Emmy joined us from the East coast, along with Terra and the girls(this includes Andrew). The invitation was also extended to our parents this year! Everyone packed up their tents, campers, games, footballs, baseballs, Read more about Cousin Weekend 2018[…]
Prairie Fires in Kannata Valley are Rampant It’s only May and the Prairie Fires have already started in Southern Saskatchewan. There are Fire bans in a lot of the RMs and most people are doing their due diligence to take care not to put their land at risk. Wascana Trails Fire – April 23 About 12 hectares Read more about Prairie Fires Are Raging This Year- 2018[…]
First weekend at the farm. Our dugout is down several feet. So everything froze including the fish and frogs. There were even a few trout left! Jeff and I also found some random bones. The was a wildfire at Wascana Trails and we went to explore an abandoned house.