Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon by Pat Ardley

Author:Pat Ardley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rivers Lodge, Rivers Inlet, British Columbia, Fishing lodges, Autobiographies
ISBN: 9781550178326
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published: 2018-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Rivers Lodge in 1980. The two guest cabins are on the right. The main lodge/dining room is in the centre. Attached to the main lodge are our small bedroom and bathroom. The building on the left is the workshop and generator shed, and the big greenhouse with crew rooms is behind.

We let them go in my lovely new greenhouse that George and I had built the previous spring. Now we had to come up with a plan for a chicken coop that would keep the birds safe from otters, mink, cougars, wolves, eagles and hawks. Well, there was the boom-winch float that we weren’t using at the moment. George wanted nothing to do with the darn birds, so using the chainsaw Ernie bought for me, I built a little house with lumber and scraps that we kept on hand for spur-of-the-moment projects. I laid chicken wire down completely covering the surface of the float. There was a natural dip between the two middle logs that I draped the wire into, creating a safe pond for the ducks. Then I built the frame around the edges of the float and attached the chicken wire to it and moved the house across one end. I also covered the top of the cage completely with chicken wire. On one corner I wrapped wire around a two-by-two at the bottom and put nails into the upright so I could secure the wire but open the cage if I wanted to go in. I wasn’t going to go in very often and muck around in the poop, so I put hinges on the roof of the little house so I could lift the lid and reach in for eggs. I used cedar shavings to line boxes for the hens to use as nests. I collected plenty of greenery along the shore to throw in for the birds. They soon felt safe and comfortable and the ducks happily splashed in their pond. Then they all started laying eggs. Duck eggs are amazing, with huge orange-yellow yolks—very creamy and delicious. I made gorgeous duck-egg noodles with them, and was always experimenting to find interesting things to make for our fishing guests.

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