Growing Pains: More Land Please!
We need more land, it's a fact. It wasn't long ago that we moved to our 4.5 acre spread and marveled at all the space...Read More
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The Nasty Business of Farming
Most people's visions of farming are accompanied by a pastoral ideal that lies somewhere between a Beatrix Potter story and a Norman Rockwell print. The...Read More
Invaders?
Few sounds crawl straight through your soul like the atonal chatter of a coyote pack. Eerie at a distance, it's a downright chilling and otherworldly...Read More
Hay!
Hay. It's the essence of everything good about farming. Hay is simple and unpretentious, but it's a staple for just about every type of livestock....Read More
Polishing a turd
If you have ever tried polishing a turd you will fully understand the title. It is next to impossible. They are hard to hold, squishy...Read More
The Barn: what comes down must go up
It's a wonder it hasn't come down already. Our barn was never pretty, in fact when we first saw it we had a hard time...Read More
Chuck the truck hits the road
It has been nearly two months now since our truck Chuck has become road-worthy in Nova Scotia. I had a really hard time finding a...Read More
Low-Cost Farm Truck: Brakes Needed
Brakes - there are none! The fenders are on, they look good and I only have a small dish of assorted left over nuts and...Read More
The Low-Cost Farm Truck Continues…
Fender Install The front fenders of Chuck. We named our truck Chuck. Chuck the truck. Chuck's front fenders looked like they were repaired by a...Read More
The Two-Year Plan: Operation Low-Cost Farm Truck
In the Beginning Since becoming an adult at the age of thirty I have settled down a lot in life. I married a fantastic woman...Read More
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Tipsy Toad Grove is a small farm in rural Nova Scotia - 4.5 acres, to be exact. I work in the city, Troy works in...Read More