Growing
It's been over a year since I've written anything and it's been the hardest year I've ever experienced. I've started writing many times and stopped...Read More
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5 Years In – an Autumn Reflection
Summer is gone. It seems like eons ago that I was stressing over weeds and succession planting and watering and... it's gone. The trees are...Read More
It’s 9:48 pm…
...on a Wednesday night. About an hour or so past my bedtime. But an hour or so ago I was eating supper, last night's leftovers,...Read More
Teste Situations
Yesterday was another milestone here on the farm. Yesterday we sent our first lamb to freezer camp. Well, Troy actually did the deed. I was...Read More
The Price is Wrong
It's veggie season again and that means those of us who sell produce at market have to step away from the fields and weeds for...Read More
Coming Clean on Responsible Ingredients
Over the 6 years that I've been making Tipsy Toad goat milk soap and body products the things that I make have evolved, and my...Read More
Holy Hot Peppers!
In all my years of growing things, peppers, and particularly hot peppers, have probably been my biggest challenge. For some reason, when everything else was...Read More
Finding Balance
Last week Troy and I made an executive decision that from here on in Sundays will be fun days. Since starting this farming thing almost...Read More
How to Become a Farmer: 8 Things You Should Know
How does one become a farmer? It seems simple enough. Get some land, grow some meat or veggies, sell it. It seems simple enough, but...Read More
DIY Electric Fence Insulators
It's super annoying when you spend money on things that don't last. Even more-so when you don't have a whole lot of money to begin...Read More
Wiling Away Winter
Apparently it's been spring now for a couple of days, but never mind, Nova Scotia has decided that it's not done yet with winter. What...Read More
Reconciling Pigs and Fall
It's that time of the year. A few leaves still cling to the branches, afraid to make the jump. Night pushes its luck each day,...Read More