A Letter to The Minister
As of today this letter, sent Oct. 10th, 2014, has gone unanswered. If I do receive a reply I will post it. Minister Colwell,...Read More
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4072 Kilometres
4072 Kilometres. Apparently that's the distance from Tremont, Nova Scotia to Niagara Falls and back. Understandably then, some people thought I might be a little...Read More
3 Weeks Ago Today
3 weeks ago today was one of the worst days of my life. It's the day we lost Griffin very tragically and completely out of...Read More
Adjusting the Clock
You read all kinds of things in the media about how our lives are spinning out of control as we race from one commitment to...Read More
Till Death Do Me Part
Scoping out the spot where I planned to put the new garden, I wondered would it be big enough. Of course, with 30 acres at...Read More
The Farm
Finally, we're here. Tipsy Toad Grove began as a small hobby farm near Mount Uniacke, NS. In the summer of 2013, realizing a desire to...Read More
Follow Your Dreams (to hell and back)
One would think that the hardest part was making the decision to leave behind a decent regular paycheque with benefits. Indeed, that choice didn't come...Read More
Finding the Farm – TTG the first
We stumbled upon this place while taking some side roads home after a day of mountain biking in the Annapolis Valley. We were looking for...Read More
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
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