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
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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
Peas…and Thank You!
A few weeks ago I started bringing veggies to market along with my soap products. I'm not bringing a ton- we already have great veggie...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
Rehab for Selenium Deficient Kids
Disclaimer: I am not a vet. This blog is a summary of my experiences with a weak kid. In no way do I claim that...Read More
H2O Woes
Water can be a blessing or a curse. Yes, we need it to sustain health and life, that's a given. But at that very moment...Read More
Will the Real Turkeys Please Stand Up
The attack on Pictou County butcher Gordon Fraser is just one more nail in small agriculture's coffin. Once again the government and its marketing boards...Read More
Farm Harder
I made a comment on Facebook a few days ago that "now I have to farm harder." In many ways it was a dialogue between...Read More
Tackling the Barbs
Barbed wire is a hateful, hateful thing. The same features that make it an effective method of controlling unruly bovines are the same features that...Read More
Tapping Trees for Liquid Gold
The amount of time and energy required to produce one litre of syrup is enough to make the most ambitious and well intentioned people take...Read More
To Market, To Market
The Local Food Movement is suffering from a paradox of sorts, and that paradox lies in the problem of distribution. Food is expensive, and there...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