We posted an entry last week about the upcoming pig situation. Now that it has passed, I wanted to let folks know how it turned out (and perhaps why). Vegetarians may or may not want to read this – up to you.
Archive > November 2009
Coffee stats
I’ve been reading Roast magazine for a few years, my main connection to the exciting world of specialty coffee. The most recent issue has some interesting statistics I wanted to share: Canada’s forecasted domestic (not Timmies or 2nd cup etc.) annual consumption of coffee for 2009-2010 is 1,950,000 60 kg bags. That means as a [...]
Pigs on the Brain
With every bag of feed we finish we tell ourselves: ok, it’s getting cold, the girls are getting big, it’s time. That started about a month ago. To slaughter ourselves or have it done at a slaughterhouse in Chrysler, that is the big question. Depending on who we talk to, more pros or cons are [...]
Exploring the woods
Living so close to forests, you’d think we would be in them all the time. But with the crazy busy growing season that starts before the snow melts and finishes with the first frosts, in addition to the threat of poison ivy (to which Joel reacts quite violently), we tend to only visit our forest [...]
Local Food
Stephanie and I attended a webinar today, from the folks at Buy Local! Buy Fresh!, a local food initiative in Waterloo. Very interesting in general, and we got a lot of tips on how to go about redesigning the local food system here. Five years from now, I think we should be eating local bread [...]
Dearly Departed
Although others on the farm would have many a story to tell about Bambi and have known her much longer, I thought we should have a little entry for the furry Welsh pony who passed away last week. It was no surprise given her 28 years and her declining health over the last little while, [...]
