Aside from making the most delicious tikka masala and being skilled at making our kids squeal and giggle, Louai is also an amazing weeder – meticulous and zen and efficient. The greenhouse looks incredible! I hope that our woofers get as much out of their stay at the farm as we get from their presence. [...]
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Mama Bird
Half live bird mask – think it’ll ever take off as a fashion trend? This little guy (um, or gal) is one of two who hatched from the second batch. We tried to integrate him with the teenage birds in the summer coop and they were a little hard on him – probably given the [...]
Frustrating Frost
As some of you may have noticed, there was a fairly significant frost last night. We knew it was coming and moved the tomatoes out of the greenhouse just in case. However, since I was happily caught up in some silly play with the kids and our current woofer Louai, I didn’t think of harvesting [...]
Spring Celebration Soup
There’s this recipe book I love love love, that I have probably already mentioned on here, Simply in Season. And although I have many a favourite soup (Cool Ginger Peach Cashew, closely followed by Maple Syrup Butternut, are at the very top of the list), I look forward to this one all year. It’s so [...]
Tilling Marathon
We are committed to ensuring Joel’s back makes it through this season, but we also have to seize every opportunity granted by the weather. Since it has been lovely lately, our wet clay has had time to dry, and we’ve been doing daily blitzes with the walk-behind-tractor (aka BCS). Our awesome helper/friend/cousin Aaron has already [...]
Springing into Spring
Don’t you just adore the smells of spring? Be it the freshly fallen rain (well, not this year) or freshly cut grass (well, maybe that’s more satisfying then nice smelling), but you can’t argue with all the lovely, fragrant flowers! Apple blossoms and lilacs, oh my! Soon to be added to the seasonal mix is [...]
The new tool
So, how many geeks does it take to figure out how this tool works? They just figured it out. Talk about a time, and back, saver! It’s called a Hatfield transplanter. How silly we feel to have taken so long to purchase one. This picture does not do it justice – but my pocket sized [...]
May Day
An incredibly short 7 years ago Joël and I decided that we were ready, and in love enough, to plant some roots and raise some babies. And the ribbons are still dancing in the big lone oak as a reminder that we made the right decision. This life is an awesome adventure!
Horses on the brain
We went to visit some new farmer friends (Sally and Michael of Strattons Farm) in Stirling, Ontario and Joël’s passion for draft horses is renewed – if it ever really left. They farm with two wonderfully gentle Suffolk Punches and have nothing but good things to say about their experience thus far. We’ve been toying [...]
A chick update
Last week, Joël posted a video of the chicks on the French side of the site (in case you didn’t know, we decided not to go the translation route and just have the author write in the language of their inspiration so if you are bilingual and itching to read more, click the Ferme du [...]
