Snow and lots of it

We are getting a lot of snow and cold this year. But still nothing compared to what we experienced in 2007 when we lived in Ottawa. I remember it was a record of sorts with 450 cm for that season. I am glad that I decided to buy a used snowblower this winter. I was...

Seed orders

After much deliberation I have finally put my seed orders in.  For this year I put a lot of work into figuring out how much and what type of each vegetable I wanted.  First I started with a calendar of the season where I plotted out rough quantities of harvest for...

Planning and stuff

Well, besides spending all my waking time trying to get our garage and loft built, I have been trying to get planning done for the upcoming year.  I like to plan things out a lot.  I think a lot about how to optimize the variables that go into the farm venture.  There...

Rooster anyone?

One of our roosters is up for adoption. Not that he’s done anything wrong per se – we just really don’t want him anymore. The chickens this year have been the kids project, actually. They bought the chicks and all the consumables required to keep...