Although this blog would lead one to think otherwise, life hasn't been all baby chicks and honeybees as of late. There's been a whole lot of spring...
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Everywhere a chick, chick.
The last two weekends we hatched some chicks. Or rather our hens hatched some chicks. Our hens hatched chicks and I took pictures. If you...
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And maybe some honey.
Sometimes when you know you're in over your head, the best thing to do is wave the white flag and send out a desperate S.O.S and hope someone...
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Music for the Massey
This week my job consists of sitting on our Massey Fergusen tractor and driving it one. half. a. kilometer. per. hour. or very slowly. or...
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Holy Moly – We moved an orchard.
Had this past week been a radio music mashup, appropriate song choices would have been Pink's "Try" and BTO's "Taking Care of Business". The project...
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Whatever the Weather…
At the risk of sounding like a wannabe farmers almanac, I say the weather this past week has been plain bonkers. (same block of trees, mere...
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Here we are.
Last weekend we bottled our 2012 ciders. Our last test-batch before starting for real. Today we signed the incorporation papers for our...
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just a little more time…
Spring feels like it's coming on awfully quickly. Tuques, mitts, and jackets were shed today. We ventured up to the farm to "Go see Dad" - a...
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The Windy City
Today I pulled into our driveway in the wee hours of the morning, tiptoed into the dimly lit kitchen (greeted by colorful 'welcome home!' banners and...
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Decisions.
Right now we are smack-dab-somewhere in the blurry, busy, exciting,overwhelming middle of the 'dreaming' and the 'doing' stages of starting a...
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