We’re kidding!
Yes, we certainly are. In fact 9 new kids arrived in the past couple of days! On Wednesday, within a relatively few hours, four of our expectant does gave birth to 7 kids. Hardly had we finished “superintending” one of … Continued
Great Expectations
Yes, we are expecting. At least we are expecting that our goats will be having kids in the next few weeks. The buck was with the does for about a month beginning in the third week of September and the … Continued
Black River neighbourhood
Our living room was packed with over 20 enthusiastic people earlier this week.The reason for the meeting? The people were all farmers or accommodation providers or artisans in the Morrison Point and Black River area and the topic was how we can … Continued
Building a new life in the County
Andrew does not care much for promotion so was reluctant to be interviewed by a Prince Edward County staff member who wanted to feature him in a County promotional website designed to attract younger entrepeneurs to the County. The … Continued
Winter Accomodation
Our “barn,” a large hoop house erected late this Fall (see Old Fashioned Barn Raising) is proving to be great winter accommodation for the goats and chickens. The last three of our pigs lived in it for a short while but … Continued
My new Ferrari
Yes, I am the proud owner of a new Ferrari. It is NOT because farming is lucrative! Neither is it because I always wanted a sports car. Instead, it is because we decided that we needed a snow blower attachment for … Continued
Bounty of leaves
Leaves are something that most people want to get rid of in the Fall. But we have been welcoming dozens of trailer loads of leaves over the past several weeks from several neighbours’ properties. The neighbours (and contractors working for … Continued
Old Fashioned Barn Raising
Our 60 acre property had no buildings whatsoever on it when we purchased it. The first building we put up was our house. Sheila thought it was kind of important that we get that done first! But we also need a building … Continued
Self-powered rototillers
As noted in the last post, for several reasons we didn’t have as much vegetable garden this past season as we would have liked. However, we now have one advantage – self-powered rototillers! Over the past little while, the three … Continued
Our 100 metre diet
We have not consciously followed the 100 mile diet but have been pleased this Fall how often we have had a “100 metre diet.” A number of our meals have come partly or mostly from our farm and garden. The other … Continued