With Valentine’s Day and Easter behind us, we are through one of the most dangerous times of year to be a hungry dog: chocolate season. This year it was a close call for our springer spaniel though, and we, of […]
We don't really live and adventure filled life, I would call it more "peaceful" than anything. Quiet, mixed with intervals of hard work, and moment of laughter. Most days in my life are good. We …
There are a few things about chickens that will never change. 1. They lay eggs. If they are young enough (but still mature) and healthy enough, of course. Every day, or every other day, our laying hens …
I am winding up a quick trip to Toronto and suddenly found myself out in Niagara Falls. It was by pure accident, but since I was there, I figured I couldn't leave without seeing the …
Spring break is in full swing for us, and with the kids away at the Grandparents for a week things got a little dirty at home with the Hubs and I. Alone. And by dirty, I mean …
Spring has Sprung here on the west coast, and with the cherry blossoms almost FINISHED blooming, we are in full on planting season already. We always know spring is officially here when our hens go broody. …
We are 2.5yr Saltspring residents and even in this short time our move here has changed our lives. We find joy in different things, balance life and work so much more effectively and feel much …
First off, this is not a debate about inoculations. At all. This is just a story about how we helped our son, alleviate the symptoms of chicken pox when he experienced them. It was a sunny …
With 4 roosters strutting around our 33 hens, things can sometimes get a little amorous on the property. They all have unique relationships and their "favourite" girl, usually of the day. I had my camera and …
My daughter has always been good at earning money. She has put in hours on the curb selling lemonade, and sat for weekends worth of craft fairs hawking her homemade buttons. She is a saver …
Take 37 chickens, 3 acres of woodland and a 100 year old house (plus outbuildings) and what do you get? You get rats. And mice. And spiders (but the spiders I can handle) We buy our animal feed …
We walked into chicken rearing with very little poultry knowledge, learning along the way. One of the most awesome surprises to us was the Bantam Chicken. A "mini" chicken, just perfect for little hands. In fact, smaller …
Two years ago (eek, almost 3 actually) when we decided to uproot our life and start again we had a lot of questions from friends asking us HOW. And for every one of those, we had …
Oh the days when you are able to mix work with pleasure, even when you work in an industry where the frequently collide. We just spent 2 days in beautiful Kelowna, BC, all under the …
It is a saturday morning, 9am. The kids have been awake since who knows when, keeping themselves entertained by watching cartoons. Hubby is still upstairs snoring since his early evening nap threw his bedtime off …
