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April 13, 2019 | Chickens | 25 Comments

Our chickens have mites. Specifically, Northern Fowl Mites. These little critters are pretty common all across Canada, and…

April 11, 2019 | Uncategorized | No Comments

I would have probably been a gardener and chicken keeper and wanna-be orchardist whether the environment was under…

April 9, 2019 | Root Cellar and Food Storage | 9 Comments

Who cares about rotting squashes, anyway? Well, it's actually kind of a big deal around here. You see,…

April 8, 2019 | Orchard | 33 Comments

Living in Prairie Canada, with a short season and low zone (2 or 3, depending on the winter…

April 7, 2019 | Gardening | 1 Comment

Three weeks ago, I planted a bunch of asparagus seeds. I know it's waayyyy too early to be…

April 3, 2019 | Root Cellar and Food Storage | 2 Comments

Here we are, the first week of April. Last month, I did a food storage / root cellar…

March 17, 2019 | Chickens | 29 Comments

We are finally getting temperatures that suggest spring might come...eventually. A couple of weeks ago, I started writing…

March 13, 2019 | Gardening | 6 Comments

I get a little frustrated with my access to garden plants, sometimes. There are no fruit tree nurseries…

March 9, 2019 | Orchard | 24 Comments

A lot of people have the impression that there isn't much we can grow here in Zones 2…

March 6, 2019 | Recipes | No Comments

After doing the food storage report, I decided that we really needed to get using up the carrots.…

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