life – Heirlooms and Herbs

I made ketchup!

If you’re like us, living in temperate parts of North America, you may also be getting creative with how you’re using up the number of tomatoes taking over your fridge. As soon as we had our first couple of frosts, I went to work pulling off all the tomatoes that I could get my handsContinue reading “I made ketchup!”

Fall, in the Middle of Summer

As I notice some of our deciduous trees begin to have their leaves show specks of autumn, I thought the sharing of this piece may be fitting. Many thanks to guest writer, Bella Donna, for sharing. I’m sure this has happened for eons, but for me a most recent discovery. I’m outside in the middleContinue reading “Fall, in the Middle of Summer”

Spring has sprung!

This weekend, with snow melting and uncovering most of our working land, we haven’t stopped moving! It’s safe to say, we had been itching for long days spent outside, getting our hands dirty again. And that’s exactly what we did. You might remember from previous blog posts, the old rickety barn that always sat betweenContinue reading “Spring has sprung!”

Heirlooms, Canning, and Misty Mornings

There’s just something about misty mornings, especially an unexpected one in the middle of October. Up here in the Northern Bruce Peninsula, we’ve been sitting around twenty degrees for the past week now, and looking ahead, for another week to come. Inasmuch as this is atypical and raises further question in my mind, I can’tContinue reading “Heirlooms, Canning, and Misty Mornings”

Let be, what will be

/rēˈwīld/ restore (an area of land) to its natural uncultivated state After a great spring debate, Brandon and I agreed to let our entire yard grow wild. The only exception to this rule – our comprise – was that we’d create a path that still would allow us to reach every area of the yardContinue reading “Let be, what will be”

An epiphany, 3 dimplomas later

So, it all of a sudden just dawned on me, that one of the main reasons I continue to go to school not only has to do with my love of learning, but the fact that I don’t know where to begin expressing what I’ve learned. Right after highschool I went to post-secondary to becomeContinue reading “An epiphany, 3 dimplomas later”