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It’s crunch time! And everything is chaos. We have 2 weeks till our first farmers market, and we are not as organized as we hoped to be. Lots has been getting done, but we still have some major infrastructure that we need to complete this year. Ian thinks we will only have radishes. Serina thinks…
Things are coming together, slowly but surely. Come and join us for a farm tour as we show the small progresses on the barn renovation, and an update on the garden. The work is part of the fun, not just the final outcome, but it is still nice to see things progressing. __________ Subscribe and…
We are getting firewood for the winter. We didn’t have time to get firewood and season it ourselves, so this year we are buying firewood from someone local. We are buying 3 cords for the winter. Ian’s in charge of picking it up, and Serina is in charge of stacking firewood. We are excited for…
We have to get our new trees into the ground, so today we are planting the backyard orchard. The plan with the trees is to continue them along the fence line with our orchardist neighbours to match the current trees on the property. Being beside a cherry orchard means our property is exposed to a…
We are pouring the concrete footings for the exterior wall of our barn reno today. 100 bags of concrete later and we have footings! It is busy, and we have a tight timeline with the concrete company coming on Monday. But we are making progress. Plus, check out how good the garden looks all weeded.
The transplanting continues, and Serina and Ian take some time to investigate how well the plants have been adjusting so far. A lot of plants look dead from the less then friendly way we have been transplanting our plants, but there is hope! Things will bounce back, and hopefully, we will have a lush garden…
After Serina complains all day, Ian finally swoops in and saves the day! They are at it till late at night, but the holes get dug in the rock hard ground, and the new garden gets planted. Now’s not the time to stop! We’ve barely even gotten started! And now the garden looks great (or…
We needed a grass murderer, so we bought ourselves a BCS 739. Serina likes it because it is small enough and light enough to be a perfect lady tractor. Plus it fits in a shed! We feel it will be a great tool for our future 1 acre market garden. But first we need to…
