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Muddy Boots – garden beds

Well, that was an awesome but tiring weekend. We got a lot accomplished, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. I started a off a few weeks ago with ordering 4 cord of 8 foot juniper logs. They got delivered on Thursday Then I ordered a load of compost soil that came in Friday.Continue reading “Muddy Boots – garden beds”

Letters from the old manse- April 26, 2023

Hello family and friends, I hope that you are all doing well. It is definitely feeling like spring these days. The daytime temperatures are increasing, the days are getting longer and we are having more sunny days. It won’t be long now and we will be out in just t-shirts and then tank shirts andContinue reading “Letters from the old manse- April 26, 2023”

Muddy Boots – The Greenhouse

For anyone following our story you will now that back in September hurricane Fiona barreled through the maritmes and did substantial damage to our tiny island. In the aftermath, we had quite a few things that we had to take care of like broken windows, missing siding, damaged trees that came down our firewood logsContinue reading “Muddy Boots – The Greenhouse”

Letters from the old manse- April 13th

Hi family + friends, it’s been a while since I last shared with you, life in our old hohouseand life around the farm. Firstly, I have to say the weather has been absolutely beautiful for a change the week or so. Maritime qeather can be so fickle but weate certainly enjoying the sun and theContinue reading “Letters from the old manse- April 13th”

The Farm – microfarming

It has been 2 years since I farmed my microgreens. I was very sick for a while back in 2021 and it wasn’t possible to do any farming. I cleaned up the rooms downstairs and started to play around with growing microgreens, kinda like getting on a bicycle after not riding for a long time….Continue reading “The Farm – microfarming”

Wacky Wednesday

Wacky Wednesday is not a story or letter blog, just something….. odd short things♡. I have been really successful with my sourdough dough the last while, and it’s been fun. I started my starter again…. haven’t named it yet and suggestions are welcomed. Was pursuing pinterest and looking ideas and found a couple. Sourdough sandwichContinue reading “Wacky Wednesday”

Muddy Boots – looking out the window of life

Hi y’all, I did not send out and special msg the past little while and really haven’t been post much. We were swamped with the Fiona clean up that was messing with our fall chores and wow I can say that really took alot out of us. Before we knew it Christmas season was here.Continue reading “Muddy Boots – looking out the window of life”

Muddy Boots – Trip back to Ontario

So, I know it been a while but some much life happened and it was hard keeping up. As promised this will be the first in some updates to what we did this past summer. Let’s start with finally being able to leave the island and visit family in Ontario. We took a whirlwind 4Continue reading “Muddy Boots – Trip back to Ontario”

The Farm – new chicks, new flock

So on our trip to Ontario this past summer, we did a little side trip to Nova Scotia, summerville to get some fertilized bresse eggs. These eggs, when hatched and raised, are gonna be our new dual-purpose flock, basically eggs and meat. So with the new eggs in the incubator it was time getvthe runContinue reading “The Farm – new chicks, new flock”

The Farm, Muddy Boots and the old farmhouse – hurricane Fiona

I haven’t posted in a while and I am so sorry that I have not got you all up-to-date on our lives here on the island. However, this is a good place to start and then I will back track a bit with some future posts and let you know what’s been up this pastContinue reading “The Farm, Muddy Boots and the old farmhouse – hurricane Fiona”