When we moved to Salt Spring 2 (plus) years ago we brought along our two city springer spaniels. Our male was always a little “on edge” in the city, but as soon as he had space to run, he started […]
That first week "back" is finally over and the dust has settled. And by settled, and really mean settled, in piles in every corner and across all the table tops. After the chaos of the holidays, …
It is a cold, wet, miserable day on the farm today. Sleeting rain and high winds and a definite "chill" in the air is keeping us all indoors today. For our free ranging chickens the only thing …
We fell in love with our beautiful home in the spring. The grass was growing, the sun was shining and the heritage details in our almost 100 year old home sparkled in the light. Sitting here, …
We woke up to this amazing-ness this morning. A few flakes last night, and a "snow warning" which doesn't ever usually amount to much on the west coast, and a houseful of screaming kids this morning. Snow …
There must be something in the water at our place with the amount of hens that like to "book off" and go broody on us. Or perhaps this is there way to escape the continued …
It happened again tonight. Darkness falls earlier and earlier and we aren't always RIGHT there to make sure the chickens have all tucked themselves into bed. And sometimes it even happens when there is still light …
I naively walked into keeping chickens thinking "mmm fresh eggs" and "awe, fuzzy chicks" What I didn't realize is that there has been a whole other reason for having a flock in our lives. Sex Yep. Sex. And …
There aren't a lot of rules in our house, being passive style parents, but there are one or two. And rules is such a harsh word, I more like to think of them as suggestions, …
Whats a Fayoumi you ask? Why a chicken of course. An Egyptian chicken! Which means our flock is becoming extraordinary! Hubby picked this lovely lady up this summer, enchanted by her name, and looks. Swift and fabulous, …
I started travelling on my own when I was 17 years old. I had the bug for adventure and the courage to jump a plane and see the world. I had seen dozens of countries …
8 years ago, after losing our long time labrador, Hubby and I entered back into dog ownership with logic and planning. We searched out breeds, we scoured the web for information and approached it with …
We didn't have a lot of time to get the garden prepped for spring before me moved in, but we have grandiose plans for it for 2015. Our number 1 goal though is bringing some life …
The weather hit us over the weekend. Crisp cold mornings, foggy days and rain. Since we moved into the house the days have been dry and sunny. So dry in fact that we went through …
There is more to raising a few chickens than you would think some days. There is the cleaning out the coop (blech), daily watering and feeding, as well as general nurturing and affection (yes, these …
