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Spring
It is a beautiful day here in Ontario, the sun is shining and it is a balmy 5 degrees out! A good sign that warmer weather has arrived is when the chickens finally start going outside. The ducks...
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Why Start a Container Garden?
Over the years we have been developing and expanding our ‘big’ garden, but it’s located away from the house and not easily accessible to grab fresh veggies for a quick salad. I’m hoping to change...
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Life this Week
It has been a pretty BLAH week here weather wise. It has been cold and rainy with some snow flurries thrown in. Not a lot has been done in the garden this week, because of all the rain it is still...
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Cats in the Garden, No Thanks!
Our ferocious hunter and annoying pooper If you are like us and have cats that are both inside and out, you may have the same problem we do. They seem to think that the beautiful soil in our...
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Just a Regular Thursday
This morning Lori and I headed into town to do our bi-weekly grocery shopping. We always go first thing in the morning so the stores aren’t busy, and we can get in and out quickly. Today we stopped...
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6 Ways to Start Homesteading Today
Today’s modern homesteaders are people who aren’t afraid of hard work and getting dirty. If you’ve ever been curious about what happens on a homestead, know that today’s homesteaders aren’t all about...
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Project Update
We’ve been busy this week trying to get everything done that we had started over the past few weeks. The last roll of fence finally came in, so Leighton and I have been working on getting the last...
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Weekend Projects
Happy 4th of July to all of our American readers, we hope you are enjoying this beautiful day! We are busy this weekend working on getting some of our started projects done. Leighton is working on...
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Around the Homestead
New and exciting things are happening on the homestead. Last week was busy and we are still catching up from the few days that we were away (more on that in a future post). We have another set of eggs...
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Busy Season
If you have been following along on our journey to self-sufficiency you may have noticed a decrease in the amount of posts recently. I can assure you that we are all well and good, but we are entering...
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Freezing Beans
During the summer months there is always something to be done in the garden. Right now it’s beans, going out to pick beans is a daily job. Green and yellow beans are one of my family’s favorite...
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