… I don’t go half way. With the issues we’ve been having, we’ve made a point of using the biological drain maintenance stuff regularly. Mostly, it’s through the toilet or the bath tub. The kitchen sink isn’t done as often, since that section of the main drain got augered last yea … | Continue reading
First, the cuteness! I counted 28 yard cats this morning, and Driver was really wanting attention, following me the entire time I did my rounds. I even picked him up a couple of times, though he didn’t like it much and quickly jumped back down – then demanded more pets! Of course … | Continue reading
We got some progress with our transplants today! We now have various melon seeds set to pre-germinate above the heat mat – indirect, so they don’t get too warm. As with the Wild Bunch Mix of winter squash, I wanted to do all the seeds in our Summer of Melons Blench, There were fo … | Continue reading
Doing my morning rounds this time of year can be so much fun. Of course, all year, I get to play with the yard cats. Well. The ones that allow me to, anyhow. The face Hypotenose is making… too funny! I even got to pet Broccoli! You might need to click through to Instagram to … Co … | Continue reading
Today has been a productive day – finally! While my daughter continued her deep cleaning into the kitchen, I got the truck loaded up for a much delayed trip to the dump. Each day the dump was open, I found myself at my mother’s place with the truck, so it had to wait. After that … | Continue reading
Today, we woke up to rain. Not a little bit, either, but a wonderful steady and heavy rain. It’s expected to keep raining through to tomorrow morning, and I am quite happy to see it. Even in the hours it took me to go to the city and back, the leaf buds on the lilacs … Continue r … | Continue reading
Just done. Things started going down last night, with Little Miss Leaky Butt making a mess on my bed. I changed my bedding and got the first load of laundry started before going to bed. This morning, I woke to find another mess at the foot of my bed. A small one, but wet enough … … | Continue reading
I had a very rough time getting going this morning, and I’m not sure why. Bad pain day, joints and muscles, and so very sleepy. I got the girls to do my morning routine for me so I could sleep in as much as the cats would allow. Still, I had to do something outside, … Continue re … | Continue reading
Today I was going to be helping my mother with her grocery shopping, so I took advantage of the trip, leaving a bit early to swing by a hardware store. I didn’t find everything I was looking for, but found other things I needed, instead. Then I swung by another store to pick up s … | Continue reading
Nothing fancy, but I got it done. This is what I managed to get done yesterday. Have I mentioned how much I’m starting to dislike those horrid elms? Not even the poplars, which spread through their roots, are a problem like this! Broccoli hopes you enjoy the video! The Re-Farmer | Continue reading
More specifically, $148.41, after discounts and taxes. After parting ways with the Cat Lady, I actually headed to Canadian Tire, first, and saved Walmart for last, since I would have refrigerated items. There’s 4 loaves of rye bread, four 4L bottles of distilled water for my husb … | Continue reading
Well, it’s done. Our Wolfman is gone off to new adventures. His eye actually looked a lot better today – he just really hates it when I try to take his picture! – but we could now see something different about it. Where, before, there seemed to be a dent in the eye, the eye … Con … | Continue reading
No, not finally petting this cat, though that did happen (I counted 30 yard cats this morning). No, not finally the snow is almost gone, or the moat around the garage disappearing, or even large sections of the main garden area accessible again. No, what finally happened was our … | Continue reading
Well, the ball is rolling. I got a call from the Cat Lady this morning. We will be meeting tomorrow afternoon, so I can drop off this handsome dude. He even has an appointment with the vet, the next day. I keep thinking the eye is looking better, but then the light hits it, and … … | Continue reading
Just watching a few videos with breakfast this morning and found a new cooking video from Quick Dick McDick. Oh, my. He doesn’t go half way, that’s for sure! Having to pause near the end to help deliver another calf was a nice touch. 😄😄 I seriously want a smoker. … | Continue reading
Today is turning out to be such a gorgeous day! The outside cats are very happy and spending more time outside, rather than in the sun room. Unfortunately, the skunks are out, too. I went into the sun room from outside and found one in there, eating the cat kibble. At least the s … | Continue reading
Talk about making a difference! Recently, I was going to start some new seeds in pots, but at the last moment, changed my mind. We had such trouble with these last year, and these seeds were anywhere from 2 to 4 years old. I decided to try pre-germinating them, and if some of the … | Continue reading
We’ve got another beautiful day today. It was already above freezing by the time I got outside to feed the kitties and do my morning rounds. I counted 28 yard cats this morning. I was coming back from the outer yard when I spotted the gathering… Sorry for the shakiness. I was zoo … | Continue reading
It’s been a while since we could get to the bed with the carrots in it. Previously, we had no issues harvesting them, and the bed did have a nice thick layer of mulch. Not thick enough! Here are the progress shots for these three beds. Rolando Moon lost her favourite sun spot han … | Continue reading
Okay, it could have been worse, but I had a bit of a disaster this morning. While trending the seedlings and doing a tray rotation, I topped up the larger cell tray of San Marzano tomatoes with more soil. I’d deliberately half filled the cells to start, and now I’m “potting up” t … | Continue reading
I am so loving these longer days. Not only is it beautifully warm out, at 7C/45F (yeah; I know – in a couple of months, this is going to feel cold!), but it’s 6pm as I start this, and still bright and sunny out! The dump is open today, so I took advantage of the … Continue readin … | Continue reading
Yesterday was incredibly gorgeous, reaching 8C/46F, bright and sunny. Things were melting all over the place! I’m loving the longer days, too. My daughter was able to slog through the snow to do a perimeter check I haven’t been able to do for some time, and tells me she is seeing … | Continue reading
It’s been a quiet, homey sort of day today. Not much to write about. I head-counted 31 while feeding the outside cats this morning. Then, as I was returning from my morning rounds, I saw Broccoli and Sprout had arrived – they, at least, are very distinctive! – making 33 in total. … | Continue reading
I had a much interrupted night last night, so the girls took care of the morning rounds for me, so I could sleep in. Well. As much as the suddenly cuddly cats would let me! 😄 I did end up having to go to the post office to pick up some packages, and ended up … Continue re … | Continue reading
Yes, I placed another order. 😂 It’s a small order. When my old computer died, I had an order ready in the shopping cart of another seed company. By the time I got my new computer and was able to log in again, the cart had been dumped, of course. I placed an order with … C … | Continue reading
First the cuteness! We had visitors yesterday afternoon. Three of them! They were very curious about that cat, too! They hung around for a while before coming into the yard and checking out the compost heap. This morning I counted either 28 or 29 yard cats. I’m not quite sure. It … | Continue reading
I hope you have a wonderful day, today! The contents of our basket, ready for brunch. Including the olives I forgot about yesterday, but not including the chocolate eggs. 😁 Many blessings to you and yours! The Re-Farmer | Continue reading
Our basket has been put together and blessed, in preparation for tomorrow, when we enjoy the contents as part of our Easter celebrations. Our traditional Easter baskets were one of my favourite things, when I was a kid. I loved our Easter celebrations more than Christmas – plus, … | Continue reading
I just watched this video from Maritime Gardening and wanted to share. The next seeds I plan to start will be quite large, and I plan to let them soak overnight first. The next time we’ll be starting smaller seeds, I might experiment with this method. Not that we have had much pr … | Continue reading
I counted 31 yard cats this morning. I even got the same number twice, so I think it’s correct. 😄 The cat with the messed up eye is still staying in the sun room and around the cat shelters, which I’m happy to see. He wouldn’t let me close enough to touch, though. Broccol … | Continue reading
This first video from Gardening in Canada is a bit more generic – a look at what gardening supplies are worth getting at Dollarama. For those of you in the US, I’ve been told that your Dollarama stores have a LOT more than ours do, but I’m sure there are at least some overlap. Pe … | Continue reading
So far, so good, I can say! Heading out to do my morning rounds, I was happy to see the cat with the messed up eye curled up in the cat bed under the heat lamp again. Unfortunately, the garbage can in there got knocked down again, and he didn’t like me picking it up … Continue re … | Continue reading
Today has turned out to be a gorgeous day! We’re supposed to reach a high above freezing, though I don’t think we have. No matter. The “feels like” temperature is much warmer, and things are melting all over the place! First, an update. We are still having troubles with our plumb … | Continue reading
Good grief, what a day. Right from the start, it was like everything was going wrong. Just little things, but so many of them! Not everything was bad, though, so I’ll start with the cuteness. Both water bowls were bone dry this morning, even though I topped the sun room one up la … | Continue reading
Thanks to our vandal, we’ve got trail cams set up in key areas. After finding the lock on our gate glued a few times, back in 2018, we set one up on a tree facing the gate, and that’s how we caught our vandal in the act. Since then, part of my morning routine is … Continue readin … | Continue reading
$623.68 to be exact. Ouch. Today I did our first stock up shop in the city. While our temperature is a balmy -6C/21F, the windchill is brutal. My weather app says it feels like -22C/-8F, but at least a few times I was walking in it, it sure felt much colder! The drive in was … Co … | Continue reading
Wow. I thought we had high winds here! I just heard back from the Cat Lady. She was more than happy to change when we would be connecting. Part of their roof just blew off! Their new house has a metal roof and one of the panels went flying. Turns out the winds are higher … Contin … | Continue reading
Even Adam thinks so. She’s just a big, round ball of fluff, disgusted with this wind. I’m glad I did that burn when I did, because yesterday, in spite of the temperature being a mild -1C/30F, we were getting winds of around 45kph/28mph, and our wind chill was -17C/1F. As I write … | Continue reading
Okay, so I’m really a week early for this, but I decided to start more seeds, anyhow! It was also an excuse to finally get my video making software up and running on the new computer. That was far more complicated than it should have been, but once it was all set up, everything w … | Continue reading
I got some sad news from the Cat Lady last night. The “problem cat” that they took on from the city shelter is going to have to be put down. For her to make this decision, you know the situation has to be exceptionally bad. She has had vets recommend euthanasia for cats many time … | Continue reading
Gardening in Canada put out another really useful video today that I just had to share. Of course, we still need to take into account our individual situations. Some of these I would have thought were obvious. Root vegetables, for example. I’ve heard you can actually buy root veg … | Continue reading
We’ve got a foggy, moody day today! I took this several hours ago and, while it’s not as dense now, it’s still foggy out there. We’re just barely above freezing right now, but even earlier things were starting to melt again. I got to test out the new rubber boots! This is part of … | Continue reading
I just had to share this excellent piece from the Maritime Gardening Newsletter, Failure is the Best Guru. This is the video included with the newsletter. I highly recommend signing up for his newsletter and subscribing to his Substack. In regards to failures, I heartily concur. … | Continue reading
The melting is happening at full force right now! Yesterday, we ended up reaching a high of 7C/45F, and it was still above freezing, well past midnight. Today’s high was supposed to be 3C/37F but, as I write this, at almost 3pm, we’re at 5C/41F, with a “feels like” of 9C/48F! The … | Continue reading
It is so beautiful out there right now! And so is this beastly beast! Rolando Moon was loving the hard packed snow on the sides of the driveway, while I was doing my morning rounds. In fact, all the cats were running around, enjoying the bright morning sunshine. I counted 26 this … | Continue reading
Most of us are familiar with climate zones, but soil zones, too? Of course, I was aware of different soil types in different regions. I just didn’t know there were names and classifications for them. Gardening in Canada just did a video all about soil zones, and I learned so much … | Continue reading
The yard cats seem to really like the freshly cleared paths! They are much more active these days, and I’m seeing far fewer of them when I head out. On the downside, this being prime baby making season, is increased fighting among the males. This morning, I found things knocked … | Continue reading
I’m sure glad I finished our stock up shopping yesterday, because winter is not done with us, yet! Check out this forecast. Yup… they’re predicting up to 25cm/9-10inches of snow! It’s supposed to start snowing tonight, but the storm that’s coming up from the US is supposed to hit … | Continue reading