Do you cut or twist your rhubarb? Read this before you harvest! Rhubarb is now ready in Ontario. The nice thing about growing rhubarb is it requires little maintenance, which I love! As soon as your rhubarb is ready in the spring, harvest it and continue to harvest until fall. From my experience, the more […]
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Is your garden ready for planting? Where do you even begin? Did you forget to pull all your old plants last fall from your garden? Maybe you simply ran out of time? Let me show you how I prepared our garden for planting. I even added some cute pathways without spending a dime! If you
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Is that a thing? Learning to grow your own vegetables can be very satisfying. Learning to grow vegetables in containers just seems a little less overwhelming compared to some GIANT garden like your grandparents used to have! Am I right? Does it take work? Yes! Does it take time? Yes! Can you have failures? Yes!
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Have you ever stood underneath a tree and heard the sound of Gypsy Moths eating the tree leaves? It is such an eerie sound! Last year as I stood under a tree I thought “what is that noise”? It was the Gypsy Moths munching away on our tree leaves. It really was creepy! The Gypsy
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Have you ever looked online at farm pictures or videos? You will often see only the highlights of farm life. People typically post cute animals and beautiful scenery that paints a picture of tranquillity. Farm life is hard work and definitely challenging at times. When we moved to our home we had no intention of
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Have you gone to the grocery store lately and some of your favourite items aren’t on the shelf? It’s time to get creative and consider a few options to help increase your food security, reduce your grocery bill and still have delicious meals for your family. The cost of food is rising and some of
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Did you know you can plant garlic in your own backyard? Until a few years ago I had never even considered growing my own garlic at home. I had always just bought garlic at the grocery store or at a farmers market. Each year I keep getting braver and braver and try to grow new
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Read this before you start! Building horse stalls is exciting because it means you must be either getting horses or maybe you are doing some renovations on your farm. Before you start let me share my TIPS with you! I will walk you through some things I like about our stalls and some things I
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