• Opinion,  Retail

    Farmers Run Too: Runner’s Shopping List

    I’ve always been a runner. It all stemmed from soccer practice—before that, I did a lot of riding horses, but rarely any cardio. I was fourteen when I made the soccer team and found that playing the position of halfback…

  • Farming,  Gardening

    Planting Garlic: When is it too late?

    I have run into this dilemma for a couple of years now—garlic planting. I get going in my little hurricane here at the farm and I forget all about garlic. Then winter is around the corner and I can pretty…

  • Opinion,  Parenting

    Opinion: When Doing Too Much is a Good Thing

    It’s become a common phrase, tossed from working women to stay-at-home mums, a thoughtless label that is well wrapped in the disguise of coming from a place of love. Every woman I know has heard it: “You’re doing too much.”…

  • Farming

    Farmer Christmas Gift Guide: For Her

    Okay, okay. Christmas is here. I love this time of year, but truth be told, a lot of the magic comes from having your peas in a pod way before Christmas Eve rolls around. I like to have everything wrapped…

  • Farming

    Do Pigs Like Mud?

    A pig rolling in the mud should be a typical sight. It is, if you watch Peppa Pig. But in reality, the majority of pigs raised in an industrial setting are not—they are raised indoors, with air conditioning, concrete and…

  • Farming

    A Pig, a C-Section and Returning Home

    This spring, the children and I settled back into the farm. We’d been gone for a minute—we had taken an eight-month-long adventure to beautiful British Columbia, where, if I’m being honest, I had gotten comfortable with my biggest challenge being…

  • Farming

    All About Kale

    Here in QC, we have a super short growing season. Summer is bountiful, don’t get me wrong, but it’s those hardy crops that pull us through to the edge of autumn. So here I am, getting cozy with all things…