BeverlyFeb 144 min“Don’t Let the Old Man In” Toby Keith passed away last week. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, he was a country artist that Bryan and I listened to especially in the...
GwenJan 262 minYou Can Dress for the Weather: Winter Clothing that Works on FarmI never thought I would take on a job that has me going outside in a Canadian winter. I am one of those people that gets cold really...
GwenAug 30, 20233 minSheep aren't dogs. Thank goodness. When I first started working with sheep, I assumed that over time we would develop some sort of “relationship”. Even at the beginning of...
BryanFeb 15, 20235 minThunder Bay is not close to Cookstown: A Shipping Sheep DisasterI think we have mentioned in earlier blogs that I had bought some additional sheep – four rams and five ewe lambs for breeding. They were...
BryanJan 11, 20233 minA Year in Review on the Farm2023 is now here, but we are still very ‘early’ in the new year and what happened in 2022 is still very much impacting us. Aside from the...
GwenJan 4, 20232 minCelebrating 2022Like most people, I tend to focus on what is not going well or what we didn’t get to, but before we swap out the calendar, I wanted to...
BrodyOct 19, 20222 minMaking it Work: Our "New" Water TrailerSheep, like all animals have basic needs: shelter, companionship, food (and of interest to today’s blog), water. Normally our sheep have...
BryanOct 12, 20222 minConstruction Update: October 2022My focus here at the farm over the last while has been the building of Gwendolyn and Brody’s house. While it has been a major focus of...
GwenOct 5, 20223 minNew Farmers in a New TownBack a few months ago when the #tbayinseason folks came out to interview us for their website, we somehow landed on the topic of how we...