Spring has come to the homestead and with it the first harvest crop. Maple syrup!! We only have 2 maple trees on our property, but that yummy sap isn’t going to waste. If you’ve been following our video homestead series, you’ll know that making maple syrup was our first video. When the temperatures started to [...]
A winter storm came through Southern Ontario and the Eastern USA yesterday. We were just on the edge of it. For most of the day we had pretty steady snow and as the day went on stronger and stronger winds. All night we could hear the winds howling. Compared to many we are very lucky. [...]
We’ve received some questions about the tractor seen in the background of our vids. Hubby thought he’d take some time to do a vid about it.
I originally wrote this article April 30th 2008. Today as I was working on my garden plans this topic came to my mind. Really not much has changed since I wrote it. Yes food shortages have dropped off the mainstream media headlines. The prices in our stores have come down slightly from a high 2 [...]
It was hubby’s birthday recently and he received a history of tractors book. He really likes it! This video shares some highlights from the book and his thoughts on it. This is the copy hubby has. This is the newer edition still in print.
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get back to work!
If you heat your home with oil, or perhaps have an oil hot water heater. What happens if you run out of oil? If you run out in the middle of the night or in a storm and the truck can’t get in to service you right away, you can use diesel fuel as a [...]
So when it’s snowing hard out, the roads are closed and it’s -19C windchill. What do you do? Have a BBQ!!! LOL Oh yes and try out the new snowblower.
Its been snowing all night and still coming down hard. For the 3rd day in a row, schools were closed and most of the roads in our area as well. Its a good day to sit and knit!
We are going up to do our monthly shopping trip and the snow has begun!
