the pottymouthed farmer's blog

Aug 68 min read

I sure can hear a lot of wild birds...

But I don't hear any chickens & there aren't any roosters telling me about the impending sunrise. It reminds me of our first summer here....

Feb 1110 min read

How do I begin?...again?

People say farming is hard work. It was the warning I was given as I set out to become a farmer. Duh. Of course it is. It's manual...

Apr 17, 20239 min read

Spring is in the air; my to-do list is ever-growing. Ramble ramble ramble.

It was way too busy a winter. On the snowy evenings, as dusk gave way to night, Duke (the LGD) barked like crazy, and through the trees I...

Oct 11, 20226 min read

Guinea Fowl; the unexpected boon

Before becoming a farmer, I had only seen a tick once, when I was a kid. It was on my dog. It was gross. Then we moved to beautiful Nova...

Jul 3, 20227 min read

the goatastrophe: lessons learned awash in tears

A lot has happened since winter set in. Spring sprang right passed us. I had so many plans... I was busy as a bee, incubating eggs. The...

Jan 16, 20226 min read

Winter Setting in

We have had snow on the ground, it has melted, snowed again, rained, turned to ice, snowed, and on and on. The snow was mostly gone this...

Oct 31, 20215 min read

It's been 4 months and we're working our asses off!

We landed on June 15th around 9pm. We couldn't see much as there was fog everywhere. The next day, we awoke to our farm and found our...

Apr 15, 20213 min read

We haven't even started, and we're already changing everything!

Being the slightly autistic, OCD person that I am, I have continued doing research during this waiting period. Being unemployed is boring...

Feb 17, 20213 min read

We bought a farm!

We bought a farm in Nova Scotia. Above, you can see the perimeter of the farm, the streams, some pasture & markings I've made. There is a...

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