Category Archives: At the kitchen table

A tornado ripped through parts of the Ottawa-Gatineau area Friday afternoon leaving two people in critical condition and more than 170,000 people without power across the region. The twister touched down in Dunrobin — a rural community in Ottawa’s west … Continue reading →

Dear Hubby had taken both Friday and Tuesday off so that I could have a mini holiday with a dear friend of mine.  It was busy! but it was so good.. Long drive on my own, long enough to work … Continue reading →

It happens to all of us, that unexpectedly high car repair bill, you know the one.. the one where you are like this should cost 200 and you go, I have six hundred so if they find something else.. we … Continue reading →

Well, we have had the farm for 14 years this spring and we have loved our big old willow tree’s (two of them) our huge very old crab apple and our very large maple tree. The willows are around 80 … Continue reading →

So a dear friend of mine said? Ok, so you want to make some changes and I know you love your lists.. so what do you need to produce? I did the first three fast off the top of my … Continue reading →

I really loved reading a comment from one of my readers.. its worth starting this post with it.. “We have zero food waste as well, there is always something on the farm that will use up what we can’t. It … Continue reading →

I keep seeing more and more comments, video’s and meme’s on social sites about food waste. Its a huge issue and a great deal of it is truthfully totally out of my hands. I can do my bit by writing … Continue reading →

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/03/hot-planet-all-time-heat-records-have-been-set-all-over-the-world-in-last-week/?noredirect=on&__twitter_impression=true Listening to the radio and in montreal as of this morning, 11 deaths that have the heat has played a role.. they are folks that have underlining health issues that are effected by the high heat..  The city (which … Continue reading →

Rat information below! So we had rats on year two of living on the farm in the big barn, it was a challenge to remove them but with traps, bait and my hunting farm cats we were able to bring … Continue reading →