At our house the month of May is full of bees but not the stinging kind. Maybe the shed will get painted, maybe the deck will get built, and maybe this will be the summer that I will finally grow all the vegetables we need to get us through until next year when the maybes [...]

BC has finished up their provincial election, while here on the farm the animals have been holding their own springtime bid for leadership in the barnyard. It all started with the sheep. The incumbent of the flock is Patricia. She is slighter built than the other ewes and always on the alert. With head raised [...]

Winter’s End has arrived and she’s the cutest thing you have ever seen.  Weighing in at a mere five pounds she is covered in curly spots of brown and white wool.  No-one could watch her wobble about on her four tiny legs without saying, “Awww!” at least once. Winter’s End, as you may have guessed, [...]

With mother’s day fast approaching I have been giving the whole motherhood thing some thought.  Your mothers are like super heroes when you’re little.  They know how to bake cookies, drive a car and when it’s safe to cross the street with a single bound.  Unfortunately when you hit puberty their brains fall out.  They [...]