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Snowmageddon part two
It's a grey day, with snow gently cascading down outside my office window. Unlike yesterday, when it was coming in sideways. We've had...
Jan 5


Snowmaggedon redux
We didn't do much this week. It friggin SNOWED most of the time. I think we may actually get a reprieve starting today. Hopefully. So I...
Dec 8, 2024


Snowmageddon at the farmette
It's a very wintery day here. Has been since Thursday night. I think we've received at least two and half feet (if not a full three feet)...
Dec 1, 2024


Autumn splendour
It's a warm, though overcast day at the farmette. Summer seems to be clinging on, with temperatures over the past week in the mid to high...
Sep 29, 2024


Climate change comes to the farmette
It's a grey, cool day at the farmette. We got a skiff of snow over night and there's a chance of more flurries today. It's been...
Feb 11, 2024


Tis the season to get knitting
It's a cold day at the farmette. Snow - and lots of it - is in the forecast. Glad we're not going anywhere today. We got the final,...
Nov 26, 2023


What a year
It's snowing today at the farmette. Unlike the sugar snows we've had recently, I think this one is going to stick around. I was going...
Nov 19, 2023


Thanksgiving at Lady Bank Maples
It's a cold and rainy day at the farmette. We're into the single digits and it looks like fall is well and truly entrenched. Last Sunday,...
Oct 15, 2023


Fall comes to the farmette
It's a sunny day in Grey County. More like summer, with 20+ Celsius temperatures, than fall. The difference is that the calendar and all...
Oct 1, 2023


Boating on Georgian Bay
It's a grey, coolish day in Grey County. It looks and feels like it might rain, but the forecast says not until tomorrow night. It's a...
Sep 10, 2023


Canning season at the farmette
It's a beautiful day. Clear skies and sun. It's supposed to get up to 27 degrees Celsius. Mother Nature is really delivering a wallop...
Sep 3, 2023


Spring planting continues
It's a gorgeous day again at the farmette. Sunny and plus 20 degrees Celsius. It looks like we're in for quite a few more days like this,...
May 28, 2023


Plant bonanza at the farmette
It's the Victoria Day weekend, and traditionally the time when we - and many, many others - go full-on into planting season. Yesterday...
May 21, 2023


Signs of spring
It's a grey, wet day at the farmette. The upside is that everything is greening up nicely. The downside is that I can't get out into the...
Apr 23, 2023


Swirling snowstorm at the farmette
We're back to winter on the farmette - about nine inches of snow has fallen since Friday morning and apparently there's more on the way. ...
Mar 12, 2017


Tracking through the snow at the farmette
It's been mild for a couple of days, although at the moment it's gently snowing - like Mother Nature decided to sprinkle confetti on the...
Feb 12, 2017


Fun with winter driving to the farmette
Busy, busy, busy. That's what life has been like at the farmette for the past week. I got a bunch of new commissions, met some very cool...
Feb 5, 2017


Snowy start to 2017 at the farmette
The farmette is pretty much buried today. Fourteen inches of the white stuff has come down in the past three days, according to my...
Jan 1, 2017
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