Sourdough is an elusive item in my kitchen. I love using it and having it fresh and active in my refrigerator but mostly these past years, it is absent, having been neglected and then pitched out. When it’s gone, I miss it, when I have it on hand, I’m not the most...
Beekeeping and all the delicious by-products!
This summer’s evenings have been magical, so ideal for enjoying meals outdoors.
When we break from the busyness of the day and jump off the treadmill, cup in hand and perhaps under the shade of a tree, tea time is a respite. It’s a chance to rest and compose ourselves amid the seemingly never-ending work. When my daughters were little, we often...
The winter was especially long — deeply cold days with lots of wind and interjections of ice and snow. It’s only once we think the bad weather has passed that we begin again, stacking wood, planting, trimming, and cleaning the layers of dust that have accumulated in...
Most of us cannot wait until the warmer weather arrives, there is so much to look forward to: watching for signs of new growth, going outside wearing fewer layers, and hearing the peepers. The peepers are a sure sign things are about to change – for the better! Also...
I have a love-hate relationship with this time of year. I’m sure I’m not alone. In the country, I believe we are more closely connected with nature and when the sun’s warmth hits the earth we feel it more intimately. All the animals begin to come out, and both day and...
Heating a drafty farm house entirely with wood is nearly impossible. It can be done, but parts of the house will be cozy and lovely, while other parts, well... Our family has spent many a night, reading and chatting with our feet in the open door of the wood...
I was looking for a simpler, more balanced way of life for us.
This is the time of year the owner of South Pond Farms starts planning the events and menus she’ll be offering when summer finally comes. When I moved to this farm Southern Ontario over ten years ago, I never imagined I would turn so much of the land over to growing...
It was 2006 when I moved with my four daughters from Toronto to a 60-acre farm in Pontypool, Ontario. I was searching for a different life for my girls and I, one that was more like my childhood in rural Vermont. And even though I hadn’t grown up on a farm,...