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Anything going on around here these days?

Been a really really long time since I poked my nose around here? Not seeing too much action these days, but I do see a few familiar faces. I don't even think w...

Check out this awesome upcoming event.

I love these guys over at @thealliance such a great group of people, I so wish I could attend this event, but alas real life is once again in the way. https://s...

🎉The Block Party➡️June 20th-23rd⬅️ - Counting The Days!

image by logo contest winner @edxserverus Only A Few Weeks Now! And we are eagerly counting the days until everyone gets to meet face to face! It has been quite...

Trees are blooming beautifully in the orchard.

I can't get over all the beautiful blooms in the orchard this year. With all the extra trees around for sale the smell is just so beautiful and intoxicating....

Don't you just hate this!

Holey socks! Thats the worst!...

Made some black bean brownies!

Trying to get the kids eating a bit healthier so experimenting with some recipes. Turns out black bean brownies, sweetened with dates are actually pretty damn g...

Planted another row of raspberries today.

The kids just love raiding the berry patch, always a favorite. So today we added another row! I was surprised just how helpful my little helper actually was....

Getting the garden ready for planting

Getting the garden plot all ready for planting this year. Added a lot of compost from my pile to try to improve the soil a bit. But this year I'm giving up on p...

Did some grafting today.

Doing some playing and experimenting in the orchard today. Not sure what to expect my first attempt at grafting. It's a bit of overkill, but expecting most to f...

My poor car!

So my car was making some pretty terrible noises for a couple days, the you just can't ignore. This is how bad it looked when i finally got it to the shop... th...

Mystery plant in my yard.

Found another mystery plant in my yard tonight. No idea what this is but it's all over the back....

When you send the kids in to dress themselves!

You get one princess dress and one upside down and backwards kid! They crack me up so much!...

Opening day at Lewis Hardy Fruit Trees.

Today was opening day at my little fruit tree business. We got about half our trees in for the season. It was a fun day a few people trickeld in and we made a f...

Trying out speed dating Saturday any advice?

There's a speed dating event here in town in Saturday night. Im going to check it out, might be some fun anyways. Not putting too much stock into it. Has anyone...

Snow storm today?!?

Yup, welcome to Canada! Well Northern Ontario to be more specific. The roads were a terrible mess, there were mash ups everywhere. Crazy for May 1st....

The fiddleheads are coming!

Exciting time this spring, with the fiddleheads coming up! Still probably a couple weeks away, but they are poking through. The patch seams to be going crazy th...

Spent some time riding our bikes this weekend

Had a great time with the kids this weekend! We spent a lot of time outside and they are mastering bike riding it's been so fun to watch....

Edible flowers!

Here's a cool little chart that came up on my news feed on facebook. Time to reconsider planting a flower garden....

A few winter injuries in the orchard.

I made the mistake of not tenting or protecting my little nee trees this winter. There was a heavily snow load, with some rain and freeze thaw cycles. This brok...

Finally a bike owner again!

I finally bought another motocycle! It was a long summer last year without one. Money is still tight, so i couldn't go crazy. But i got this 1999 Suzuki Maurade...