From the Farm

"Where should we buy our meat now that you're closing?" To be honest, we really can't make specific recommendations because we've only eaten our me...

I ditched making New Year's resolutions long ago. Instead, I honed in on a phrase or mantra that would carry me through the year and keep me ground...

Isn't it ridiculous that we need to eat every single day? If you find the relentless schedule of planning meals, shopping for groceries and cooking...

Nothing says "grown up" like hosting a family holiday. I remember when the dinner duty passed from my mother-iin-law to me. It was a little overwh...

Fires in Maui? Floods in Las Vegas? Fire jumping Lake Okanagan? Yellowknife 95% evacuated? Is this for real? As our planet heats up, it seems no pl...

Part of sustainability on the farm includes taking care of our well-being. For me, that means walking in the trees. Why tree walks? First of all, i...

Every year on the July long weekend, it's Osler Sports Day. It's a tradition around here. The entire community shows up early for the Firefighter's...

Eggs are delicious, an excellent source of protein and reasonably priced for the nutrition they deliver. We eat eggs at least twice a week (and not...

When Kevin and I moved to this farm 25 years ago in 1998, I was 9 months pregnant and we had stars in our eyes. We barely got our boxes unpacked an...

What do we mean? "Nextovers" use the components of a dish you've previously cooked and rework it into a completely different thing so you don't get...

Before dating apps existed, Kevin and I met the old fashioned way. We were set up by friends. I sat beside a guy named Kenton, in my university cal...

Sustainability has always been one of our core family business values. Early in our farming journey through the school of hard knocks (droughts, pl...