From the Farm

This February, Pine View Farms will celebrate 23 years of farming and food! We moved here when I was nine months pregnant with our first son, Liam....

May I be brutally honest with you? I hit a wall on our November “staycation” — not a literal wall, but an emotional hard stop. This fall, Kevin and...

It all came about rather serendipitously (I love that word!) when I attended Holly Decker’s makeup workshop for women over 40.  Yes, I am well over...

Here are three little bird tales from our summer bird observations. Learn to Love the Crows Growing up in the country, my parents always told me th...

Not all meat is created equally. It’s a tossed salad of food terminology out there. “Organic”, “pastured”, “grass fed”, “free range”, “dry aged”, “...

We just finished our last parent-teacher interviews ever. That’s it. Another phase in our parenting life is over. I almost shed a tear. Our younges...

My previous blog post delved into eating well is an investment in our personal health, well-being and dare I say, happiness? But so what? Most peop...

What if you viewed your food budget like an RRSP fund? Did you beat the deadline and make your RRSP contribution in time at the end of February? RR...

When I buy utilitarian items like dish soap, I usually search out the most economical, utilitarian, environmentally sustainable product. “You don’t...

This well intended comment (I think), echoed in my ears as I stood behind the counter, without makeup, plain hair, old jeans and a t-shirt with a l...

Kevin reminds me that in the wintertime, we pay a lot of money for hot weather like this in Mexico or the Caribbean, so let’s make the most of it n...

Actually, I want to talk about doing business based on trust.  Does that sound crazy to you? Years ago, Kevin and I had an epiphany. We realized th...