The Re-Farmer

Today was a much more pleasant day today. Still very humid. Kept getting rain warnings that never materialized. I didn’t end up needing to water the garden at all today, though it’ll get done again tomorrow morning. We got our stinky visitors again this morning. This time I saw four bebbies with one adult. I … Continue reading This and that

Last night, we were expected to drop to about 17-18C/63-64F We dropped to 14C/57F It was glorious. Best sleep I’ve had in a while! I still headed out early to do the watering, after after the rest of my morning routine. While watering in the old kitchen garden, I decided it was time to remove … Continue reading A good night, a rough day

Today was another hot one, with the temperatures reaching at least 34C/93F. I don’t know what the humidex was, but the humidity levels reached 80% at one point. For all the fans and the AC going, much of the house felt like being in a sauna. … and now tomorrow is also expected to reach … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden, and the heat continues

I was out early this morning to water and weed the garden before it got too hot, though at 6am it was 21C/70F and increasing quickly. We all stayed indoors for most of the day. My brother, however, was back out there, working on his tractor! At least it has a makeshift roof over it, … Continue reading How hot is it? This hot…

The older I get, the less I’m able to tolerate heat. In my youth, it was the other way around. I was outside early to water the garden before it got too hot – and it was already feeling hot! I very promptly spotted a friend. What an adorable toad! We rarely see toads. Most … Continue reading Market day in the heat!

This morning, I made sure to give the garden beds a through watering before things got too hot. I found this. On the one hand, I was happy to see another poppy blooming. On the other, I was sad to see one of the flower buds got chomped! I have a suspicion that it didn’t … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: deer damage? and infrastructure progress

So… it’s getting pretty hot out there… We’re currently under a weather advisory, due to the heat. Sunday, we’re looking at a potential high of 35C/95F. The weather warnings are saying the humidex could reach 45C/113C Ugh. Today, we “only” hit about 28C/82F, with a humidex of about 30C/86F The cats are coping pretty well … Continue reading Melting cats…

Thanks to the generous donations from the rescue, one of the things I’ve been able to do for the outside cats is to use the freeze dried cat food powder to make a thin cat soup. Not a lot, but enough to spread around several bowls, in hopes to lure the more feral cats closer … Continue reading Sweetie sighting, and bee bombed

So… today has turned out to be a “non” day, of recovering and staying out of the heat. I’ve been spending the time making more crochet items for the market on Saturday. At some point, I popped onto Pinterest and a random thing showed up in my feed that caught my attention. After doing my … Continue reading A quiet day, and learning something new

Last night turned out to be a rough night for all of us. No one got much sleep at all. We couldn’t even blame the heat for it, as we had a decently cooler night. In my case, when I finally fell asleep, I was down so hard, I never even heard a cat knock … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: peas, gooseberries and volunteers

I was rather late in heading out this morning to feed the outside cats and do my morning rounds. A thunderstorm rolled in when I normally would have gone out and lasted a couple of hours. We got a lot of rain in a very short time! The upstairs window started leaking again; the same … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: poppies, melons, and a deluge

We were expecting a very hot day today, so I was up early to water the garden thoroughly before things got too hot – even though we have rain in the forecast. Depending on which app I check, we’ll either get rain or thunderstorms. Just before I started writing this, our phones started going off … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden, and a general update

But first, the cuteness! Colby is one of several cats that just love that garden bed cover. So adorable! And yes, those are garlic scapes on the netting beside him. Those are from the few garlic that are growing in the wattle weave bed. More on that later. Today was our first market day at … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: a harvest, some transplanting and direct sowing

Most of today went to plan. This morning, my younger daughter and I headed into town. Our first stop was to visit my mother which… went as well as can be with her, I suppose. She did try to launch into how my brother basically needs to be her slave because she “gave” him “two … Continue reading Sweetie is back!!!

… share this video from Quick Dick McDick in Saskatchewan. Where he is hasn’t even been the worst hit. Wow. The Re-Farmer

Today turned out to be a bad pain day, so I didn’t get much accomplished. I did my morning rounds, as usual, but as the day wore on, things just kept getting worse – and I was mostly just sitting at my computer, crocheting some new items for the market on Saturday, not attempting anything … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: flowers, tomatoes and strawberries

Today was another day of off and on rain, though more off than on, thankfully. The last storm did a lot of damage in areas, including at least one tornado touching down at the edge of the city. We have much to be thankful for. While doing my rounds this morning, I was able to … Continue reading Scapes, peas and a huge step

Today’s stock up shop was very strange, and quite small. Doing the Costco trip first made a big difference. I had picked up a 40 pound bag of kibble after going to the post office, to activate my replacement debit card, so that was just over $50 Once in the city, my first stop was … Continue reading Stock up shop: This is what $190 looks like

Last night, the storm hit. Not as bad as in other areas. Especially to the north and south of us. It was also quite brief but, for the time in where here, it hit hard. The first sign of things was losing our internet. Thankfully, we did not lose power, though I later learned my … Continue reading Storm damage and an escape

Poor Sweetie! A couple of the volunteers from the rescue dropped Sweetie off today. The isolation shelter was ready for her. She will be there for a few more days – she’s 10 days post spay, but mostly to get used to being back in a familiar place and get special food while she’s there. … Continue reading Terrified baby is back

Today, we’ve had rain off and on throughout, with a brief period where the sun actually came out. As I write this, we are under a severe thunderstorm alert, which is a whole lot better than the tornado alerts other areas were getting. Large swaths to the south and west of us got storm damage … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: more scapes, garden tour video and a couple of surprises

The rain started last night. The forecast has completely changed. According to the app on my phone, we’re expecting to have rain and thunderstorms for the rest of the week. The app on my desktop shows a more moderate forecast, with today’s threat of thunderstorms already over (it’s not yet 11am as I write this) … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: more maintenance, and we have scapes!

Today has turned out to be a fairly hot and muggy day. Depending on which weather app I look at, we’re either supposed to be raining right now (it isn’t) through to tomorrow, and then thunderstorm warnings for the next two days. Or, we will get scattered rain today, with more rain for a few … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: maintenance and one last transplant, plus updates

$789.74, to be exact. Plus, the deer screamer is in. First up, the stock up shopping. My younger daughter and I headed out at about 10am for the city. We made a stop at a gas station in the town along the highway for some drinks and some sort of snack. It was too early … Continue reading Costco stock up shop: this is what $790 looks like

It took a while, but it looks like we’re going to be having hot days consistently for the next while, with warmer nights than the cold that has been setting back the garden. I was able to spend most of the day working outside. Even with the heat, it felt good! I started off by … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: mulching and transplanting in the heat

Before I get into how things went this morning, I wanted to share this… You can click through for a short video I managed to take while doing the evening feeding. Being in the isolation shelter means cat soup treat. Curtis had spent the night in the shelter, came out after the morning feeding, then … Continue reading Critters, growing things and an update

The rain started early this morning, and hasn’t really stopped since. We were getting thunderstorm warnings but, from the look of the weather radar, our weird climate bubble is in action again, and the most severe parts of the system is going around us. Which means no progress in the yard and garden outside, but … Continue reading Domino progress, replacement seeds and the sword hasn’t dropped yet

This morning, I got a message from one of the rescue people, asking if today was a good day to bring back Domino. We were ready to set her up in the isolation shelter. She was spayed just 4 days ago, and should be in there for 10 days. While the rescue people where on … Continue reading Domino is back, and Damocles got checked

Well, my day of rest yesterday, such as it was, is done and today, I got some work done in the garden. The first thing I wanted to do was plant thew carrot seed tape I’d picked up. These went into the trellis bed, next to the Rainbow Mix carrots. The boards that had been … Continue reading Our 2026 garden: planting carrots and cucumbers, trellis added, and food forest progress

So… it happened again, today, but this time at home. First goal of the day was to make a dump run. As usual, I back the truck up to the house to load it up. My brother and SIL are out for the weekend and my SIL was using their beautiful zero turn mower, so … Continue reading I admit, this terrified me