The Re-Farmer

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

Today was a combination of direct sowing and clean up in the garden. I’d gone out earlier to do finally clean up the cat mess in the dirt floor of the garage around my mother’s car, only to get rained on, which was fine. It meant I didn’t need to water, and we didn’t get … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: peas, beans and summer squash

I was able to get a couple of big jobs done in the garden. It’s going to be an odd growing year. We had another cold night last night, dropping to about 6C/43F It looks like the cold has killed some of the melons and at least one winter squash transplants that managed to germinate … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: reclaiming beds and succession sowing

Well, I’d say today was a productive day, in a very positive way! Quite early on, I started getting a whole bunch of messages. Some were from my brother regarding our mother. She has come down with a cold, though they are still waiting for test results to confirm, and is currently in quarantine, and … Continue reading Damocles is home, and other good stuff

First, though, an update. I have had no word back about the truck yet, which means they haven’t had a chance to look at it or do a diagnostic. I should try phoning directly, tomorrow. Before I share about today, I wanted to share what I found last night. I am so glad I decided … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: critter rescue, and redoing a garden bed cover

Good grief. This morning, I headed into town fairly early to pay for the repairs on the truck, and take the keys. I talked to the owner for a bit and told him the background on when this happened before, and the C clip fix that I’d meant to ask him to check before but … Continue reading Seriously??? What now?

We had another chilly night last night, with temperatures dropping to 7C/45F Today reached 22C/72F, but we’re supposed to drop to 7C/45F again, tonight! In fact, over the next while, our overnight lows are expected to be below 10C/50F more often that above. Not good for the garden. This morning, after doing my rounds, I … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: transplanting and our furry family

We have ourselves a downright cold day, for this time of year. As I write this, we’re at 11C/52F, with a humidex at 5C/41F Our expected high of the day is only 15C/59F With that in mind, I decided to leave the transplants I purchased in their bins and will transplant them tomorrow. Today, I … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: mulching the potatoes and garlic

It’s not the rain that’s giving the garden trouble. It’s the temperature. 9C/48F is chilly for fresh transplants, but that “feels like” humidex of 1C/34F, with the potential to feel colder, is another thing entirely. Most of what I’ve got out there can either handle the chill, or has protective collars that will provide some … Continue reading Good grief

Today we are expecting rain, off and on, with possible thunderstorms, until tomorrow morning. After that, we are expecting a break in the rain for at least a week. For the past while, more people are sharing images and information about damage in the region. This morning, I learned that an iconic building, known for … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: replacement transplants and herb harvest

Today has been an odd feeling day. The assessor from the insurance company wasn’t going to come this morning, but we were still expecting the prescription delivery, so when I headed out this morning, I made sure to open the gate for him. While doing my rounds, I decided to check in the old garden … Continue reading Some progress done, and oh… did I order more seeds again?

The storms that hit last night were absolutely brutal. Thankfully, we seem to have escaped most of it, but there is massive damage to the south of us. Highways were flooded over, and people shared images of cars with nothing but the top of the roof showing, along them. One of the highways we regularly … Continue reading Brutal

My daughter and I headed out for my ultrasound early. I had instructions that included drinking 500ml of water by a certain time, so we first went to the Walmart parking lot, since it was nearby, and and I chugged it. We were early for the appointment, but didn’t wait too long before heading over … Continue reading Just in time…

Oh, what a day yesterday turned out to be. I had not planned to go out at all yesterday, for starters. I had my medical appointment in the the smaller city hospital this afternoon, and anything we might have needed could wait until we were done with that. My younger daughter was even going to … Continue reading Conflicted, and our Sword of Damocles

I’m going to catch up on the garden stuff before I write another post about yesterday’s bizarreness. I didn’t get home until well past midnight by the time it was all done! Yesterday, some plans went out the window. I’d hoped to be able to get another bed ready to plant more short season corn, … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: new growth and more transplants

Guess who had to tow the truck again? The Re-Farmer

Things stayed way too hot overnight. None of us got much sleep, even though the house is so much cooler. With today supposed to reach 31C/88F today, I headed outside shortly after 6am. My plan to dig more beds for the corn quickly changed. We had high winds, I could hear thunder in the distance. … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: corn is in, and some clean up done