The Re-Farmer

I had one real goal today. That was to visit my mother in the afternoon. While doing the morning routine over the past week, my younger daughter and I had been making sure to open the gate, just in case. It was late morning when we heard a honk and I saw a thing of … Continue reading Everything, all at once!

We are getting one heck of a windstorm right now. Thankfully, though, we are far enough north that we are not getting the brunt of it. We’re “only” getting winds of around 35-45kph. The bulk of the system is passing to the south of us, crossing across the prairies from the north west. The weather … Continue reading Wind storm, and an update

First, the regular stuff. My younger daughter took care of the morning routine for me again. She told me that, while giving the isolation cats their cat soup and fresh water, Bug allowed pets, but was absolutely indifferent to them. She was more focused on that open window. Today has turned out to be a … Continue reading Yard cat update, and an ER trip

It was quite nice out today, and I was able to get some decent progress on the raised bed walls at the chain link fence. I also have more materials than I realized, starting with the stakes. Somehow, I got it in my head that all the stakes I’d made and charred were just for … Continue reading Raised bed progress

First up, as promised, here is my new helper! Oh, my goodness, am I so happy with it! It handles going over the bumpy lawn and the driveway so smoothly, it’s amazing. The front wheels rotate effortlessly – with my husband’s walker, they tend to jam in turns – making smooth turns. I thought I … Continue reading My new helper, and we got them!

Two things were supposed to happen today, and one was a “hopefully will happen”, and one shopping request, taking advantage of my being in the city.. The “hopefully will happen” thing was for my walker to come in. I kept checking the tracking and it just said it had arrived in the city on Friday. … Continue reading Medical update and Our 2026 Garden: more seeds are in

Thankfully, it wasn’t too windy, and I was able to get a fire going to do some charring. Not until after dragging the hose over, raking around the fire pit and hosing down the bricks surrounding it, half of which were hidden under ash and soil. I’ve decided on a use for all those rocks … Continue reading Getting charred

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms out there! Today, my daughters took care of the morning routine, so I could sleep in, though “sleeping in” is rather different as the days get brighter so early now, and breakfast waiting for me. I headed outside to take care of something and ended up staying out to … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: survivors, cuteness and clean up

This morning, I woke to find a message from my older daughter. She had been up all night, not feeling well at all. Her sister stayed up with her to be available to help out. Not being in a position to cook for herself, she sent me some funds and a request. After talking to … Continue reading A visit in, and getting things done

Not the ones I expected, though. When checking on the new seed snail rolls last night, I saw a surprising number of chicory has sprouted. Those are in the first image of the slide show above. This morning, I spotted some French double marigold. You can see one in the second picture. The others were … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: new sprooots!

Well, I got some progress on that troublesome raised bed by the chain link fence. Not as much as I’d hoped, but still, a decent amount. The first photo was taken after I finished weeding, removing more soil, then leveling it off. There’s a short video next. The remaining photos are of the stakes I … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: raised bed progress, and it’s nekkid now

Today was a much nicer day, and I finally got some work done outside. Today, I decided to work on the bed by the chain link fence. Mostly, because I want to use the bricks that are lining it for something else. Once we figure out where the chicken coop is going to go, I … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: let’s try this again

So, it was a rough night last night. Where I’d slept well the night before, last night I simply could not fall sleep. I finally fell asleep sometime around 6am, which is closer to when I wake up in the morning. No, it was not because of pain. It was only partly because of cats. … Continue reading My husband is the best

Yup. More snow. At least the rhubarb (second picture) can handle it. The garlic seems fine, too. I think my winter sown beds are toast. I’m skipping the dump run today. On another note, I got the new topical painkiller, diclofenac, applied last night. Between that and regular painkillers, I actually slept, with only a … Continue reading *sigh*

We got snow. Beginning of May, and it’s been snowing all day. Granted, it’s really light snow and melts as soon as it touches anything. We are still at our high of the day, 2C/36F, but the wind chill has us at -9C/16F A good day to have my doctor’s appointment, since I wasn’t going … Continue reading Snow, and medical stuff

I finally got the next batch of seeds started, as well as doing some “potting up” with the seed snail rolls. But first, the cuteness. Not in the photo is Adam, who very enthusiastically took pets. No sign of Slick today, anywhere. My goal for today was to start the 4-6 weeks before last frost … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: starting more seeds and “potting up”

Today, I was supposed to do a dump run, but I was just too tired and in pain. It’ll have to wait until they’re open again on Tuesday. I had a rough pain night and didn’t get much sleep, so I was going to try lying down for a bit, then visit my mother in … Continue reading A draining visit, a good visit and some spring clean up done

I had to make a run into town late this morning, so we didn’t even start on finishing the chicken coop assembly until much later in the afternoon. Which was fine, because it turned out to be an absolutely lovely day today. The first thing I worked on was reinforcing the interior roost, then securing … Continue reading Chicken coop build, day three – finished!

Well… $738.95, to be exact Today was my day to go into the city for our second stock up shop for May. It was a very rough start to the day. I had a hard time sleeping, so when I was awake – again – at about 6am, I asked my older daughter to take … Continue reading Costco stock up shop: this is what $739 looks like

Today, I made it into the city for the first of our stock up shops for the month. But first, I was greeted with this! Yeah. April 29, and we had snow overnight. *sigh* It didn’t last long, of course, but still… not sure if the winter sown beds I removed the mulch from will … Continue reading First stock up shop: this is what $694 in total looks like

Normally, I would have gone into the city today for our first stock up shop. I’d forgotten what day it was when I arranged for someone from the hospital the TCU my mother is in to call me. No one called. *sigh* I headed out to work on the chicken coop in the early afternoon. … Continue reading Chicken coop build, day two – modifications

Well, we did get a lot done, but it isn’t complete. I didn’t even head out until the afternoon. I wanted to wait until it got at least a bit warmed. I’m glad I did, because I got a phone calls from my mother and brother. They are back from their pilgrimage and he even … Continue reading Chicken coop build, day one

Today was a fair bit warmer than yesterday and sunny, making up somewhat for the wind. After losing a day of work in the yard and garden yesterday, it was a perfect day to catch up. I managed to get a lot more done than I expected. The pre-sown and fall transplanted beds are now … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: snow crocus blooming, and spring clean up progress

My original plan. It’s colder today, so I was going to wait until we got near our expected high of the day, do some work outside, then visit my mother. Of course, that didn’t quite happen as planned. I never got any work done outside at all. After my morning rounds, I had breakfast and … Continue reading What a day

Today has been pretty chilly, compared to yesterday, but it was still warm enough to get stuff done in the garden. I’ll actually put together another video on how that went. Probably not today, though. Before I headed outside, I had a rather alarming start to the day, when I tried to log into my … Continue reading Feeling thankful

Got it done! I hope you enjoy it. The Re-Farmer

Today, I finally was able to head out and get working on the garden. We hit 22C/72F and almost all the snow is melted away! I didn’t try to go into the main garden area yet, as I can see the paths between the beds are full of water, but I will need to remove … Continue reading Our 2026 Garden: clean up started, and an explosion of growth!

It’s a good thing I know how to touch type! 😄 I’m home from my eye appointment, and my eyes are still massively dilated. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I had quite a surprise when I did my evening checks in the basement. In the morning, everything around the well pump was almost completely … Continue reading A leaky surprise, and blinding

We’re at 10C/50F as I write this. “Real feel” at 12C/54F – and we still haven’t reached our high of the day! Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer. I am so enjoying this. First up, I made sure to check on the well pump this morning, and I’m happy to say… … everything is … Continue reading A beautiful day!

Not a whole lot to show yet, but we’re getting there. Enjoy! The Re-Farmer