September Overload

September 11, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

when my ten year old daughter comes home from school and asks me if I think she needs “those kneepad things for my ankles”, I begin to wonder if she should have signed up to play volleyball after all… ahhhh… school is back in session… and with it every mom is completely overwhelmed… we were […]

day in court

September 1, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

nothing I love to do more than fight the system… the farmer never lets me know of protests going on for fear that I will get involved… recently, a neighbour’s yard is being threatened by a road going through it and I went to town council to put a protest in about it… I was […]

how’s harvest going?

August 30, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

I seldom talk to the farmer during harvest… so when asked the question ‘how is harvest going?’, I tend to have a dumb expression on my face… it’s not that I have no interest in the yields and breakdowns and which piece of land we are on… it is more the fact that I am […]

need any help?

August 24, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

the farmer got upset with his oldest son who is driving the grain cart for not helping combine drivers clean their headers out… he was just telling him the other night how it is his job as a cart driver to get out and help them… so yesterday, my sixteen year old, trying to be […]

Grandma Swan Week

August 24, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

the best cook I have ever met has to be the farmer’s Grandma Swan… she created two cookbooks and handed them down to all of her children and grandchildren… I even have copies to give my children someday… so I decided this week to only use her recipes in my meals to the field and […]

mom is worried

August 17, 2018.Reading time 14 minutes.

every harvest seems to bring with it a different challenge… this year it is having enough men to get the crop off… my oldest son is working full time for the first time this year… he is 16 and for sure big enough, but I am worried every day now… the farmer remarked to me […]

zucchini 8 ways

August 16, 2018.Reading time 17 minutes.

I have for you 8 zucchini recipes… yes 8… this time of year is all about zucchini cakes, muffins, loaves and cookies… oh there are healthier ways to eat zucchini… chop it up and grill it or fry it… spiralize it (although these zucchini tend to get a bit large)… but with harvest in […]