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My Farm Structure to Farm Stand Project

My Farm Structure to Farm Stand Project

My dreams for a farm stand have been years in the making, but the fact that we live on a double dead end road was holding me back. Then in the winter of 2024/2025 I decided I was going to grow flowers and I wanted a stand. Summer 2025

Summer Haze

Summer Haze

My Winter Window Sit Spot

My Winter Window Sit Spot

Winter Field Note: Trust Is Part of the Process

Winter Field Note: Trust Is Part of the Process

Seed Season Has Arrived: My 2026 Canadian Seed Company Lineup

Seed Season Has Arrived: My 2026 Canadian Seed Company Lineup

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

Eating with the Seasons: Fall 🍂 Embracing the Harvest

Eating with the Seasons: Fall 🍂 Embracing the Harvest

Homesteading

Seed Season Has Arrived: My 2026 Canadian Seed Company Lineup

Seed Season Has Arrived: My 2026 Canadian Seed Company Lineup

Well friends it's that time again. Our favourite garden winter activity has finally arrived... seed ordering! This time last year I wrote a blog post on the best online seed stores in Canada. For years I only shopped at these main companies - West Coast Seeds, Richters and The

Where to buy seeds and herbs online in Canada

Where to buy seeds and herbs online in Canada

December & January Around the Homestead

December & January Around the Homestead

October and November around the Homestead

October and November around the Homestead

July to September around the Homestead

July to September around the Homestead

Homestead & Apothecary

Homestead & Apothecary

May and June Around the Homestead

May and June Around the Homestead

Free Thought

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

January always arrives with noise. That sense of get up and go, make the plans, lose the weight, what's your New Year's resolution?? And unending lists of who to become, what needs fixing, and where can I improve. This year, I’m shifting. Slowing down. Choosing

Resisting the Urge to Jump Seasons

Resisting the Urge to Jump Seasons

Phenology: Your Personal Connection to Nature

Phenology: Your Personal Connection to Nature

Flowers & Antique Doors

Flowers & Antique Doors

Spring and Biodiversity

Spring and Biodiversity

My Intentions for Marble & Mud in 2025

My Intentions for Marble & Mud in 2025

Breaking Holiday Tradition in Search of Slowness

Breaking Holiday Tradition in Search of Slowness

Seasonal Living

My Winter Window Sit Spot

My Winter Window Sit Spot

We've been snowed in for a week here in Southwestern Ontario, stuck inside a swirling snow globe with temperatures plummeting to -25°C, colder with the wind chill. It's not the worst winter we've had. Last year by this time the snow was piled

Winter Field Note: Trust Is Part of the Process

Winter Field Note: Trust Is Part of the Process

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

Choosing Slow, Seasonal Living: An Old-School Approach to 2026

Eating with the Seasons: Fall 🍂 Embracing the Harvest

Eating with the Seasons: Fall 🍂 Embracing the Harvest

Resisting the Urge to Jump Seasons

Resisting the Urge to Jump Seasons

Phenology: Your Personal Connection to Nature

Phenology: Your Personal Connection to Nature

Spring and Biodiversity

Spring and Biodiversity

Spirituality

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Tarot: Exploring your Card of the Year

Healing with the Chakras: Root

Healing with the Chakras

Creating a Daily Spiritual Practice

Fall Equinox

Holistic Living

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Homestead & Apothecary

Let’s Chat: Living with the Seasons.

The Holistic Gardener’s Guidebook & Planner

Lets get real about Holistic Living

Fall Equinox

Home Herbalism

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Healing with the Land Around You: Bioregional Herbalism

Herb of the Week: Elderberry

Homestead & Apothecary

The Herbal Path