The Re-Farmer
140, plus four more
Progress, though not by me š
Wind, wind and more wind ā plus doctor issues again
I can helpā¦ a bit
A tiny storm.
Another good day
Our 2026 Garden: garden tour video
A quiet day, saving seeds and garden progress
Doing well, and some garden surprises
Home ā the long way
Overnight
Last day
Our 2026 Garden: a surprise harvest ā and I got him!
A difficult day, but getting better
Costco stock up trip ā finally: this is what $486 looks like
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving
Stocking up: This is what $312 looks like ā plus a Grog!
Our 2026 Garden: we have parsnips!
At least a little bit doneā¦
Another non-day
More transplants, and I have a date!
Our 2026 Garden: survivors and a little October harvest
The longest half hour, everā¦
Ninety
A non-day
A very productive day ā but Iāll start with the cuteness
Frost damage, garden and transplanting progress
City trip done, and more haskap transplants, with frost on the way
So. Many. More!!!!
Twenty one ā for now!
A huge jump ahead on the way!
Our 2026 Garden: harvesting tomatoes and beans
First stock up shop: this is what $513 looks like
Wet and dreary, taste test and a little harvest
A pretty good day, and trying it out
Our 2026 Garden: September garden tour video
Our 2026 Garden: another little harvest, plus an update
Our 2026 Garden: a single bean, and a little harvest
Almostā¦
Good newsā¦ mostly?
We pet the baby!
A good day ā mostly
Weighing in, and hardy survivors
A really excellent day ā except for Damocles being weird again
*sigh* Didnāt make itā¦
Our 2026 Garden; getting covered, a harvest, and brave flowers
Got the news
Our 2026 Garden: Will they make it?
Our 2026 Garden: curing and collecting
Our 2026 Garden: protecting melons
Cozy cat, sleepy bees and a garden harvest
In the garden: preparing protection
Future socks and future crafty plans
A rough day
Well, crud
Our 2026 Garden: harvesting onions and tomatoes
We got them!!!!
A quiet dayā¦ not really in a good way
Our 2026 Garden: winter squash and a harvest
Morning kittens and a birthday visit
Our 2026 Garden: muskmelons, eggplant and tomatoes
We got three!
Cautious
Productive ā finally!
Birthday treat and playing with bebbies
A quiet day at home
Bebbies, doctorās visit and deer scarer failure
Second stock up shop: this is what $364 in total looks like
Our 2026 Garden: still something to harvest
I accomplished something today!
Costco stock up shop: this is what $900
A careful day, and my new toy
Kittens, grinding and tiny tomatoes
Our 2026 Garden: August tour video
Kitten progress!
Our 2026 Garden: potatoes are in, garlic is trimmed and I did none of this
Kitten, currant tomatoes and back in the ER
Our 2027 + Garden: seeds in ā and itās back
Resting
Hard to hold back
A surgery update
Our 2026 Garden: morning harvest
I touched a baby!!!
Morning baby, barely made it and one more day
The luring begins! Also, a pre-op top up shop
Our 2026 Garden: harvesting cabbage, resetting the garlic
First sighting!
Done, done and not yet done
A bit of this, a bit of that
Another quiet day
Morning in the garden, cute critters and finally got it done!
A quiet day
Our 2026 Garden: utter destruction
Breakfast buddy, a great idea, and little garlic
A small harvest and garden progress
Catching up
Costco stock up shop: this is what almost $790 looks like
What a difference a day makes!
Really??
Our 2026 Garden: first scallop squash, and the garlic is in!
Here we go again
A sad good by, a happy visit
Our 2026 Garden: morning harvest
Another too-hot day, sheās at it again, and saying good bye?
Our 2026 Garden: first tomato, peppers, some cuteness and the status of things
Morning harvest, didnāt make it, and I think Iām addicted
First stock up shop: This is what $253 looks like
A Garden Friend, and an update
Our 2026 Garden: July garden tour video
Harvest, Hodge Podge and Health
Frustrating, but thatās good? Maybe?
Our 2026 Garden: pretty things
Home for now, plus a harvest
Well, nowā¦
A good, yet disappointing, day
An actual productive day!
Bad pain day
Recovery day
Itās finally done!
Good stuff and not so good stuff
Our 2026 Garden, and how things are going.
Soā¦ that could have gotten much, much worse
Garden first, and a quick run down
Almost forgot!
This and that
A good night, a rough day
Our 2026 Garden, and the heat continues
How hot is it? This hotā¦
Market day in the heat!
Our 2026 Garden: deer damage? and infrastructure progress
Melting catsā¦
Sweetie sighting, and bee bombed
A quiet day, and learning something new
Our 2026 Garden: peas, gooseberries and volunteers
Our 2026 Garden: poppies, melons, and a deluge
Our 2026 Garden, and a general update
Our 2026 Garden: a harvest, some transplanting and direct sowing
Sweetie is back!!!
I just had toā¦
Our 2026 Garden: flowers, tomatoes and strawberries
Scapes, peas and a huge step
Stock up shop: This is what $190 looks like
Storm damage and an escape
Terrified baby is back
Our 2026 Garden: more scapes, garden tour video and a couple of surprises
Our 2026 Garden: more maintenance, and we have scapes!
Our 2026 Garden: maintenance and one last transplant, plus updates
Costco stock up shop: this is what $790 looks like
Our 2026 Garden: mulching and transplanting in the heat
Critters, growing things and an update
Domino progress, replacement seeds and the sword hasnāt dropped yet
Domino is back, and Damocles got checked
Our 2026 garden: planting carrots and cucumbers, trellis added, and food forest progress
I admit, this terrified me
Our 2026 Garden: peas, beans and summer squash
Our 2026 Garden: reclaiming beds and succession sowing
Damocles is home, and other good stuff
Our 2026 Garden: critter rescue, and redoing a garden bed cover
Seriously??? What now?
Our 2026 Garden: transplanting and our furry family
Our 2026 Garden: mulching the potatoes and garlic
Good grief
Our 2026 Garden: replacement transplants and herb harvest
Some progress done, and ohā¦ did I order more seeds again?
Brutal
Just in timeā¦
Conflicted, and our Sword of Damocles
Our 2026 Garden: new growth and more transplants
Damocles strikes again
Our 2026 Garden: corn is in, and some clean up done
Our 2026 Garden: reclaiming for corn beds started
Our 2026 Garden: transplanting gourds and hollyhock, direct sowing luffa and sunflowers
Our 2026 Garden: last seed snail transplants are almost done
Our 2026 Garden: transplanting and direct sowing ā weāre almost there!
That was a lot longer than expected!
Not-Costco stock up trip: This is what $334 looks like
Our 2026 Garden: first harvest
Our 2026 Garden: two days of transplanting and direct sowing
Our 2026 Garden: May garden tour video
Tree planting done
Our 2026 Garden: preparing to direct sow
A semi-stock up shop: this is what $212 looks like
First stock up shop: this is what $258 looks like
Another good bye, and I think the heat is getting to Damocles
Not tonight
Our 2026 Garden: one more bed prepped, and got a visit in
Our 2026 Garden: the potatoes are in, next bed ready, and the heat has hit
Itās finally done!!!
Raised bed progress ā almost done!
Our 2026 Garden: starting melons, winter squash, pumpkin and cucumbers, plus updates
Today was a mixed bagā¦
Good news!
Our 2026 Garden: protecting and preparing garden beds
Critter escape, and critter butt
One step closer on the garden bed construction, and an update
Canada is so hooped
Our 2026 garden progress, surprise worms, and home!
Our 2026 Garden: more direct sowing, cuteness and an update
Our 2026 Garden: direct sowing four beds
Yes, more snow, plus updates and moving the chicken coop
Everything, all at once!
Wind storm, and an update
Yard cat update, and an ER trip
Raised bed progress
My new helper, and we got them!
Medical update and Our 2026 Garden: more seeds are in
Getting charred
Our 2026 Garden: survivors, cuteness and clean up
A visit in, and getting things done
Our 2026 Garden: new sprooots!
Our 2026 Garden: raised bed progress, and itās nekkid now
Our 2026 Garden: letās try this again
My husband is the best
*sigh*
Snow, and medical stuff
Our 2026 Garden: starting more seeds and āpotting upā
A draining visit, a good visit and some spring clean up done
Chicken coop build, day three ā finished!
Costco stock up shop: this is what $739 looks like
First stock up shop: this is what $694 in total looks like
Chicken coop build, day two ā modifications
Chicken coop build, day one
Our 2026 Garden: snow crocus blooming, and spring clean up progress
What a day
Feeling thankful
Our 2026 Garden: progress video
Our 2026 Garden: clean up started, and an explosion of growth!
A leaky surprise, and blinding
A beautiful day!
Our 2026 Garden: April garden tour
This is going to hurt
An offering
Well, now
Hereās hoping!
The snow is back
Our 2026 Garden: āpottingā up, and weather whiplash
Finally getting things done
We have water again!
No water
Got a few things doneā¦
Well, that was funā¦ NOT
Sixā¦ with help
Digging out ā and I love technology!
Our 2026 Garden: seedling progress
What a long day ā and the mystery continues
Funny anniversary
Happy Easter ā complete with āhate mailā
Ready for tomorrow
A gorgeous day
Not happening
Finally got some stuff in andā¦ youāve got to be kidding me.
Our 2026 Garden: more tomatoes, and the fennel is up!
Costco stock up trip: this is what $817 looks like
Our 2026 Garden: graduation, and new sprooooots!
Our 2026 Garden: new sproooot!
First April stock up shop: this is what $580 in total looks like
Teeth
Our 2026 Garden: a seedling explosion
Not quite the day I planned
Seriously?
Our 2026 Garden: we have sprooooots! (and a weird update)
A quiet day
Walmart stock up shop: This is what $455 looks like
It begins
Our 2026 Garden: next batch of seed starts
Our 2026 Garden: March garden tour
Weāll figure it out
I made it ā and got garden stuff
Ouch
Which will it be?
Could winter just go away now?
Canāt be soon enough
Open fire cooking
A day of digging
Iām going to need to decompress after this one!
Our 2026 Garden: Yellow Celery ā I hope this works!
Some news
Whoops!
Our 2026 Garden: āpotting upā the onions, and setting things up
For those who want to winter sow
Better than expected!
Here we go againā¦ again
Our 2026 Garden: Noooo!!!!!
Finally got a visit in
Costco stock up trip: this is what $800 looks like
No, Iām not crazy
Way off topic, but too funny not to share
Our 2026 Garden: West Coast Seeds are in, plus an update
So tired
Progress, and kindness
Exhausted
That wind!
What the heck?
Digging outā¦ and waiting for word
A cute accident, and some updates
Lots going on
Dreading
What next???
A better day
Our 2026 Garden: morning seedling mystery
Being watched, and an update
Our 2026 Garden: the tiniest
A few more days
Settled in
Thatās going to hurtā¦
Finally full contact, and a bit of an update.
Our 2026 Garden: onion, eggplant and pepper seedlings, plus an update
A quiet day
Iām home now
Seriously???
Looks like a ānon dayā today
Our 2026 Garden: starting tarragon and summer savory
Stock up shop: this is what $288 looks like
Looong, day ā but lots got done!
Our 2026 Garden: new seed starting set up
Our 2026 Garden: West Coast Seeds order
Morning kitties, updates, and yes, I got more seeds
Good news and not so good news
A quiet day
Unexpected sadness
Our 2026 Garden: first signs, and more potted seeds
Finally! Costco stock up done. This is what $737 looks like.
Our 2026 Garden: eggplant and peppers
Itās working! ā¦ plus another $180
Staying cozy
We didnāt make it, so hereās another $184
Our 2026 Garden: onion snails doing well
Not a stock up trip: this is what $181 looks like
Our 2026 Garden: two more luffa!
Our 2026 Garden: first luffa!
Brutalā¦ but itās done!
So frustrated! An update
Bitter cold and a sad start to the day
So glad I got it checked! A double update
Our 2026 Garden: starting peppers, celery and luffa
It might not wait
Back to lifeā¦ I hope
Our 2026 Garden: first sprouts!
Itās dead, Jim
Garden inspiration, and some updates
Our 2026 Garden: which ones, when?
Unexpected stock up: this is what $293 looks like
Yesterday
Not tonight
I canāt stop laughing
Isolated, and updates
Got it done. Plus an update
Another brutal day, and my brother is awesome
Not going anywhere today
New toy, and itās a bit blustery out there!
How it went
Small stock up trip: this is what $101 looks like ā sort of
Our 2026 Garden: starting onions
Blinding! Plus and update
What a way to start the day
Rough night, rough day, so Iām testing out a flatbread recipe
A cookout in the snoā¦ rain?
An unexpected (good) sabotage?
Finally got the fire pit going!
Yeah, Iām paying for it
A hospital visit, and progress outside
Last day of Christmas
An awesome gift!
Playing in the snow
Who is next?
Costco stock up trip: this is what $722 looks like
Bye bye, Kohl, and so grateful!
More than three house, plus time to say good bye
First day of the new year ā and of course, things got changed up! š
Happy New Year!
Not impressed
So frustrating
A quiet day, with some updates
Again? Really?
Cleared out, just in time
Merry Christmas (plus an update)
Joy to the World
A Midnight Clear
A quiet day
A different Drummer
Okay, so maybe Iām a bit nuts
Fallen
Gloria!
Love
First stock up shop: this is what $588 total looks like (plus an update)
More digging out, and a visit to the hospital
Hark!
I remember thisā¦
We can get out nowā¦ for now
Digging out, and an update
She beat the stormā¦ mostly
In the spirit of thingsā¦
Wow
Fluffy babies, new acquisition, and a loooong day
A day of rest, and sadness
Joy
Brrr
Not going anywhere!
By the king, for the King
Our 2025 Garden: the tours
Our 2025 Garden analysis: final thoughts and plans for next year
Oh Holy Night/Cantique de Noƫl
Our 2025 Garden analysis: food forest and perennials (plus medical stuff)
Musical interlude
Our 2025 Garden analysis: direct sowing
Warming up a bit, and a cancellation
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
A bit of fun (video)
A much longer day than expected
Our 2025 Garden analysis: transplants
Peace
Our 2025 Garden analysis: winter sown beds
A comparison
Our 2025 Garden analysis: the challenges of the year
A musical break while planning posts
Going to the post office should not be weird
From a distance
Brutal!
Processing saved seed, and more Christmas music
What a drop! Hereās some Christmas cheer
Product unboxing and review: stainless steel cat water fountain
Yard cats and how much does that cost???
Books and trees
New Costco shop: this is what $563 looks like
I get to stay home
Got it done
Our 2025/26 Garden: November garden tour
Much progress made ā and now she does it?
Too small!
Getting things done!
Thereās a down sideā¦
First stock up shop: this is what $382 looks like
Oh, Iām going to have fun over the next few days!
New critter cam is up (a semi product review)
What a day ā but I managed to get some stuff done!
All went really wellā¦ almost
Gosh, it felt goodā¦
A mostly quiet day, mother issues, plus, cats. š
Some progress, and isolation kitty update
More company
Only one
Have I mentioned Iām a suck for the cats?
Gorgeous sunrise, and the bone broth is done
Progress outside!
I know that feel
I am so tired
Truck is done and mid-month top up. This is what $155 looks like
A run around day, and new products to try
Our 2025 Garden: theyāre alive!
So much progress!
Too much wind! Also, a mystery
They look so sweet
How things went and, a new addition?
Well, weāll see if this works!
I just canātā¦
A kind gift ā just in time!
Costco shop: this is what $791 looks like
Not the day I intended
Truck, garden bed and cuteness
Progress for today, self sabotage and the cuteness
Another one down
Not a stock up trip: this is what $183 looks like. Also, what cuteness looks like.
Recovery mode, and unexpected help
Gee, thanks, Mom
Sigh
October garden tour video
Our 2026 Garden: beets, bok choi, dwarf peas ā and Judgement!
Eight years? Really?
Our 2026 garden: winter sowing kohlrabi and cabbage, and prepping the next bed
First stock up shop: this is what $376 looks like
Our 2026 Garden: winter sowing peas, carrots, turnips and radishes
Wet, wet day, so hereās a video
Covering for home care, and cozy from the wind
Catio done, crazy wind damage and an interesting find
Paid in full, and winterizing progress
A productive day, and our vandal is stalking again
Finally! Several times over!
Home again
Rain day and cuteness
Garden prep and transplanting
Our 2026 Garden: winter sowing spinach and Swiss Chard, and a small harvest
Our 2026 garden: bed ready, and seed onions planted
Six down, how many more to go?
Our 2025 Garden: yes, thereās still things growing, and seed sorting
One more down, and a weird home care situation
Victory, fixing an angel, wind damage, and finally done!
Our 2025 Garden: winter squash and garden clean up
Morning kitties and rescue update
Puttering about, and so many cats!
So much wind!
Happy (early) Canadian Thanksgiving!
Todayās progress ā running around and work accomplishedā¦ sorta
Got some progress in, and cat news
Our 2026 Garden: garlic is in!
Updates on cats, doctors and more cats!
Getting things done, and which is it?
Frost damage, progress, good news, and what a cheeky bugger!
Keeping warm!
Little progress, and sadness
Our 2025 Garden: in before the cold
Why couldnāt we have gotten this in the summer?
How things went today
Change of plans, and still creepy
Winterizing progress, and a sad find
A beautiful morning
A day in the city, and a cheeky thief!
Winterizing progress
Well, hello there, and finally! Cosmos!
Poor Frank!
Morning in the garden, the truck is back andā¦ *sigh*
A quiet day
Work in the garden is good for the heart ā especially when our mothers arenāt.