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Christmas Trees from the Back 40!

Last weekend, we decided to get a jump start on our Christmas decorating and head to the "back 40" to pick out our tree! Usually, we are...

Back in July, my husband, daughter and I drove to Northern Ontario...well, he drove while I took photos, ate copious amounts of pit stop...

It's canning season and it wouldn't be fall unless I "put down" some tomatoes, chili sauce and salsa! I've been asked a few times how to...

Every year, my family travels to the small farming town of Winchester, Ontario to visit friends and to attend a country fair in their...

The 70's and 80's were a classic era and anyone growing up during that time will likely have some pretty hilarious memories, photographs...

This is the plant that you do not want to have a run in with...poison ivy!! A few weeks ago, I took a walk down our dirt road breathing...

It never ceases to amaze me, how nature has produced some of the most instinctively creative creatures that to me, are the most ingenious...

If you have ever wanted to pick wild asparagus...now is the time to "mark your spots" for the harvest next May! If you just got excited...

I was out in "the patch" picking wild black raspberries again last night, and it occured to me, as I pulled another thorn out of my...

Last week, I overheard a co-worker talking with a friend about the work that she and her husband do with butterflies...I wasn't...