Back to work!

May 16, 2022 Hello everyone! Gosh it’s been a while. Like many, it has taken me some time to beat the pandemic blues. Finally, I’m feeling more like myself and have been busy getting things done around the Bed and … Read More

What’s in a name

September 2021 Relocating our farm to Kempt Head, Cape Breton from Ontario was another chapter, and every chapter needs a title. Soon after arriving, I came across a book titled “Woodchips and Beans”. It’s kind of catchy, don’t you think? … Read More

Bed and Breakfast Back in Business!

We have made a significant change to our Bed and Breakfast for 2021. Pre-pandemic we offered two separate bedrooms with a shared bath. Even I do not want to share a bathroom with strangers these days, so we created a Two Bedroom Suite with Private Bath. It can accommodate 1 to 4 guests or a family up to 5 (6 if there is a babe in arms). … Read More

Rainbow Registered

Year One of the Covid_19 pandemic was, well, it was a year. One good thing that happened was the tourism industry (amongst others) began producing free, on-line webinars and trainings. I was able to sit in on a variety them. … Read More

The Jersey Girls

Every Wednesday evening in an auction barn’s kill pen in Cranbury, New Jersey, USA there is any number of horses (last week there were 47) awaiting their fate … a fate which could quite literally be death. On March 6, … Read More

Your Hosts

Hi! I’m Terri. Although born a city-girl (Sarnia, Ontario) there is farming in my blood and since 2001 I’ve been living the country life full-time. In my pre-Cape Breton life I was a work-at-home, self-employed mom who drove a school … Read More

One for the History Books

This year is certainly one for the history books.  As difficult, sometimes heartbreaking, and always challenging as it has been, I believe we are going to come out of this stronger, smarter, and kinder. One of things that amazes me … Read More

‘Thank you’ is not enough.

I ended 2018 with a spectacular ankle break. Walking down to the shore mid afternoon on New Years Eve I looked up at the same time I took a step. That innocent glance to the sky resulted in surgery, some … Read More

Chicken Run – Bringing home the Chicks

Instead of having our new crop of heritage chicks shipped to us from Ontario we decided incorporate the pick-up into our annual trip to Ontario. The chicks would have been shipped to Halifax, a four and half hour trip one … Read More

Today

This morning when I was trying to quickly hang my clothes on the line while contemplating the long list of chores I needed to complete today when all I really wanted to do was sink my teeth into this book … Read More