Spring has officially arrived here at Seaweed and Sod Farm. It started out as a sunny day but now it is chilly and gray and Environment Canada is predicting snow, freezing rain and rain for this evening and tonight so … Read More

It is a beautiful sunny and breezy Sunday afternoon here in Kempt Head and it is blogging time again. I just finished answering an e-mail to a guest who is booked to come in later next week. She wanted to … Read More

I have recently been recruited by our local dragon boat team – the MammoWarriors. Besides paddling, this team spends a great deal of time fundraising for the Cape Breton Cancer Patient Care Fund. They are fun bunch of women who … Read More

It was a crazy week but nothing blog- or picture-worthy.  Except perhaps for yesterday. There are days when I really hate sheep! Dave is away in Ontario helping Tanner move into a new apartment. Neighbour Dennis, my back-up, went along … Read More

Hello! I’m back! You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged for quite some time. It has been a long, long, long winter. We had lots of snow, wind, extreme cold and storms. Dave was either storm-stayed or exhausted from … Read More

It feels like the time is flying by. More and more it feels like we are on the edge of winter. The beautiful fall colours are all but gone yet we have one maple tree that is still desperately clinging … Read More

Today is a good day to blog. It is still raining … Oh, wait. I used that as my opening sentence last week. Well, it is raining again but we had two whole days of sun (three in total without … Read More

After the glorious summer September is being less than kind to us. I swear we’ve had more rain days than sun. Good for the wells but bad for my work plan. We’ve been enjoying a surprise visit from one of … Read More

I realize as I prepare to tell this tale that it would be much easier if the turkey’s had names. So, I’ve made up a couple of names to help you follow along. I love my turkeys. They are beautiful, … Read More

Sunday, July 15, 2012   It has been some hot this month. Not as hot as Ontario, but pretty darn hot by Cape Breton standards. After Saturday’s brief and less than effective “rain day”, the sun and the accompanying heat … Read More