Last seen: Nov 6, 2022
Hi Clarence, we do have a winch. It's the Wyeth-Scott manual winch that can pull 12,000 lbs, We prefer this winch as we can mount it front, back, a...
Hello! We went with an LFD Off-road aluminum roof rack. For the hitch basket, we picked the Erickson 07496. It sits reasonably close to the rear bu...
Our blog, continued: 90) Vehicle choice. Our trusty 17 year old sedan is no longer dependable for long distances and less so, pulling a trailer. We ...
Our blog, continued. 77) We spent six weeks on our property in summer and two weeks in automn. The first we noticed in the summer was that the root ...
Our blog, continued. 68) After a 6 months absence from the property, we came for a two week visit in May. Everything was in order. A neighbour keep...
In automn we spent 3 weeks on the orchard retreat property, which we have been developing from a distance since 2013. Observations (continued): 60) T...
I figured it was a great time to dry horseradish greens to help clean our sinus lol That interests me. Somebody had told me that horseradish leaves ...
Clarence wrote: "Not sure about deer population, but they are all my fruit trees on spring, nothing survived. We were not yet living on the property b...
Close to another year has passed. We continue to develop our orchard retreat while living at a distance. We typically spend time in spring, summer a...
It's been another year. Counting, it's been 4 years in Inverness County. We continue to expand the orchard while living far away in a big city. In ...
Prepping is insurance. I hope I never need it. Making it from Ontario to my bugout in Nova Scotia would be an amazingly difficult proposition. And ...
It's been another year. So, continued, 11) Three years in, I feel comfortable saying it's possible to set up and manage a fruit farm from 1000+km awa...
Lessons?You will NEVER have enough water stored up...no matter how much you have.Drinking, cooking, and dish washing are not the issue...toilet flushi...
There will be trouble. When trouble and how much trouble, who knows. We live in the financial crisis 2008-2015 and counting. The Central Banks stil...