The longest night of the year is a day behind us but winter has just begun, and it came in with a bang! We’re seeing-40c (that’s also -40f, for those of you south of the border) with a -50c wind chill for multiple days, and it is making everything unhappy. My car gave up trying yesterday, even plugged in and…

It’s been a long time since I added a recipe to the online cookbook! I started a new job (that I love!) in January, and time to do little extra things like post on the website has just not been available. But then! School started! The germ factory is in full swing and we are all sick. So, I get…

These Apple Fritters are probably the least healthy thing on this website, but also one of the tastiest! There is probably no tastier carbohydrate, than deep fried, sweet dough. Just my opinion, but it’s probably a pretty popular one! The only way to make deep fried, sweet dough any better, is for it to be fresh out of the fryer.…

I need your time – just a moment of it! One of our puppies has need of a new set of hips! Because we’ve already written the story out, I’ll refrain from doing it here too, so could you watch our video and check out Calli’s fundraiser, then give it a share? A share has the ability to reach an…

These ginger molasses cookies are one of our favourite cookies. They have a wonderful chewy texture, a large part thanks to the extra baking soda, with the sweet richness from the black strap molasses and spices results in me having to hide the cookie jar so they last more than a day. For 2021, I tried rolling the cold dough…

Hello readers! My best intentions to write regularly always fall apart when life happens and I have things to write about. We have been steadily getting ready for winter, like the new goat waterer, secured to the fencing and ready to have the floating water de-icer added when the time comes. For this winter, it’ll be kept full by hauling…