We no longer have a dog here at the farm.  A dog needs lots of love and attention, and he wasn't getting anywhere near as much as he needed.  This was the reason I was reluctant to get the Kidling a dog in the first place, but I thought that perhaps he was finally mature enough to take care of a dog.  It became pretty evident that just like ( Read more... )

     The last couple of days have made me very glad that one of our first purchases when we got this farm was a small (7800 peak watt) backup generator.

Last month we had the massive (2 day) blizzard that wreaked havoc throughout southwest Saskatchewan, and this weekend we had ice-buildup on the power lines.  The problems started around noon on ( Read more... )