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Fence Posts

The Patter of Little Feet

Looking after babies, even baby rabbits, is one of the best fertility treatments you can take.

Jun 17, 2014

Wood Up

On a farm with fencerows and five acres of bush, wood is basically free.

Mar 23, 2014

This Old House

There is one stubborn neuron in this neighbourhood’s collective brain that will not die and it makes people refer to my house as The Old Currie Place.

Nov 19, 2013

A Country Practice

Apart from the little tufts of dental floss sticking out of her head, she looked pretty good.

Sep 11, 2013

The Year of the Grape

My son came home one weekend early last spring and asked, “Why don’t you plant some grapevines here on the farm, Dad?”

Jun 17, 2013

Chicken for Dinner

I am allowed to grow a small number for my own use, but if I tried to sell the eggs or the broilers in any quantity, I would be visited by a chicken policeman in a big black Ford.

Mar 31, 2013

A Reliable Source of Suspect Information

For the longest time I had the gnawing feeling that something was happening somewhere and I didn’t know about it.

Nov 17, 2012

Free Range Pig

I was hoeing the garden when Dillinger suddenly came around the henhouse, trotting along like he was on his way to the bank. He was sunburned and covered with dirt.

Sep 13, 2012

A Life Cycle

The men in your family remind me of a dog I once had. He was very good at letting you know what might happen.

Jun 19, 2012

A Sense of Place

I bought my own farm, married a farm girl from the next township, and settled down to a view of Georgian Bay and the life of a hunter-gatherer, or “freelancer,” to use the ancient Ojibway term.

Mar 22, 2012