About a week ago we held a meeting with the other growers/farmers who are going to be selling seedlings at our annual Seedling Sale in May ....

Since it's winter...and the garden is still under snow...I'm spending a little time sewing each day.  There is so much inspiration f...

Since 2007 we've been hosting workshops year-round at Little City Farm - urban homesteading, gardening, permaculture, eco-crafting, natu...

Among our recent favourite activites for winter evenings is playing games in front of the cozy fire.  It's amazing what a 2.5 year old a...

We have a new soap fresh off the curing rack, perfect for any hard working hands you might know - made especially for my sister who works at...

Today's projects included our weekly yogurt making, cleaning the greenhouse in preparation for spring seedlings, sorting our bin of seed...

First workshop of 2011 was a grand success - the house filled with eight lovely mamas learning to use the serger, swapping parenting advice,...

New packaging (travel tins) for our 1 oz salves, very exciting!  Calendula, gardener's salve (great for dry winter skin too), and a *ne...

Tea parties have become a daily event at our house - and we have special tea cups, tea pots and spoons that little hands can use, served p...

I recently had an article published in the winter issue of Pathways to Family Wellness magazine.  The article talks about herbs for pregnanc...

An annual winter highlight is coming up for us at the end of the month - the Guelph Organic Conference .  Jan 27-30, 2011 the Guelph Organic...

A friend mentioned this workshop, which may be of interest to some of the local readers... Farming for Foodies, a 3 part series.  Starts Fe...

I think felting wool could become an addictive craft.  Wool is such a wonderful fibre to work with, and felting it is incredibly relaxing, s...

We're not milk drinkers, but we do love to eat live culture yogurt with homemade applesauce and granola for breakfast - mmmm - a great a...

What have we been upto this month?  Well, not much time has been spent on the computer since we got our 2011 workshop series posted!  Phew! ...

Happy new year to all you urban homesteaders, organic gardeners, city farmers and eco advocates! We had the unexpected gift of a quiet int...

A friend recently dropped off a book she insisted I should read.  She had initially taken it out from the library, but was so drawn in that...

We've planted seeds in the greenhouse and cold frames already, in hopes of harvesting some late winter greens.  Today we started our ind...

Our little one and I made a batch of peach-lime jam today, using organic peaches from our freezer.  This is a favourite jam in the house and...

At our craft sale on Saturday I noticed a woman eating what seemed to be a massive slice of nanaimo bar. She caught the eye of several other...

We've been doing a lot of holiday baking around here lately.  I've been creating and testing healthful variations on our favourite h...