This is Going to Hurt
This is going to hurt me a lot more than it’s going to hurt you. It’s the internet, and we are all here for the fantasy, I know. You might be mad at me for a while, but I have everyone’s best interests at heart….
On meeting Joel Salatin
If I had not a line up of people behind me also waiting to converse with Joel Salatin, and if he had said to me, “Ashley, please tell me how you got here today, because I am so very interested”, this is what I would…
Sustainability
If you had asked me a year ago, I would have told you that the power of positive thought brought me the biggest blessings of my life. And while that remains an honest answer, I am truly happy to tell you today that I have…
So, You Think You Can Farm
1. Be comfortable with shit. Talking about shit, smelling shit, touching shit, listening to critters shit, eating shit. Yeah, you heard me. I am not sure how it happens, but when we are raising broiler chickens, 1/3 times I go to fill up a chicken…
Gone to the Goats
We have kept Nigerian Dwarf Goats for the past five years. I bought them because of their high butterfat content, because I didn’t desire a large quantity of milk, because they are cute. We have milked them, eaten them, enjoyed them. I have learned a…
Personally…
As a blogger, it doesn’t matter if you write about something as trivial as a dislike of a pop singer, or something as private as a decision to breastfeed… someone, somewhere is going to take it personally. We are allowed to disagree. I don’t have…
Arrived Late to the Party
We’re coming up on Halloween, and we spent some time perusing websites for costumes to purchase. I would love to say that I am going to design and sew the children’s costumes this year, but let’s be reasonable. While we were searching for the desired…
Montreal Tattoo Convention
Scott and I will be attending the Montreal Tattoo Convention next weekend. Scott has some slots still available, so if you’re interested in getting work from him, please email him ASAP: sugarshacktattoo@hotmail.com I will be getting tattooed by Daveee Blows and David Glantz, lucky me! …
Anybody Home
Hi. Believe it or not, I still have the internet. In the month of May, we got connected at long last to HIGH SPEED internet. This spring also saw the opening of a sushi restaurant in the town of Kincardine. Folks, it is a…
On the Lam
Hey! Do me a favour. Read this link about the Canadian Food Inspection Agency slaughtering some very rare sheep with no justification. (And even a false document!) Montana & Fox are now up against the Canadian government, trying to appeal the condemnation of death for…