Introduction

Welcome! I've decided to create this blog because I really enjoy gardening on our dairy farm here in southwestern Ontario. I will be posting about gardening, canning and cooking, as well as the odd post about our farm. I'm still learning but do we ever really stop?

This blog will give me a place to post my gardening pictures and stop bombarding my Facebook with them! So instead I can post here and share with people who share my love of gardening and canning. I would also like to use this as a sort of garden journal. Hopefully it can help me see what's working in the garden and what isn't.

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