Goodbye!

Dear Friends,
I am excited to announce the launch of our website this past week, www.mirellarosefarm.ca. As a result, I am ending this blog and starting a new one on the website - it's hard to miss, it's the page at the top of the website that says "Farm Blog". I hope you'll join me over there, to keep up with our farm adventures.

A City Girl Becomes a Farmer holds a special place in my heart, as it journals the first steps we took as farmers, here in the lovely province of Nova Scotia. But now that it's been 2 1/2 years since we moved onto our property, I really am not a city girl any longer. I have butchered chickens, helped harvest 450 lbs of potatoes in 2012 and over 200 lbs of winter squash in both of the past 2 years, cooked down sap into maple syrup, pressed apples into juice, picked several pounds of salad greens in one day (among other vegetables), learned to can, dehydrate and freeze large quantities of a variety of vegetables and fruit, helped build a 1000 sq ft greenhouse, petted cows and pigs (Seriously! I'd never even been near cows or pigs before moving here), watched animals giving birth, experienced animals die, and pick and prepare food for our members each week. And by experiencing all of these things and more, I feel more connected to the earth and the cycle of the seasons than I ever have before. Farmers are a dying breed on this continent, and I am proud that we have increased the numbers even slightly, by taking on this role. It's hard work, but so rewarding. I can't imagine anywhere else I'd rather be.

So I hope you'll continue to follow along with us on our website, and maybe you'll even have the chance to try some of our food. We'd love to share it with you!