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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Skating at the Farmer's Market
Since yesterday's post was about fire, I figured that today's should head toward the other extreme. I am not sure how much further I can go in the other direction than ice. Over the past few weeks I have been watching the progress of the new outdoor skating rink at the Annapolis Royal Farmer's market. While there have been previous rinks built in this location there has not been one since I have lived here. Since I enjoy skating I was thrilled to see the framework of the rink installed in November. Each day as I drive or walk past the market I have watched the posted sign to see if the rink was ready to accept skaters. So far the weather has not been consistently cold enough. I was quite happy when I saw Grant Potter, the Recreation Director for the Town of Annapolis Royal, walking up the street with a sign featuring a large green skate.
After dinner my five year old and I grabbed our skates and made our way to the Farmer's Market. The ice was as nice as any outdoor ice I have ever skated on. With the exception of a few minor bumps in the corners it was a perfectly smooth sheet. The market stalls even provided some protection from the wind. After an hour or so on the ice, a cup of hot chocolate from the pub (the building in the top image) topped off the evening.
At some point over the next few weeks I will try to make a post about some of the historic skating facilities that we have had in Annapolis Royal. I may also try to make a post about some of the historic uses of the area currently being used as a skating rink.
All for now,
RGS
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Annapolis Farm:Hidden Meadow
From their blog
The farm
"Excellence through responsible farming"
Nestled in Nova Scotia's breathtaking Annapolis Valley lies 165 acres of prime agriculture land and home to Hidden Meadow Farm.
Home to rare and heritage livestock, organic veggies, herbs and cut flowers.
We sell breeding stock and baby chicks, poult's, gosling's and duckling's.
Meat sales as follow's:
Berkshire pork, heritage turkey & chicken, Scottish Highland & Belted Galloway beef, Muscovy duck & African geese.
Veggies & fresh herbs: all grown from certified organic seed,started right here on the farm.
All grown organic with no synthetic fertilizer just a good 'ol heaping of manure, no herbicide's, fungicides or pesticides just allot of hand picking pests!
Cut flowers: starting with tulips ending with kale.Nothing to brighten up your day like a fresh bouquet!
Wool and fleece from our stunning Cotswold sheep, and when available fresh eggs, wild cranberries & blueberries and homemade preserves.
If you are interested please visit our contact info.
Open Farm Day Is Coming, check it out here!
Open Farm Day
Hidden Meadow Farm For Sale Page
http://hiddenmeadowfarmforsalepage.blogspot.com/
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Contact us
You can contact the farm by email:
stacycory@hotmail.com
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*Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network aka ACORN
*Countryside & Small Stock Journal
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*Hobby Farm Home Magazine
*Hobby Farms magazine
*Hope Seeds
*Johnny's Select Seed
*Polyface Farm
*Rare Breeds Canada
*Seed Saver Exchange
*Seeds of Change
*Small Farmer's Journal
*West Coast Seeds
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Local Supper
Tonight we will be enjoying a farm raised young Royal Palm Turkey, mashed blue potatoes,golden beets,sweet potatoes, turnip & carrots with pear and spanakopita for supper.
For dessert a delicious homemade apple crisp with Cortland apples and fresh whip cream.
I love cooking and growing unusual vegetables, their so good, go ahead try something new surprise your taste buds!
I am proud to say what was not from our farm was bought from our neighboring farmers.
Buying local is so important to the life of family farms, and why wouldn't we support our farmers, so fresh and delicious!
Nothing better then knowing where, how and who raised your food.
Hope this makes you think of your food in a different light, try to answer the questions of where? how? and who? before your next purchase.
The farm
"Excellence through responsible farming"
Nestled in Nova Scotia's breathtaking Annapolis Valley lies 165 acres of prime agriculture land and home to Hidden Meadow Farm.
Home to rare and heritage livestock, organic veggies, herbs and cut flowers.
We sell breeding stock and baby chicks, poult's, gosling's and duckling's.
Meat sales as follow's:
Berkshire pork, heritage turkey & chicken, Scottish Highland & Belted Galloway beef, Muscovy duck & African geese.
Veggies & fresh herbs: all grown from certified organic seed,started right here on the farm.
All grown organic with no synthetic fertilizer just a good 'ol heaping of manure, no herbicide's, fungicides or pesticides just allot of hand picking pests!
Cut flowers: starting with tulips ending with kale.Nothing to brighten up your day like a fresh bouquet!
Wool and fleece from our stunning Cotswold sheep, and when available fresh eggs, wild cranberries & blueberries and homemade preserves.
If you are interested please visit our contact info.
Open Farm Day Is Coming, check it out here!
Open Farm Day
Hidden Meadow Farm For Sale Page
http://hiddenmeadowfarmforsalepage.blogspot.com/
Labels
1930 (1)
geese (1)
highland calves (1)
Contact us
You can contact the farm by email:
stacycory@hotmail.com
Does conservation of Rare breed farm animals matter to you?
Great Farming Finds
*Acres USA
*American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
*Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network aka ACORN
*Countryside & Small Stock Journal
*Heritage Harvest Seed
*Hobby Farm Home Magazine
*Hobby Farms magazine
*Hope Seeds
*Johnny's Select Seed
*Polyface Farm
*Rare Breeds Canada
*Seed Saver Exchange
*Seeds of Change
*Small Farmer's Journal
*West Coast Seeds
Followers
Blog Archive
▼ 2010 (4)
▼ January (4)
Local Supper
Sunday
Highland calves for sale
Who would of thought,Geese on my farm?
► 2009 (6)
► December (6)
Winter has shown it's face, first snow for some.
After going through the new Johnny's catalouge I h...
Going through seed catalogue's wondering what to o...
Heritage apples, mmmm good. This is a Ribston Pip...
Apple blossoms in sprin...
The farm 1930
About Me
farmer
View my complete profile
Monday, January 25, 2010
Local Supper
Tonight we will be enjoying a farm raised young Royal Palm Turkey, mashed blue potatoes,golden beets,sweet potatoes, turnip & carrots with pear and spanakopita for supper.
For dessert a delicious homemade apple crisp with Cortland apples and fresh whip cream.
I love cooking and growing unusual vegetables, their so good, go ahead try something new surprise your taste buds!
I am proud to say what was not from our farm was bought from our neighboring farmers.
Buying local is so important to the life of family farms, and why wouldn't we support our farmers, so fresh and delicious!
Nothing better then knowing where, how and who raised your food.
Hope this makes you think of your food in a different light, try to answer the questions of where? how? and who? before your next purchase.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Cycling in S.W. NOva Scotia
Heading to Canada, ehy?
Posted on January 12, 2010 by cyclinggypsies
Please see this great blog by the same name
Yep, it is finally time to leave Europe and cross the Atlantic for Canada. So long and thanks for all the baguettes…
You will find our new home beyond Heart’s Desire, beyond Crooked Lake, beyond Malignant Cove and beyond Upper Dyke Village. Once you get to Bear River take the quiet road to Grosses Coques and look for our place at the far edge of town where the grickle grass grows. Note: if you end up at Burnt Head you have probably taken a wrong turn at Sissiboo.
As you can probably tell I have spent unhealthy amounts of time on Google Maps, exploring the surrounding regions of our new destination, an area rich in lobster and wacky town names. Where in the world are we talking about? The west coast of Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. Fear not, if I have lost you already, a Google Map is provided below
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Grosses Coques, literally translating from French to ‘big shell’ (thank you Google Translate), overlooks the Bay of Fundy, a stretch of water known for whales and having the most extreme tides in the world. Because of the unique shape of the bay a funnel effect is created, meaning the difference in water level between high and low tide can be as much as 14 metres. The tides are so extreme in some upper bay rivers the river flow is completely reversed by the rising tide (thank you Wikipedia).
Our winter home will be provided by our friends Colleen and Andre in exchange for some renovations. On the agenda for 2010 is putting in some new oak flooring downstairs, refinishing the pine floor upstairs, redoing the upstairs walls, putting in new windows and a small bathroom upstairs, starting an organic garden, creating a successful bakery, completing triathlons, marathons, becoming fluent in French, brushing up on some ‘dumb newfie’ jokes, becoming a competent sea kayaker, spotting some whale/puffin/caribou/dumb newfies, learning to play the guitar and perhaps the fiddle, and more regular stretching. By the way, happy new years!
In amongst of all of this we hope to save some money for more cycling adventures – starting with a 6,000 km loop around the east of Canada. You can see the basic route idea below, starting in Nova Scotia and heading anti-clockwise through Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Posted on January 12, 2010 by cyclinggypsies
Please see this great blog by the same name
Yep, it is finally time to leave Europe and cross the Atlantic for Canada. So long and thanks for all the baguettes…
You will find our new home beyond Heart’s Desire, beyond Crooked Lake, beyond Malignant Cove and beyond Upper Dyke Village. Once you get to Bear River take the quiet road to Grosses Coques and look for our place at the far edge of town where the grickle grass grows. Note: if you end up at Burnt Head you have probably taken a wrong turn at Sissiboo.
As you can probably tell I have spent unhealthy amounts of time on Google Maps, exploring the surrounding regions of our new destination, an area rich in lobster and wacky town names. Where in the world are we talking about? The west coast of Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. Fear not, if I have lost you already, a Google Map is provided below
View Larger Map
Grosses Coques, literally translating from French to ‘big shell’ (thank you Google Translate), overlooks the Bay of Fundy, a stretch of water known for whales and having the most extreme tides in the world. Because of the unique shape of the bay a funnel effect is created, meaning the difference in water level between high and low tide can be as much as 14 metres. The tides are so extreme in some upper bay rivers the river flow is completely reversed by the rising tide (thank you Wikipedia).
Our winter home will be provided by our friends Colleen and Andre in exchange for some renovations. On the agenda for 2010 is putting in some new oak flooring downstairs, refinishing the pine floor upstairs, redoing the upstairs walls, putting in new windows and a small bathroom upstairs, starting an organic garden, creating a successful bakery, completing triathlons, marathons, becoming fluent in French, brushing up on some ‘dumb newfie’ jokes, becoming a competent sea kayaker, spotting some whale/puffin/caribou/dumb newfies, learning to play the guitar and perhaps the fiddle, and more regular stretching. By the way, happy new years!
In amongst of all of this we hope to save some money for more cycling adventures – starting with a 6,000 km loop around the east of Canada. You can see the basic route idea below, starting in Nova Scotia and heading anti-clockwise through Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sandy Cove Vintage Postcard on Ebay
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Price: US $9.75 Buy It NowBuy It NowBuy It Now
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Digby County Profile
From N.S. government
Digby County Profile
Located within the following geographies:
District Health Authority: South West Health
Province: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Year: 2006 2001
Demographics Income Education Households Labour
Social Health Resources Environment Production
Figure 1: Population by Age Groups
Population
Based on the 2006 Census of Population, Digby County has a population of 18,995 which is 7.3% lower than in 1996. In 2006, 20.7% of the population was under the age of 20 and 19.2% was 65 years or older.
In comparison, Nova Scotia has a population of 913,465 which is 0.5% higher than in 1996. 22.8% of the population was under the age of 20 and 15.1% was 65 years or older.
Family Structure
In Nova Scotia, family structure has shifted from the traditional larger married families to smaller married families and an increase in both common-law and lone-parent families.
Figure 2: Family Types for 2006
In 2006, for Digby County, total census families decreased 7.3% to 5,960. Married families decreased by 9.8% while common law families increased 14.6% and lone-parent families increased 21.4%. Lone female parent families were 12.3% of all families while lone male parents were 2.8% of all families.
In Nova Scotia, total census families increased 5.3% to 725. Married families increased by -1.4% while common law families increased 43.2% and lone-parent families increased 14.1%. Lone female parent families were 12.3% of all families while lone male parents were 2.8% of all families.
Citizenship & Mobility
Compared to Nova Scotia, Digby County has a relatively low immigrant population. In 2006, there were 590 immigrants which is 3.2% of the population compared to 5% immigrants for Nova Scotia. In Digby County, 98.5% of people were Canadian citizens compared to 98.3% for Nova Scotia.
86% of Digby County's population was born in the province of their residence.
Figure 3: Digby County
Figure 4: Nova Scotia
In Digby County, 24.3% of the population moved within the last five years. 13.9% moved within the municipality, 6% moved within the Province, 3.4% moved within Canada, and 1% moved outside of Canada. A lower percentage of residents moved in the last five years than in Nova Scotia (33.2%).
Figure 5: Digby County
Figure 6: Nova Scotia
Language
English is the predominant language in Digby County, with 74.7% speaking only English in the home and 69.4% speaking only English at work. This compares to 97.8% and 96% respectively for Nova Scotia. 22.1% of people in Digby County speak only French at home and 3% speak French and English at home. For Nova Scotia, 1.4% speak only French at home awhile 0.4% speak English and French at home.
Figure 7: Languages Spoken in Home for 2006
Figure 8: Languages Spoken at Work for 2006
Digby County Profile
Located within the following geographies:
District Health Authority: South West Health
Province: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Year: 2006 2001
Demographics Income Education Households Labour
Social Health Resources Environment Production
Figure 1: Population by Age Groups
Population
Based on the 2006 Census of Population, Digby County has a population of 18,995 which is 7.3% lower than in 1996. In 2006, 20.7% of the population was under the age of 20 and 19.2% was 65 years or older.
In comparison, Nova Scotia has a population of 913,465 which is 0.5% higher than in 1996. 22.8% of the population was under the age of 20 and 15.1% was 65 years or older.
Family Structure
In Nova Scotia, family structure has shifted from the traditional larger married families to smaller married families and an increase in both common-law and lone-parent families.
Figure 2: Family Types for 2006
In 2006, for Digby County, total census families decreased 7.3% to 5,960. Married families decreased by 9.8% while common law families increased 14.6% and lone-parent families increased 21.4%. Lone female parent families were 12.3% of all families while lone male parents were 2.8% of all families.
In Nova Scotia, total census families increased 5.3% to 725. Married families increased by -1.4% while common law families increased 43.2% and lone-parent families increased 14.1%. Lone female parent families were 12.3% of all families while lone male parents were 2.8% of all families.
Citizenship & Mobility
Compared to Nova Scotia, Digby County has a relatively low immigrant population. In 2006, there were 590 immigrants which is 3.2% of the population compared to 5% immigrants for Nova Scotia. In Digby County, 98.5% of people were Canadian citizens compared to 98.3% for Nova Scotia.
86% of Digby County's population was born in the province of their residence.
Figure 3: Digby County
Figure 4: Nova Scotia
In Digby County, 24.3% of the population moved within the last five years. 13.9% moved within the municipality, 6% moved within the Province, 3.4% moved within Canada, and 1% moved outside of Canada. A lower percentage of residents moved in the last five years than in Nova Scotia (33.2%).
Figure 5: Digby County
Figure 6: Nova Scotia
Language
English is the predominant language in Digby County, with 74.7% speaking only English in the home and 69.4% speaking only English at work. This compares to 97.8% and 96% respectively for Nova Scotia. 22.1% of people in Digby County speak only French at home and 3% speak French and English at home. For Nova Scotia, 1.4% speak only French at home awhile 0.4% speak English and French at home.
Figure 7: Languages Spoken in Home for 2006
Figure 8: Languages Spoken at Work for 2006
Friday, October 23, 2009
Nurse Practioner Lost in Digby County
from CBC news.ca
MacDonald urges talks in nurse practitioner spat
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 8:00 AM AT Comments8Recommend8CBC News
The two sides in a dispute over a nurse practitioner in Long Island need to sit down and try to work out a solution, the Nova Scotia health minister says.
The South West Nova District Health Authority did not renew Karen Snider's contract at the health centre in Freeport, leaving Long and Brier islands, as well as part of Digby Neck, without a full-time nurse practitioner.
That has angered people in the area, many of whom don't have a family doctor.
Provincial Health Minister Maureen MacDonald said she has asked district officials to meet with community representatives.
"I think the district health authority has a responsibility to be accountable to the people of that community," she said, adding both sides need to keep "open minds."
The district health authority has not said why it decided to let Snider go. Officials say it's a personnel matter.
Public comment regarding funding cut
But some people claim Snider was targeted because she spoke out about a cut in funding for an administrative assistant position at the clinic. Snider commented in a local publication and brought the issue up with her collaborating physician and other nurse practitioners.
After a public meeting Monday night in Freeport, some people were organizing letter-writing campaigns, petitions and a march on the Nova Scotia legislature.
A community spokesperson, Andy Moir, said the community is only willing to meet with district health officials if they are willing to discuss Snider's reinstatement.
The health authority is already advertising for a replacement for Snider. In the meantime, it's bringing in nurse practitioners on rotating shifts to keep the clinic open at least two days a week.
The clinic, which serves about 1,500 people, has gone through six nurse practitioners in the last five years.
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MacDonald urges talks in nurse practitioner spat
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 8:00 AM AT Comments8Recommend8CBC News
The two sides in a dispute over a nurse practitioner in Long Island need to sit down and try to work out a solution, the Nova Scotia health minister says.
The South West Nova District Health Authority did not renew Karen Snider's contract at the health centre in Freeport, leaving Long and Brier islands, as well as part of Digby Neck, without a full-time nurse practitioner.
That has angered people in the area, many of whom don't have a family doctor.
Provincial Health Minister Maureen MacDonald said she has asked district officials to meet with community representatives.
"I think the district health authority has a responsibility to be accountable to the people of that community," she said, adding both sides need to keep "open minds."
The district health authority has not said why it decided to let Snider go. Officials say it's a personnel matter.
Public comment regarding funding cut
But some people claim Snider was targeted because she spoke out about a cut in funding for an administrative assistant position at the clinic. Snider commented in a local publication and brought the issue up with her collaborating physician and other nurse practitioners.
After a public meeting Monday night in Freeport, some people were organizing letter-writing campaigns, petitions and a march on the Nova Scotia legislature.
A community spokesperson, Andy Moir, said the community is only willing to meet with district health officials if they are willing to discuss Snider's reinstatement.
The health authority is already advertising for a replacement for Snider. In the meantime, it's bringing in nurse practitioners on rotating shifts to keep the clinic open at least two days a week.
The clinic, which serves about 1,500 people, has gone through six nurse practitioners in the last five years.
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Take a Look at Digby Harbour!
Picturesque Digby harbour. Just click on the title. If this doesn't work click on the link in "Links" in the sidebar.
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