Sow's ear

We arrived at Cory and Jodi's farm and we brought the beautiful weather with us. The farm was amazing and we had our own little scamp caravan for a couple of weeks. We got into lots of things here from feeding the animals to cutting trees down and clearing areas for the new duck pond and the mega greenhouse going up (engineered by the unflappable Gary who I think we all want to be when we grow up,!). Cory and Jodi are a great couple who made us feel very welcome and from very early on it was apparent how hard they both worked. Cory being a pilot and Jodi a librarian, both having to juggle this with what appeared to be a growing farm. We looked on them as super human beings! It was great to work with the animals (pigs, ducks and hens). They had two pets, Oscar the faithful, but naughty 'guard' dog and the lazy cat, Woozel. One of the funniest things, was how Oscar eyed up Woozel the cat. For six years he has stared at Woozel with knife and fork eyes.. Jodi says he's confused why they pet and feed a huge fluffy ground squirrel! You had to be there, but unusual and hilarious. The farm sits overlooking Lake Laberge and we had some stunning dawn and dusk views. Starting to get dark a little for the first time since we arrived! Near the end of our visit we camped out in the woods on a bluff, listening to coyotes and having on one occasion something sniffing my (Andy) head through the tent. We also met Elisa, Heleen and Dion here who were all, also travelling Canada and the world. A full month of hard physical work for us which is new for Madeleine, but we've both really enjoyed it, learnt new things (so much from Cory and Jodi who are experts in horticulture, biology, construction, solar, languages, accents... the list goes on) and had time to reflect on what we want from our life back in the UK. Seeing how Jodi and Cory live off the land and are self sustaining has been inspirational and we have so many ideas of what we now want to build and grow back in the UK. And Cory has already been volunteered to build our strawbale house, although this might be the first he hears about it...Read more