Category: Animals

Caterpillar Folklore Proves True!

3/4/2024

Folklore says you can predict winter weather based on the woolly bear caterpillar stripe. I found this little guy in my garage last November and decided to test out this animal myth. The very long stripe indicated that we should have had a very mild winter, and boy was that true! This winter has broken all kinds of records for warmth in Southern Ontario, and it seems the trend will continue. Today the farm looks more like early April than early March. Thanks for sending us a mild winter little caterpillar! You can visit “Looking Back As We Spring Forward!” to see what a more typical winter at the farm looks like.

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Birds Of A Feather

1/24/2024

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I think it’s time for a photo gallery featuring some feathered friends that frequent our farm. Capturing a great photo of a bird is never easy, but with a little patience and time it can be done. These photos I took are all of common birds that can be found in Southern Ontario.

We have trumpeter swans that frequent our irrigation pond in the spring, and mallard ducks that return every year to nest beside our house. The northern flicker makes the most obnoxious noise while it hunts in our grass, while the merlin on my back porch never made a peep. The snow buntings fly in large flocks around our house during the winter, as does the common redpoll. The belted kingfisher and northern shrike were lucky shots of hunting birds that perched for a minute to rest. And what farm doesn’t have a flock of wild turkeys, a gaggle of Canadian geese and a few killdeer living in the back 40?!

You can visit “Pond Life Part II” to see some more birds and animals that hang around the farm.

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Spring (For A Day?)

5/24/2020

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Suddenly Mother Nature decided to relent and give all of us a much needed day of warmth and beautiful sunshine. The farm burst into spring yesterday. I think we can all use a few “feel good” moments these days. Enjoy these spring photos quickly since apparently we are moving into summer weather by this afternoon! (Note – Our crop of dandelions is not included in the photo album since Curtis ran them all over with the lawnmower.) For more photos showing signs of spring you can visit “Buds & Blossoms.”

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Happy Family Day!

2/17/2020

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Happy Family Day Canada! Here’s a look at some different families spotted recently here at the farm. We hope you enjoy this long weekend with those you love! To see some other pictures of animals you can visit “Pond Life Part II.”

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Are You Smarter Than A Potato Farmer?

3/16/2019

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Here’s a little something fun for everyone to do this weekend. This is my on-line version of our wildly popular trivia game presented at the 2018 Farm To Fork Tour. Now’s your chance to challenge yourself by playing “Are You Smarter Than A Potato Farmer?” There are five true and false slides that will test your knowledge of some common animals found around our farm. (We felt it would be rather unfair to have a trivia challenge based on potatoes!) The first slide will have a true or false question which will be followed a second slide holding the answer. You can use the “pause” button found in the top left corner of the slide to think about your response before you move to the answer revealed. Good luck!

If you have been playing along this week on our Facebook page, you just need to watch the slideshow to see how you fared with your answers. Feel free to post the correct number of answers you got on our page. If you managed to get all five correct you have earned supreme bragging rights as you have proven to be smarter than a potato farmer. (Or at least as smart as we are!)

For some more fun photos of some of the wildlife spotted here at the farm you can visit “Cute & Fuzzy Animals” and “Predators.”

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