Tag: Nova Scotia

We Are Very Thankful For Good Neighbours At Briden Farm

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Neighbour Plowing Our Laneway

Although we were warm, fed, and ready for bed by a decent hour last night. We continued to stoke the Kitchen Wood Stove over night as we watch the first significant snow fall come down. We got nearly a foot of snow here on the Mountain, over looking the Head of the Tide, in Bear River, Nova Scotia. Which left us wondering how long it would take us to clear the quarter mile lane way!? 

So, after the chores were done, and as we sat at the Breakfast Table, we heard a vehicle coming up the Lane!

It was our neighbour, plowing our entire lane and driveway! I know I’m a hopeless romantic, but this generosity really got me choked up, and maybe even a little misty eyed! We Are Very Thankful For Good Neighbours At Briden Farm! 

Farmers Golf Anyone!?

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Our Chicken Laid a Golf Ball

Even before starting Briden Farm, we thought about someday having a place where we can play Farmer’s Golf! We first played Farmer’s Golf at Hennigar’s in Greenwich, Nova Scotia. Their course meanders through their orchards and we were even told to have an apple if we saw one we liked! If You’ve never had the opportunity to play Farmer’s Golf, check out this lovely description on Hennigar’s Farmer’s Golf Page, or visit the website for the Farmer’s Golf courses in the Netherlands, where there are a number of Courses, where the game was developed! 

So, now that You understand what I mean by Farmer’s Golf, and I am seriously considering having a Farmer’s Golf course here at Briden Farm! You’ll appreciate just how kismet things can be sometimes and also how truly willing to please our Chickens really are! 

See, the other day, as we were working to make a fence for the our Nigerian Dwarf Goat Bucks, near the Hen House, I literally stumbled on an old Golf Club! Then, within an hour, we saw the strangest thing in the Hen House! One of our Hens laid a Golf Ball! Or, at least an egg, shaped like a Real Golf Ball! Some Hen!