In our home, bath time is our nightly ritual. After we eat our dinner together and then the kids take turns in the bath. It can last well over an hour so we start early. There’s often a cross over where our children play nicely. It’s a end of day miracle. They even share toys. […]
Gluten be gone: spring cleaning and a serendipitous oven fire
I’m looking out my kitchen window at the contents of my kitchen. The angel food cake pan I made Rebecca’s first birthday cake in. My grandmother’s loaf pan with that great star pattern. The pasta maker we originally thought was the worst wedding present ever but went on to throw fabulous pasta making parties where […]
Some Spring Announcements from Cubit’s
What a March! In like a lamb and out like a lion weather wise. The second busiest month in our three year history is coming to an end and we have some projects we’d like to share. Our biggest news is that we are moving ahead with the purchase of 14 acres of farm land […]
Our Heirloom Apple Abandoned Orchard Adventure
2. Back at the end of our epic road trip this summer I asked Ryan if he could arrange for us to come back to the farm in the fall. It looked like the apples in the old orchard were going to be plentiful and what better way to spend our wedding anniversary than by […]
Heirloom Apple Orchard Identification Project
As mentioned in some previous posts, our friend owns a farm in Prince Edward County. At Breezy Acres there are a variety of apples growing in an abandoned orchard. Some of the trees are 150 years old and are part of the original United Empire Loyalist Farm. We’d love to start identifying some of these heirloom […]