As many of you are probably well aware, I turned 50 this year. I can barely wrap my head around this fact, but it is true nonetheless. For my 50th, we spent the weekend on Galiano and while it was a busy work weekend, it was also a lot of fun. Not exactly what we had planned - Justine and I were supposed to have gone to Africa. But you know… COVID and all, so those plans will have to wait.
Read MoreBuilding our Gardens
One of my main goals for this spring was to start an orchard of fruit trees and to build out a garden. Both are relatively ambitious projects, and the travel restrictions from the pandemic have made it difficult to manage. Over the past month, we had bought a lot of trees, ordered materials for the garden and got in a position to put it all together.
Read MoreLandscaping and Garden Building on Galiano
We took a Friday off and headed over to Galiano to get our last utilities hooked up (propane tank delivery!) and to continue to work on the landscaping around the property. We also took over a last big load of furniture to wrap up (I hope) most of the inside of the cottage, and tackled a couple of small projects along the way…
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