by Kathleen Wilson | Jan 30, 2014 | Raven Hill Blog
This house was built in 1986 by the guy who used to live next door. He was the carpentry teacher at (the then) Malaspina College and apparently took his sweet time picking out only the best wood for the framing and finishing of this house. When we toured the house for...
by Kathleen Wilson | Jan 15, 2014 | Raven Hill Blog
We have had an ongoing discussion about getting a hot tub for about 10 years or so. We are very active with golfing and working out so it would be nice to relax and soothe our muscles. For some reason, I have always had an excuse to delay the purchase. Something like...
by keith | Jan 10, 2014 | Raven Hill Blog
A long time ago in a province far, far away. . . I was born to people who farmed. Almost all of my uncles and aunts farmed; my grandparents on both sides farmed. So, it isn’t too hard to figure out that I was, for all intents and purposes, supposed to grow up to be a...
by Kathleen Wilson | Jan 7, 2014 | Raven Hill Blog
It has been so mild here that I have continued planting trees. I am creating a hedgerow along one length of chain link fence that separates the house from the fields. I want to attract quail which we had in abundance at our last house. I saw a few up the road but...
by Kathleen Wilson | Jan 5, 2014 | Raven Hill Blog
We feel very sheepish watching the weather forecasts because the rest of the continent is getting smashed with ice storms and frigid arctic weather. I was happy to see the frost here this morning since we need some cold weather to slow the plants down. The bulbs are...
