Woolies of Upperbrook Farm

02/08/2025

Great PSA from Fundy Fibre Artisans

This is your annual public service announcement for controlling wool moths - put all your knits, yarns, roving, raw fleece into the freezer for a couple of weeks!

Or, stash them in the car for a few weeks and let them roast in the high temperatures. This is best done at least once a year.

Wool moths can creep into your wool items (and other protein fibres like alpaca, cashmere, etc.) and lay eggs. The larvae like to snack on the fibres- so if you have ever noticed small holes in your knits or weakened strands in yarn, this might be your culprit!

31/07/2025

Yesterday was a really warm one being crazy hot and humid!! The dogs and I enjoyed a trek thru the field to the river… the really low river. The field was parched, the water delightful!

24/07/2025

Awesome opportunity

We are hiring for the upcoming wild blueberry harvest.

19/07/2025

Today is a hay day! I’m sorry but Woolies won’t be Truro Farmers Market Cooperative today. Preparing now for the sheep winter feed.

07/07/2025

Farm views:

-Black currants almost ready -I’ve got jamming supplies at the ready…

-no shortage of laying boxes but you’d never know…

-meat birds are a few weeks away from their time.

-one of these things are not like the others… sheep do walk in a line…as do goats, at least in this photo

Happy summer everyone😊🌞

05/07/2025

Some pretty big sky moments this week. These views will always inspire me to the beauty and vastness of our world.

26/06/2025

Yesterday was the first hay day! It was “warm”! We got 50 small square bales in with more to be baled today. It’s so comforting to forage in the barn for the winter.

Plenty more to go in but it’s easier for a small farm to just do a bit at a time as it is very labour intensive especially in the heat.

The truck and trailer pick up the bales and they they go on an elevator at the barn to be stored in the barn loft.

My little PSA:
If you see trucks or tractors on the road with equipment or hay, please know this is someone’s livelihood and be patient. Farmers don’t like driving on the road especially with equipment any more than folks like driving behind

Many thanks for reading.

24/06/2025

Just had to share this “action photo”!

My border collie waiting on the last few for the night’s curfew.

20/06/2025

Located just outside Truro and still some left!!

20/06/2025

If every adult in Nova Scotia spent $21 a week at the farmers’ market for July and August, that would be a $131,794,320 investment into local farmers and producers.

The average adult in Canada spends about $336 on food a month (Everyone is different, but this is the best data we have from Canada’s Food Price Report. The average adult spends $4031.83 on food a year, which would be $336 a month.)

If there are about 784,490 adults in Nova Scotia, and we spent a quarter of that grocery budget at the market for July and August, that would be a $131,794,320 investment into local farmers and producers.

We know this is not possible for everyone due to barriers like food insecurity and accessibility, but for a lot of Nova Scotians, this is within reach.

17/06/2025

This Father’s Day was a first. A first time changing my own tractor oil, oil filter, checking the air filter and more. It wasn’t without a mess but it wasn’t near as bad as I expected! Now, finally, I know what my brother had to do for me all these years as the one who drove the tractor but didn’t really understand anything except that it needed oil to run! Better late than never and very lucky indeed.

With gratitude to both my brother for all his helpful years of maintenance, and our family friend Dennis for his extreme patience in explanation, a few times over and over on Sunday. Pretty sure my father would have been proud of all!

30/05/2025

I’ve just taken 6 off of my dog ( who is just getting over a bout of Lyme Disease), and had them on myself out doing chores the last few days. They are everywhere it seems this year!

Be careful everyone.

A cautionary tale from a first responder.

With permission I share the story of a first responder who was very active in their section of Nova Scotia until recently struck with a debilitating medical condition.

According to the source, the onset was quick. Answering calls, taking on everything that was put in front of them in order to help. Until it changed. And it changed overnight.
From arm and elbow discomfort to hip and knee pain. Then the hip and pelvis area were suddenly overtaken the next day with excruciating pain. Unable to even bear weight on one leg, they had to crawl to washroom in the middle of the night. Preparing to head to the local Emergency Department first thing in the morning, they plugged into an urgent care centre which took them in right away and did a full workup. They were very lucky to get this level of service this quickly.

It was determined to be Lyme disease, associated with the black legged tick, which is very common in Nova Scotia. From 60 to 0 as it were. Shocking, unbelievable in its capacity to act and impact the body with the associated bacterial infection. Medication protocols were started immediately and have had a substantial impact on improvement.

If you are out in the woods this weekend, searching the woods or grass, working a fire, working in a ditch to tow a car, or just out with your dog strolling…just know life can change pretty quickly from something so incredibly small.

Please be careful. Use repellent, check each other and cover up. It's no joke. Your health depends upon it.