Join me for some quick snippets of rural life here on Manitoulin Island, Canada. Click below for a “look over the shoulder” video view of what I’ve been up to lately. Drainage tiles running, working on equipment, metal work, inertia wood splitter in action, harrowing the pasture with a 71 year-old tractor and more.
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