HI, I’M SANDRA

My story is probably similar to yours…first-generation Canadian who LOVES living in this gorgeous city and incredible country. Been a Toronto girl since birth and I’m not going anywhere any time soon, but I want it all! I want the fast-paced and exciting city life, AND the pure, slow pace of a country setting.

More importantly, I want to be connected to nature and the Earth, and I want my kids to experience what I had growing up as a child of Portuguese immigrants.

Growing up, we always had chickens in our backyard and fresh organic eggs in our kitchen. Though we lived in the 6, our tiny yard was a country oasis where every day I fed the chickens, and they fed me. Together, we fed the garden that provided all of us with a bounty of fresh fruit and vegetables. It was a taste of a simpler country life in Portugal my parents had grown up with, and it is a life that this beautiful city and country allows its residents to have.

I recreated this oasis in my own backyard, and for the last 15 years I’ve proven that keeping chickens in a city like Toronto is possible and even easy!

I welcome you into my backyard, my coop, and my life to show you what my Toronto looks like.