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% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. It just so happened that the happy place was a P.E.I. farm, far from the urban lifestyle and province she grew up in. I discovered that my goats grounded me and so I opened the farm to the public to share that experience. Goats are easier (than large livestock) to handle, and they are good with people. They’re extremely friendly. While I don’t let people feed them, you can pet and brush them, or go inside the barn with them.
When a self-described city girl discovered her “happy place,” she knew she wanted to share it with everyone. It just so happened that the happy place was a P.E.I. farm, far from the urban lifestyle and province she grew up in. Born and raised in Aylmer, Que., on the north shore of the Ottawa River, Flory Sanderson moved to the Island at 15. She found her passion for farming at 16 when she married her husband, a cattle farmer.
Renee Ardill, who was featured in the March 5 issue of Farm & Family (powered by Country Guide), recounts her family’s ranch history below. “My ranch started in 1920 when my grandfather, Jack Ardill, settled here,” says Renee Ardill, owner of Ardill Ranch which is 30 kilometres east of Hudson’s Hope in the Peace River region of British Columbia. Ardill runs 350 Hereford cows in a cow-calf operation on 36 sections and maintains 30 head of working Quarter horses.
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