Monthly Archives: April 2012
We are expecting little ones this coming week!
Right now, I have two ducks sitting on big old nest’s, one is due this week and one is due next week, the one nest has 18 eggs and the other 15 eggs, typically the girls hatch out 12 to 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
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What a Weekend for farm sales and freebies
Between Friends moving and a little curb shopping, we added in these items to the farm on the weekend. One small pop-up greenhouse 12 8 foot pen panels plus 2 gates 4 by 4 chick or duckling raising box 1 … Continue reading
Posted in farm sales
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Small Grazing Paddocks -New for 2012
Well, It has taken more years then I want to say for us to go from when we bought this farm, with no fences other then a number of dog runs from the attached kennel building to have fenced off … Continue reading
Sleep Day on a Farm
Well, I have to admit that I needed and had a sleep day on the farm, it is interesting to me the difference between a town sleep day and farm sleep day.. When we lived in town if I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
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The Double Dug W Potato Bed
While I have played around with growing Potato’s in towers, in strawbales and even in last years “sacrifice outside winter feeding area” the way we grow most of our potato’s is in our double dug 3 foot wide W planted beds. … Continue reading
Posted in gardening
Tagged 100 mile food challange, compost, Double Dug Method, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Herbs, Nettles, Potatos, Raised beds, Veggies
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Pink Slime -No! Meaty Bones-Yes!
So two days ago on the CBC, while I was washing floors for the billionth time, I was very interested in the story of what was happening in regards to fallout from Jamie Olivers showing of just how meat scrapes … Continue reading
Posted in food, frugal
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Greens, Health, Lamb Recipes
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Do you Facebook?
Hi Folks, I love blogging and trust me that is not going to stop! but I often have just little things I want to share, fun, silly or interesting tidbits at least to me but not nearly big enough for … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
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Hugelculture-Making “hill” beds for garden use!
This was by far the best seminar at the event, it was hosted by one of Greenshire’s members for those of my readers that can watch video, here is a link to one that they have done that you might like, … Continue reading
Food Forests or Producing Hedgerows-Farmgal Style.
so while I will share the offical seven layers of the basic idea of a “Food Forest“. I am also going to take this back to Farmgal first hand experance because it turns out that what I have been making … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Garden, Health, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Basic Idea’s of Hugelculture Gardening Style
So I am going to get my “low of this part of the seminar out first” and then get on to the good stuff, I didn’t like how one presenter made this type of system a “lifestyle” and I do … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 