Monthly Archives: July 2018

Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Raspberry Spice Cake 1 Cup Sugar 1/2 Cup of Butter 2 large eggs 1 tbsp. of molasses 1 cup whole milk (sheep in my case) 2 cups of raspberries (This will give a very moist cake, if you want … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Baking | Tagged Fresh Raspberries on the homestead, Raspberries in your garden, raspberry, Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe | 1 Comment

Making homemade wool tags for the garden

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Got Sheep? Yes, lovely hair sheep that I adore.. they are my favorites, so easy to work with. Got Wool Sheep? Why yes I do have two wool sheep in my wee flock.. but I don’t use their wool for … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Extra way to earn money on wool on homesteads, Garden, Help your garden pots in drought, Sheep Tags, Sheep Wool in garden, Sheep wool tags, Using Wool in your garden | 4 Comments

Tree Hay and cleaning up pastures

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I am still faithfully cutting and feeding out tree hay to the flock, they seem to really like it.. they come running when called an they will clean it all up, by tomorrow all the leaves and all the thin … Continue reading →

Posted in Tree Hay | Tagged farm cats, Feeding tree trimming to sheep, improving pastures, Tree Hay | Leave a comment

Easy Fresh Tomato Garlic Pasta Topping

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

O yes, we have tomato’s starting to come in.. we have been getting fresh yummy cherry tomato’s for fresh eating or in salads, I had my first toasted Tomato Sandwich this week. However yesterday we brought in enough Roma Tomato’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Easy fresh tomato pasta topping, Fresh Tomato's, Garden, tomato | 1 Comment

Pie Pastry Recipes

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is a old post from 2011 and I am bringing the whole post back as it such a good one. I should of course break each recipe down into its own post with its own photos. At the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Peach Pie, Pie dough, Pie Dough Recipes | 6 Comments

Raspberries

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The summer raspberries are early, they should not be starting till late july but this heat has everything moving faster. Last night we had salad made up of our freshly picked tomato’s and Peppers. Sunday was spent cleaning up our … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garden, Growing Raspberry on a homestead, raspberry, soft fruit | 3 Comments

Red Currents 2018

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We have a truly lovely haul from our red current bushes with pounds of them coming off each mature bush, some of the bushes are smaller-younger that are not as many but the older ones are having a outstanding year! … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Current Bushes on the homestead, Food Forest, Gardening, Growing Currents, Red Currents | 11 Comments

Homesteader Pea’s

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

So these are homesteader pea’s or so I was sold heritage homesteader pea’s and in some ways they are bang on.. 68 to 70 days from planted to harvesting, able to grow in cooler soil and withstand heat and still … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden harvest | Tagged Fresh garden peas, Garden, Garden harvest, Hertiage pea's 1930s, Homesteader pea's, Picking Pea's, Short Season pea's ready in 68 days, Shucking peas | 4 Comments

Tadpoles..

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We love our toads, they out number the frogs by 20 to 1 at least and we have toads all over the whole farm. when we mow, they hop out of the way, when we garden, we find them all … Continue reading →