Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

30 pounds of garlic scapes

Yup, it seemed like a great idea, last year I processed and used about ten to 12 pounds of these lovelies, so when I got the chance to get 30 pounds at a great price, I jumped at it.. 5 … Continue reading

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Green Onion and Cheese Pie

One average size pie dough bottom, roll it nice and thin if possible, you can use a sweet dough but a basic one is just fine.. 6 large chicken eggs or 4 large duck eggs 2 extra big green onions … Continue reading

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Canadian Goose Beans

Well, someone messed up on the package at the local seed event, when it said runners, it should have said bush bean.. but none the less, they are being odd.. All my records show that they should need another two … Continue reading

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Strawberry Custard Pie

This dessert is as easy or as hard as you want it to be.. Homemade pie dough or a bottom store shell.. baked and cooled Homemade vanilla custard or vanilla instant pudding, two cups worth. if homemade, make vanilla milk, … Continue reading

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Rasberries June 2015

Well, lets see, it should be a knock down bumper crop of rasberries this year.. The crazy, really needs to be pruned and pathed wild rasberries are loaded, they will be small, and they will be dark and tart.. The … Continue reading

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Tomato Cages..

We did a major switch in our garden thinking today, while we are still planting seed and will be till first of aug, but today.. o today we did the planting switch to the cleanup an moving forward, we took … Continue reading

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Canning Strawberries in Syrup

Fresh Strawberries, so yummy, but its also time to preserve some of that bounty for later use, Strawberries in syrup is a perfect way to do so.. its as easy as strawberries, sugar and heat 🙂 If you add in … Continue reading

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What a day.. so many good things.. an a hiccup..

Well, we had a bit of trouble with the van, power just died out, including once while driving scary, first fix done, another drive and more repairs tomorrow, it happens, fix the least costly first and work your way up. … Continue reading

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The New Layer Flock to be..

My older flock is really getting up there with age on some of the hens, I love them and I hope to get another year or two out of them yet, but my youngest hen is three coming four and … Continue reading

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Chicken Growout overview 2015

I am doing a huge amount of tracking on this, as its a tracking year but I thought I had a basic overview up and If I do I can not find it, I can find my cow, pork and … Continue reading

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