Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Beefed up Corn Pudding Recipe with Mashed!

Beefed up Corn Pudding recipe Inspired by Kodi’s Aunts Recipe but also by a recipe found in Fat-Back and Molasses, a collection of favourite old recipes from Newfoundland and Labrador. 1 onion-Peeled and finely diced 1 cup cooked and diced Leftover Beef 2 … Continue reading

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No Buy Feb 2015- week 3 overview

As promised at the rules and plans, we did get our green box on weds and I was thrilled to see a pound bag of carrot per box, remember we get a box per person. The apples will go to … Continue reading

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Equine First Aid Course!

http://www.equi-healthcanada.com Equine Health and Emergency First Aid Course Join us for a one day course covering what your vet needs to know, vital signs, lacerations, punctures, colic, choke, collapse, puncture wounds, hoof issues, pain source identification, saddle fit for spinal health, … Continue reading

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Dill Potato Sauerkraut Soup recipe -Flash Back Friday

Hi guys, I have picked up a number of Russian cookbooks and a version of this soup was in it, I changed a few things around on this one, added garlic, added corn, changed cream to sour cream etc you … Continue reading

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Garden Plans 2015- Broccoli

Such a lovely plant to grow your garden, as its a cool weather start, you can get this into the garden when the soil temps are low enough that other plants or seeds would just fall over (the whimps) I … Continue reading

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Green Food Box

I have written about our Green Food Boxes before.. but here is the general overview again.. We have a community supported program for a once a month green food box, you need to buy a share for ten dollars, you … Continue reading

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Freezing colostrum aka “Liquid Gold”

Its a great idea to freeze up one lambs worth of colostrum just to be on the safe side, ewes only produce Colostrum of the best quality for around the first 24 hours, but it does take three full days … Continue reading

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Looking ahead.. reader feedback required..

Hello Folks, It will be awhile yet but I will be making lovely sheep milk soaps again over this milking season and it got me to thinking that it might be time to explore a new way of doing just … Continue reading

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Sheep Milking 101Review

I was asked when I would be able to do a sheep milking demo or class, and I can and will work on getting a video together for this but till then, I will do a detailed write up to … Continue reading

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First Lamb has arrived..

Thankfully we got our Sweet Dirty Face Girl into a jug three days ago, very good timing considering this deep and bitter cold.. I like sockhop if this wee lamb is a ewe but a winter name would work as … Continue reading

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