Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Green Covers for garden use
Hi Folks, I got asked a question the other day, what I used in a frugal way to do ground cover and I have to admit that my big ones are pretty darn simple.. Wheat Barley Oats Mustard Seed Radish Seed … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged Green covers, Growing your own green covers, Mustard greens, Mustard Seed
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New (to us) freezer
I had to wait for pickup day to come and go and to make sure it got home safely and got cold! All appears to be working and well, we really needed to add another deep freezer to the farm, … Continue reading
Do you or do you not.. Farmers and Tetanus
While I am not pro vaccines, I am not rabid anti either, I firmly fall in the middle, last year in my local area a very bad case of eee killed a large number of a local herd, and I … Continue reading
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Thank you!
Look what came in the mail.. a wonderful leather cover for journels.. It was handmade by a very old and dear friend from my collage days.. I do not get to see you guys near enough, but I love having … Continue reading
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Mimi
Introducing Mimi, our newest purrpot, a very sweet seal lynx bicolor pointed kitty, her coloring will continue to darken and fill in with age, but her bright blue eyes will stay.. very hard to get her to hold still enough … Continue reading
Vertical Gardening
hmmm, nothing wrong with the rustic look 🙂 Easy to make and functional.. A little more structure, steel and wire.. Some of our other creative ways over the years, this was a free grown plant that had self-seeded and it … Continue reading
Canning up farm fruits in Winter
Doing up the odds and ends in the freezer these days.. now I surely would have caught these lovelies much earlier on a normal year but 3 bag held enough fruit to do a single jam or jelly recipe.. two however … Continue reading
Posted in food, frugal
Tagged Green gooseberry, ground cherry, rasberry, Red Currents, red gooseberry
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One Pint equals one pound of Meat..
, so We are getting going on processing out a goodly amount (several hundred pounds over the next while) of beef, pork and rabbit into jars, not to happy to have to do it hot pack method but just do … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 