Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Taking Stock and Counting it twice!
While the 50+ peach babies have been moved up into their gallon pots and and even more lines of grow lights have been hung and fan is set up and ready for extra air movement, along with winter sowed seeds, … Continue reading
Posted in dry pantry
Tagged buy ahead, cooking, Deep Pantry, dry pantry, Eating out of your Pantry, Frugal, Garden planning, Health, Meals, Spring Cleaning, Taking stock, Winter, Winter Prep, Working pantry
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Snow Day!
It’s a snow day here locally, while we have gotten four inches overnight and its still coming down heavy, with drifts we are seeing 10 plus inches, they got it far worse in other parts of the province for sure. … Continue reading
Park Garden 2025 -More Grapes!
We planted four healthy grapevines the first year we moved to the farm, so they are now 20 plus years old, we have been blessed with many harvests here on the farm and gifted away extras into the community. They … Continue reading
Posted in Food Forest, Garden
Tagged 0 mile food, building your local food shed, Eat what you grow, eating local, food, Food Forest, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Gardening in Canada, gardening in the true north, grapes, Grow what you eat, Growing Grapes, Growing grapes in canada, homestead, support canadian company, Victory garden
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Canadian Eh!
On a cold day in Feb 2025 a ladder was climbed and hardware installed. The Canadian Flag was placed in such a way that anyone driving by or driving into our farm would be able to spot it. When everyone … Continue reading
Posted in CanadianEh
Tagged canada, Canadian, Canadian flag, Maple Leaf, Proud to be Canadian, Stand up and be counted, Stand up for Canada
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Burger and Corn Soup
Sometimes we just need a simple soup, a clear flavor filled broth with hints of sweetness from the corn, along with some good old fashion filling from the meat and pasta. Beef Corn Soup Recipe 1 pound of ground burger … Continue reading
Posted in Eat what you grow, Soups and Stews
Tagged bone broth, Bulk Buys, Corn, dinner, Eat what you grow, food, Frugal, Garden, grass fed beef, Grow what you eat, Grow your own, homemade soup, local food shed, Pantry, recipe, recipes, Simple soup, soup, Winter Soups
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Ham Maker Review
While i like cooking roasts and chicken and such for both meals and leftovers, the truth is, i like having precooked sandwich meats in the fridge. Wow the price on these has just gone crazy! I don’t mean the good … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Control what you eat, dinner, Dried veggies, Eat what you grow, food, Frugal, grassfed beef, Ham Maker Review, Hammaker, Herbs, Homemade Sandwich meats, Powdered veggies, Premade, recipe, recipes, Sandwich meat round sliced, sandwiches
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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe
The wonderful scent of simmering marmalade filled the kitchen on this bitterly cold winter day, for here in Canada, the citrus season comes in during our bleak winter months. The color on these oranges as i cut into them was … Continue reading
Foraging in February Garden Zone 5a
With Winter having a very firm grip on us with loads of fresh snow, there is not a lot of forage available right now, in the “hunger months” A single serving of raw High Bush Cranberries (100 grams) contains 25 … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Forage, local food
Tagged 100 mile diet, Canadian, Canning, cranberry-sauce, Eat what you grow, food, Forage, Fruit syrup, Garden Zone 5, High Bush Cranberries, HIgh bush Cranberry BBQ, High bush Cranberry Tea, Lean times, local food, Native fruit, Putting up, recipe, recipes, Wild Fruit, Winter Forage, Winter harvests, Winter Lean
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Cara Cara Orange Marmalade Recipe
Last Week Dear hubby sent me a message that at the store in the city where i normally get my Seville oranges for marmalade didn’t have any.. However they had my Blood Oranges and they had wonderful looking and Cara Cara … Continue reading
Posted in Canning
Tagged Canning, Canning Pantry, Cara Cara Marmalade, Do it yourself, Farmgal, food, Frugal, homestead, marmalade, Preserving, recipe, recipes, Rising Costs, Self Gel, Shop the sales, Trade War, Water Bath Canning
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Trade War or Economic warfare
If you had asked me, if the odds were that i would see a war in my life time, i would have always said it was possible. I mean i am a Cold War Child in her early 50’s Having … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 