Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Ready, Set, Go Plant those Pepper Seeds (zone 5)

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

This year I am growing West Coast Seeds King of the North Sweet Pepper. 68 days green, 90 days red. Large beautiful fruits that are bell shaped. Great producers in our short growing season. I ordered the seeds in 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged Calwonder heritage pepper, Growing peppers in garden zone 5, King of the north pepper, Starting peppers, Use a heat mat for starting peppers | 5 Comments

March coming in like a lion

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The last day of Feb was mild, so mild that we had our first “misty” fogged in monring on the farm.. it felt like spring and things were melting.. but with over 3 feet as a base plus higher snow … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Catahoula, Common Red Poll, Deep Snow pack, Farm Life, fog, Hoarfrost, Hoarfrost on tree rings, horse back riding, Maple trees, Misty mornings, Sheep in fog, Snow pack, Sugar Snow, Tapping Maple trees | 8 Comments

Raven Picking out wool and dry felting it for travel

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

What a amazing thing to happen today.. I was in the kitchen and a flash of black caught my eye by the sheep flock out eating hay that I can see from out the living room window.. Sorry for some … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Canadian northern Ravens, Raven, Raven collects wool directly from the sheep, Raven creating sheeps wool balls to fly with, Raven dry felting sheeps wool, Raven takes the sheeps wool and dry felts it into a travel ball | 14 Comments

Feb (Baby Greenhouse Update)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The new indoor greenhouse has been preforming its job in a outstanding way, baby salad greens by the tray have been produced. The pea shoot have been lovely as well, cooking up with that lovely green with hits of bitterness … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, gardens | Tagged Early seedlings, indoor greenhouse, indoor seed starting in feb, Salad greens, Seed starting, Snow pack, Tomato plants, Transplanting Tomato plants | 5 Comments

Freezing Sheep Colostrum

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Originally posted on Just another Day on the Farm:
Below is a really great post on Freezing Colostrum but first a update.. I missed the post yesterday, what a day.. I was up before the sun, showered and ready to…

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Changing Ocean Patterns..

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/gulf-stream-amoc-ocean-anomaly-united-states-europe-fa/?fbclid=IwAR1Me04U8QadrJHuIrEsFRGtlKFZDmOU3IzhVjwFKY0FySe89IrIctFV78o Hello Folks, I truly hope that you have had some good things happen this week, we have had the local lockdown move to orange and we have a very low case count at the moment locally so we are … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged AMOC, Amoc Weakening, canadian Homestead, Farmgal, Garden, Gardening for reduced heat units, homestead, Ocean patterns effecting food prodution, Planning ahead, Planning for a cool season garden | 4 Comments

Gardening Giving Thanks for the Deep Cold..

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

From Coast to Coast the winter cold and snow has truly arrived, breaking records in the west dropping down into the -50C, tipping into the -40 easily in alberta, sask, manatoba and so on.. even the moderate B.C. has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Garden | Tagged cold winter weather, Deep cold helps kill off larva, Gardeners understand why the deep cold in winter can be a good thing | 8 Comments

Friday Rambles.. Grab the “O S$#^T Bar” and hold on..

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Hey Folks, I wish I could say come over, have a coffee but nope.. I am dreaming of summer visits around the newly designed visiting area’s outside.. So grab your zoom screen, your hot cuppa and pretend we are all … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged At the kitchen table, find your tribe, Friday Rambles, Friday Rambles around the table, prepare, support each other | 9 Comments

Cold.. So cold and still in lockdown..

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The Cold has clamped down across the country, the west is in the deep freeze, I have a couple family members that have woke up to minus 47C.. that is deep biting cold.. bitter to your bones cold.. So while … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged At the kitchen table, Catahoula, Evening Grosbeak Male, high bush cranberry, winter cold on the farm, Winter Feeding the wild birds BOSS, Winter high bush cranberry fruit for the birds | 15 Comments

A little light hearted fun.. Mrs. Brown and her twins.

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

A lovely friend of mine made this adoreable knitted sheep.. She is a Brown girl with a black mask and a lovely full sized ewe 🙂 But she has a surprise.. She was ready to have her lambs.. What a … Continue reading →