Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

March Food Storage Challange 2012

Last year Canadian Doomer and Backyard Farms joined me in this challange, I do need to give a heads up on this, all three of us found holes in our storage, and while we all managed, there was shortages in … Continue reading

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Food Storage Friday 02/24/2012

This weeks fresh food buy came out to a today of 8.88, it included a small purple cabbage, a med to large green cabbage, a bunch of banana’s (6), two chinese pears, one large box of mushrooms and one english … Continue reading

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Baking MoJo-Is on holiday this week..

This is a little baby rant,  be it new stove learning curve,  a new brand of flour, trying a ton of new recipes or just plain old Baking Mojo, I have been very hit and miss this past week, some … Continue reading

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Its a this an that day..

Wow, I made the best no-kneed, no recipe bread,  I did a yeast start then added in two fresh pullet eggs, some melted sheep tallow and enough flour to make a soft wet dough but not to sticky, I put … Continue reading

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Feels like we are losing a old friend- Rest in Peace Truck

Truck in better days, learning how to be a farm helper, being loaded with cut and dried hay to be drove down to the barn LOL I know that it seems like a odd thing to be writing a post … Continue reading

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The Fresh Egg Cookbook by Jennifer Thompson

I love my chickens for many reasons, getting a few layers was one of the very first things we did when we moved to the farm. Is there anything better then fresh eggs?  The chickens do so much more than … Continue reading

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Garden Monday-Indepence Day’s

I decided to combine the wonderful Independence Day Challange with the once a month garden update for my monday’s main posts. Going to also add links to blog I read that are doing this challange, if anyone else who read’s … Continue reading

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Driveway visiting..

The power has been out for most of the day today, and that meant that Farmer T popped over to see if mine was out, same as her’s, it was and I had reported it.. I had to chuckle a … Continue reading

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Raising Critters for Freezer Camp..

I read a few blogs but not many, and I love my “girls” who comment, who I should point out are also a few guys in there, and I have rarely had to not approve comments, typically they are not … Continue reading

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Friday’s Food Storage 2/12/2012

What a week its been for food storage, I can see signs of spring on the farm, the snow has melted around the big tree’s, the chickens are busy under the rabbit hutches and in the compost piles, I watched one … Continue reading

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