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Friday Rambles, grab a cuppa and join me
The hot gossip locally is all about the Moose! There are two adults and yearling and they have been keeping everyone hands on 2 and 10 and eyes peeled as they are loving the new growth that has taken place … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table
Tagged At the kitchen table, be the change, canada eh, coffee, come for a visit, community garden, compost, composting, Elderberry, Farmgal, friday ramble, Garden, Gardening, helping hand, horse manure, just another day on the farm, nature, pruning, quail, Quail eggs, Rabbit, Rabbit maure, spring, Tea, WHY not
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Willow Crafted Bird Nest Materials
This is one of the few years we will not have hair sheep shedding out on the farm and for the past 20 years i have watched the birds carefully pick and use the bits of wool in their nests. … Continue reading
Posted in crafts
Tagged Bird Photography, birds, birds use sheeps wool, birds using horse hair, birdwatching, birdwathcing, canada eh, Frugal, Gardening in zone 5a, Gardens need birds, homestead, horse hair, if you build it they will come, nature, nest building, Nesting, nesting materials, nests, photography, Sheep Wool, small Farm, spring, use what you have, Wild Birds, willow, willow crafts
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Farmgals Lasagna Recipe
Farmgal’s Lasagna Recipe #3 Green Filling layer one 3 cups of finely chopped fresh spinach or two cups thawed and drained frozen 2 eggs, farm fresh if you got them! 1 cup of cottage cheese 2 tsp of your favorite … Continue reading
Posted in recipes
Tagged Beef Lasagna, canada eh, cottage cheese, dinner, Eat what you grow, Farmgal's Recipes, food, grass fed beef, Homemade, just another day on the farm, Large batch Cooking, lasagna, Meal time, pasta, pot lucks, recipes, Spinach, Support your local farmers, tomato sauce
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Time to Prune! Garden Zone 5a
Each cut was chosen with care, thank you to the Fine Line’s Landscape company that came out to do our over 50 plus hard fruit trees this year for us! With so many young trees, it was just awesome to … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden
Tagged canada eh, flowers, Fruit Trees, Garden, Garden chores, garden zone 5a, Gardening, March Garden chores, native bees, nature, plants, pruning, Pruning Fruit trees, Snow on the ground, Spring in canada, Spring Pruning, Spring Pruning pear tree, spring pruning sour cherry trees, spring-flowers
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Potting Up Tomato Plants, Next Pot Please
I got in a specially breed type of tomato that is for growing in pots for small spaces, i started six seeds, and i have six plants, five big ones and one wee one that is still growing but no … Continue reading
Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Kitchen garden
Tagged canada eh, cherry tomatos, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, gardening for the kitchen, Gardening in Canada, Gardening in the north, Gardening in zone 5a, grow lights, Grow your own, growing in pots, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, pinching tomato stems, plant starting indoors, potting up, Seed starting, Seeds, tips for repotting tomatos, tomato, vegetables
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A glimpse into my day
While i work away on a new post on tinned fish, I though you might like to see some photos from my day. Fancy just turned two this year and we had her happy gotcha day this month, she is … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged birds, day in the life, Dogs, Farm dogs, flowers, Garden, nature, one day at a time, photography, plants, puppy eyes, Snow, spring weather, weather, Winter
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Canning Up : Hibiscus Tea Concentrate
I love a good canned Tea Concentrate Hibiscus has so many traditional health benefits that it was the clear winner for me to make up a batch for the fridge first and then for the canning pantry! Hibiscus Tea Concentrate … Continue reading
Frugal Meal Helpers -Roasting Leftover Bones
When we can’t be as picky on certain cuts in the store due to prices or if we are buying bulk quarters or half’s of whole animals, we are going to end up with a lot more bone in cuts. … Continue reading
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Tagged bone broth, bone in meat, broth, canada, Cost saving, Farmgal, Flavour depth, Frugal, groceries, just another day on the farm, Leftovers, Making do, meal planning, Meal prep, Noodle Soup, Roast your bones, Shop the sales, soup, Soup base, trimming meat, Use ever last bit, using leftover, Waste not, Waste not want not
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Happy Friday the 13th -Chores still need to be done!
Dear Hubby’s name is in fact Jason when he decided that he needed a spoof on Jason from Friday the 13th, having a regular day on the farm, tongue in cheek, who was i to say no. He did the … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 