Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
August Lamb Recipe Challange
Hello Folks, I wish I was asleep right now but instead, I am up having tea and blogging, so be it, sometimes its better to just get up then to fight laying in bed awake. Very loud thunderstorm came though … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Canning, Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, freezer camp, Lamb Recipes, sheep
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Good golly that alot of meat..
Just picked up just over 500 pds of lamb meat and my meat freezer is full at the moment, good thing I am planning on canning at least a hundred plus pds of that meat, I have about 100 pds of … Continue reading
Posted in Food Storage
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Ducks, Farm Life, freezer camp, sheep
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Stinging Nettles used as Rennet-Round two
Ok, so got a little knitting in last night, always gives me time to reflect, and hit the books on the shelf, first six that I was sure had info on nettles did but just like everything else I was … Continue reading
Stinging Nettle Sheep Cheese Recipe
Lets just play what if, What if you can’t get Rennet? What if you can’t get Lemon Juice(after all this is Canada, lemons don’t grow here) What does grow in most parts of Canada that can be used in place.. … Continue reading
Apple -Sumac Jelly Recipe
I could not help but notice that driving that the local sumacs are covered with bright red, and as mid-summer is the best picking time, and I just happened to have some wonderful locally ready crabapples (you can use regular … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Fruit Trees
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Freezer Camp
Part of life on the farm is the fact that we are raising a percent of our animals each year for food production. Now the reason I say a percent is that I keep back breeding animals on my little … Continue reading
Posted in Real Life
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, freezer camp, Frugal
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Question for you?
I am in the middle of working on a indepth post but for now I have a question for you.. What is on your screen saver right now? Only fair to tell what is on mine, so here it is, Daryl … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
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Plum Recipes including Farmgal’s Plum BBQ
Well got notice friday that my flat of fresh picked yellow plums that were just driven up last night from down in the fruit belt of our province were ready for pick up.. Someone asked me (at Stone House Road blog) … Continue reading
Happy B-day Girl..
My how now brown cow is offically one year old, I can’t believe it really, she is a teenager.. How fast the time has gone, from this as a baby.. I remember when we brought you home, you blinked your … Continue reading
O the Joy’s of a 100 year old farmstead!
There are perks, like the cisterns that came with, the extra wells, one drilled for the barn, plus the underground pipes from the back well to the house, over to the little barn, there are perks in the above average soil … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 