Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Well the heat is good for drying the pea’s on the vine
Do you seed save from your garden? If you are thinking about it, I would recommend adding to your book collection Seed to Seed, Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth, its a very! good book … Continue reading
Wild Plum crop is slowing coming!
Ok, don’t cheat, please look at the top photo first and see if you can spot the plum bushes, I am certainly hoping that this photo will not give away the location of our favorite area for collecting wild plums, … Continue reading
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin. I picked up this book at our local feed store, it is carried by Thomas-Allan in Canada but is a Storey Book, I flipped though it and then ended up standing reading it, while … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Chores, compost, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Homesteader Books
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Time to crack out the pickles..
The summer heat as arrived and that means a few different things around the farm, first I should explain that we regularly during July and Aug get high temps and totally stupid humidity, examples would be regular 28 to 35 … Continue reading
The urge to purge…
What is it about longer daylight and warmer temps that makes us want to clean? I mean we are crazy busy with gardens, New baby critters, extra hours in the barns, and now canning is making almost a daily showing … Continue reading
Balance between Book Learning vs Traditional Knowledge..
The storm that rolled though here last night was just nasty taking out power for close to 18 hours, leaving us in amazing hot and humid with no real ways to cool yourself other then being in the basement and … Continue reading
Do you store in Glass or Plastic..
I used to have alot of plastic tubs that I would move food over into but over the past number of years, I have worked hard to remove these from the house and replace them with pints, quarts and half … Continue reading
The Late Great Beet Challenge!
http://backyardfarmsto.blogspot.com/2011/07/late-great-beet-challenge.html “Linda at Tree and Twig Farm was offering up some free Detroit Red Beet seeds last week if you agreed to participate in a grow-a-long so I gladly signed up! Linda sent the seeds to readers coast to coast … Continue reading
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Russian Blue Potatos
Hi Guys, I have a number of different potato’s that I have grown over the years, but this is the first year, I have tried growing the russian blue, now the plants grew well, the flowers were lovely, and we … Continue reading
Spice Rack Challenge-Basil
Well, I know that its summer and I should be doing a summer recipe, but its basil, and I love the stuff but mainly use it in winter, its my go to spice for soups and stews. Lamb Stew with … Continue reading
Posted in Spice Rack
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Just another Day on the Farm 