Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Liver Pate Duck

Recipe 1 Tbsp of butter to melt to start the pan 1/2 a cup of finely minced onion 1 tsp of finely minced garlic Half a cup of fresh duck livers chopped into small pieces 1 tsp of ground dried red … Continue reading

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Krazulya Pear Tree

Photo credit to Bernie Nikolai who is growing this out on the very cold canadian Praires Arriving well wrapped and ready for late fall dormant planting where a few more very HARDY fruit trees. One of these 3 year old … Continue reading

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3 Tons of Grain

A ton of Barley Wheat and Oats have arrived on the farm this week.. beautiful local non-gmo grains grown locally by a wonderful farming family about 15 min up the road. Now that is close and that is local and … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato Lentil Sausage Chowder Style Soup

This is a lovely heavier “chowder thick” soup and it can be served at two points. Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup. 2 cups of peeled cubed sweet potato !/2 Cup of green or brown lentils 1 clove minced garlic 1/2 … Continue reading

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Dear Hubby Health and Diet

Early this Late summer/fall, we had heart health scare and issue with Dear Hubby, requiring some trips to emergency,  medical treatments and daily medications. Combined and or in part due finding out that he is now type 2 Diabetic.   He … Continue reading

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Friday Rambles Nov 5th

Normally Friday rambles is a mix of fact, personal views and some good snark at times.. I normally pick at least one or more related current events news and away we go.. But lets deal with the big one.. regardless … Continue reading

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If there was ever a time for a couple good dogs!

Farm Dogs.. Needed more now then ever.. My farm dogs over the past years (other then our old lab that moved to the farm with us) have all been on the smaller side, with the females ranging between 26 and … Continue reading

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Ten years.. Today the blog is 10 years old!

Due to personal reason’s I decided to take a break from blogging, something I have done before over the years but never for so long.. Once Covid-19 hit, I had not be blogging for a while and I struggled hard … Continue reading

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Duck Breast in Cream Sauce

This is a lovely way to serve Skin-less duck breast and is a true delightful treat for those it would be served to.. Its got its fine ducky flavour, with a built in cream gravy and if served of loaded … Continue reading

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Ask.. so Simple.. So hard to do

Some times one of the hardest things to do in our world is to see what and where we need to ask. Ask for information Ask for help Ask for support Ask for ourselves Ask for others Sometimes we look … Continue reading

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