Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Farmgal’s Photography April 25th

This is a old photo but so worth sharing.. My wonderful Dezzy girl turned 4 this week and this is her first baby photo.. listening to my heartbeat and stealing my heart at the time. The first of the bees … Continue reading

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Strawberry Raised Bed

    Creating a Cinder Block Raised Strawberry Bed Last spring we knew that we had to do some work on taking down and doing some major reno work, this meant that it was very good odds that we would … Continue reading

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A little bit of hurt will slow you down..

Morning Folks.. First Happy Belated EASTER to everyone.. From my little farm to you and yours! It was truly a lovely Easter here on the farm.. Friday I got cleaned up and headed down the road some to where the … Continue reading

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Easter “flowers” for the Table

Easter is here and so many will be in the stores buying Easter lily’s (keep them away from your cats please,) and others will be buying hot-house raised flowers. While they are lovely, they are also costly, often have traveled … Continue reading

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Farmgal Photography April 18th 2019

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Gal in the Garden Series- Slow start to spring..

What a strange time it has been in the yard and gardens, we have had some really nice days that almost got to second digits. They say that we are going to get into the low teens this coming week..  … Continue reading

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The Round Tube Mason Bee Houses are up..

These readily available houses will cost around 20 dollars and can be found at local garden centers as well as online.. I picked up a number of them, some for ourselves on the farm and some for placement in some … Continue reading

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Homemade Creamy Spiced Custard Recipe

Homemade Spiced Custard Recipe 1 pint of whole Sheep Milk (if using Goat or Cow Milk, use whole milk 1 1/2 cups and heavy cream 1/2 cup) 1/2 cup of sugar (can cut it down to 1/4th cup if you … Continue reading

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Sunchoke Stems for the Insect hotel “Frugal”

On Saturday, the temps were above 0 and the sun was shining, this meant that we started clearing some very small garden area’s. We needed to prune down the rose bushes and all the baby roses that will be dug … Continue reading

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Dogwood 52- Anonymous

This my stand in photo for this week.. I will come back to this weeks challenge at a later point..  sometimes you can look and look and still not find what it is you want for a certain word or … Continue reading

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