Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Freezer Paper and Reuseable Freezer Tubs

When it comes to meat the answer truly is easy.. use old fashioned brown waxed butcher paper.. The question? Avoiding single use plastic.. This includes the awesome and outstanding shrink rap bags as well as the ones that remove the … Continue reading

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Fruit Tree’s Nut Bushes and Pond Edging

Good Morning Folks.. I hope you had a great weekend! We had good weather for the whole weekend, I mean it was spring, moving between to cool, cold with wind and then hot with sun..  Having said that.. we were … Continue reading

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Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all my readers.. and a huge Thank you to my Dear Hubby for always making this day special for me.. I am so blessed that you so willingly share you home with all our special “four … Continue reading

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Chicks have arrived.. 1st of May..

The Farm-Hatched Chicks are coming on three weeks of age.. they are a barnyard mix, seven chicks hatched out from under momma hen. Last week, we headed out bright and early to pick up the hatchery chicks, 50 meat chicks, … Continue reading

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Farmgal’s All Seeing Eye 2019- April Update

Do you make money? Ya but what did it cost you to raise that chicken? But if you had to buy it, what would it be worth? What do you spend to have what you have? But it does not … Continue reading

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Farmgal Photography May 9th

Two mated golden finch pair in the yard.. bright flashes of yellow here and there.. The rare and hard to find on the list bobolink and mate sang for me before heading to the hay fields Total of three mated … Continue reading

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Gal in the Garden – Rock Garden, Working on the kitchen garden

Well, its a been a good week in the gardens, we have had frost a couple times so plants are being taken out during the day and brought in for the evenings and or covered an things are still very … Continue reading

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Bacon Nettle Frittata

Bacon Nettle Frittata Recipe Looking for a fast and easy supper, Got lots of spring eggs this meal is for you! 4 thick cut sliced of bacon, diced and precooked 2 cups spring nettles, washed and diced 6 large mushrooms- … Continue reading

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Gifts in the Mail -Thank you Dear Reader!

Ah, what a treat! I had put up a little share post on how cute these little chicken butt coasters.. I thought they were so adorable! A long time reader of the blog made this for me as a thank … Continue reading

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Soil, Stump Garden and Dump Wagon..

Good Morning.. The weekend has flown by so fast, I had a awesome photo shoot to do Saturday morning and then I went to be help answer soil and garden questions for a couple hours for the local 4-H Loyal … Continue reading

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