Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

No Buy November 2024 Final Week

Nov 25th – Dental but lets face it while we might not like dental, it is a required item.. thankfully a good portion of it will come back with our coverage. Nov 26th – No spend Nov 27th – No … Continue reading

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Christmas is coming!

Miss Fancy is getting ready for her Christmas Modeling debut and the older dogs and kitties all know that lots of little mini sessions are coming! Pet photography is so fun! I am excited to planning a great deal of … Continue reading

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Black Current Bundt Cake Recipe

Eat what you grow and harvest and in my freezer is so many tubs of Black Currents from the new 8 bush hedgerow i put into the new “Quote” Park Garden and Food Forest.  We planted the two year old … Continue reading

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Seed Saving for next year -Musquee de Province Pumpkin

Each year in the gardens there are the seed savers, most are standard, peas, beans, tomatoes and so on.. Squash and pumpkins be it summer or winter keepers get a bit more tricky as they can and will cross pollinate … Continue reading

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Lasagna – As easy as it gets!

While most folks make huge pans at a time, you can in fact make smaller portions. This one made four supper portions to be served with a salad on the side and if wanted of course you could do a … Continue reading

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What do you do with all that Deep Bedding Pack!

Why Compost it in place and grow food of course! First the line was mowed down(with a mulching blade, with tall pasture grasses left on both sides for winter, they will be mowed down low and tight and then mulched … Continue reading

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No Buy November 2024 Week 3 Overview

Nov 15th- No spend, all good Nov 16th – didn’t spend a dime Nov 17th- No spend Nov 18th-No spend.. Nov 19th- Tuesday came and went, Miss R worked hard on the farm to help get us ready for fall … Continue reading

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Finding time for fun

Halloween Photography was amazing.. There was so many amazing ideas and gatherings and photography magic made. Most the session from Halloween were generous on the fake blood side.. very spooky for sure.. Letting their love of 80’s horror camp come … Continue reading

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Rats.. so many rats

With all the clean up, shifting of wood piles and major reno’s around and in the croft barn and lacking our normal fall skunk, we have a rat problem that the barn cats are not keeping up on. They are … Continue reading

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Beef Stock Cube Homemade

In prepping to clear my freezers of last years beef before this years order comes in mid dec, i need to use up the very last of the beef stock bones. I had been luck enough to get extra soup … Continue reading

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