Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

Planning a new livestock Fodder Garden

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The biggest move over will the comfrey, I have at least 15 plants to dig, split into two or four and replant them. I will be replanting 30 to 40 Comfrey plants into the this new fodder garden. This … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange | Tagged 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Black Oil Sunflower Seeds, Comfrey as Fodder, Drying Nettles for fodder, Growing Sunchokes for livestock feed, Growing your own BOSS, Nettles for livestock health, sunchokes, Using dried nettles to increase milk in sheep | 2 Comments

Dandelion Flower Fritter Balls Recipe

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Originally posted on Just another Day on the Farm:
Ok so Dh had a busy morning, it had started to rain, I had made the bread, another batch of nettle tea, had the lilacs in their jars or in the…

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Preparing Dandelion Flowers for future use

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Dandelion flower are lovely to use in a number of ways. You can add them to honey to make Dandelion honey. You can add them to butter. You can add them to dough and make cakes with them or mini … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Food Production and Recipes, frugal | Tagged dan, Dandelion Flower Jelly, Eating Dandelion, Eating Dandelion Flowers, Harvesting Dandelion Flowers, processing Dandelion flowers | 3 Comments

Wild Violets Uses

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

There are folks that consider these weeds as they freely grow in my local area, so I would consider them a “wild” harvestable food. The perk of this, is that you should be able to find yourself some of these … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, food, gardens | Tagged Early spring forage food, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Herbs, local forage, Wild Foods | 3 Comments

31 Day Self Reliance Challange Intro

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, I am to introduce myself today. When I started the blog it was normal to have a handle, which why I am now known as FarmGal However real name is Val, feel free to use either. I … Continue reading →

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Creamy Dock Sauce Recipe

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

One of my first plants that is up in the spring is Dock, I have a few different kinds of Dock plants in my front bed, this bed is always melts out much faster and heats up and is very … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Creamy Dock Sauce Recipe, Dock Plant, Eating Dock | Leave a comment

31 Day Self Reliance Challange

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Follow along as we share posts to help you: Save money and energy Raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy Grow fresh food in your own garden and orchard Cook healthy meals from scratch Hunt and fish to provide for … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange | Tagged 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, homestead, Homesteading, Homesteading challange, Homesteading in canada | 2 Comments

The Flock and Scrub Spruce

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We took down three Scrub Spruce that had grown up in the wrong place and needed to be removed. They were cut down and hauled down to the big barn to be thrown in the pens for the goats and … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, frugal | Tagged Feeding Spruce tree's to your goat flock, Feeding spruce tree's to your sheep flock, giving spruce tree's as a treat to your goats, Giving spruce trees as a treat to your sheep flock | 15 Comments

Forage “Daylily Spring Leaves”

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I have talked about those old fashioned orange flowered Daylily’s before. I love to harvest their flowers for both fresh eating and to dry them for year round use. I have talked about harvesting the tiny but bursting flavour of … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Forest, Garden, local food, wild foods | Tagged Daylily leaves, Eating Daylily greens, foraging day lilies for kitchen use, Preparing Day lily Greens for eating, Spring eating of Day lily greens | 3 Comments

What do you do with those extra roosters?

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We all know that when we let our hens sit or we buy straight run chicks, we are going to get roosters and extra roosters are a very bad thing in a flock.. the boys will start fighting. Injuries between … Continue reading →