Author Archives: Just another day on the farm
Lets make some goals! Getter Done
Written Goals are such a good starting point to at least try and direct the coming time. Miss R and I have the same tracking and thought journals and we are enjoying finding a time (perhaps not daily) to work … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Goals, homestead
Tagged Blogging, Blogging in your 50's, Enjoy your coffee, family meals, Garden, Gardening, Goals, homestead, Homesteading, Hygge, Its the little things, Keep it simple, Native Plants, nature, pets, photography, Small comforts, trees, Writing out your goals
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Another turning of the wheel onward to my 52nd year
Its hard to believe that the year has come and gone and that a new one is starting today. My 51st year was filled with ups, downs and lots of steady as she goes. You know when they say to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, farm, farm journel, photography
Tagged Aging, agriculture, birthdays, Do what you love, Family, Farm Life, farming, health challenges, Living in the moment, living in the now, photography, planning for the future, Setting goals, small homestead in your 50's, travel, turning 52
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What a garden season its been 2024
How did your garden grow? How was your final harvests? Have you had your first hard frost? Still growing, still harvesting? My overview of the gardens for the farm for 2024 Hard Fruit, including Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peaches Apples- … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Garden harvest, gardening, Kitchen garden, Rain Garden
Tagged Farm Life, Garden, garden overview, Gardening, Gardening for the pantry, Gardening in Eastern Ontario, Gardening in rain year, Gardening in Zone 5, Gardening to fill your freezer, Greens, grow your own food, Growing for the table, Growing your own food, Homesteading, rain effecting garden yeilds, Rain Gardens, Raised beds, small Farm, tomatoes, vegetables, Veggies
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Tracking Year-May 2024 Report
Chicken Eggs- 223 Duck Eggs- 43 Nettle dried -2 quart jars 64 oz of dried nettles Rhubarb- 43 cups harvested Spruce tips -4 cups Canning 6 pint jars of homemade HP sauce rhubarb based 4 pint jars of haskap/rhubarb bbq … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
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Ultra Frugal but Foolish Way to Get Garden Bean Seeds
Sometimes i adore when both ultra frugal and yet foolish things cross over my facebook feed LOL This fits the bill perfectly! On the frugal side of things, in the usa this appear to cost around $2.50 cents and i … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden
Tagged beans, community projects, cost savings, dried beans, Eating green beans, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, Green bean, Growing beans, Growing food cheaply, Growing Soup beans, Homesteading, Stringless green beans, vegetables
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Poor Man’s Fertilizer “SNOW”
In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so do rain, sleet and hail, and believe it or not, lightning. Rain and lightning contain more nitrogen than snow. Statistics from agricultural … Continue reading
Rising Food Costs Loss of Sales at 50%
I hear it break on the talk radio first, it was the topic of the day and it was slamming the phone lines, to say that folks were unhappy was a understatement but soon enough came the truth, well i … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table
Tagged community, farmers-markets, food, Food Production and Recipes, food sheds, Frugal, Garden, groceries, loblaws, local food, rising food costs
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Fruit Pruning Workshop Bourget Area
I am excited to have partnered up with Laura Moses to host some coming events here on the farm. I have worked with her in the past on different gatherings and lectures over the years. It is the first time i … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, At the kitchen table, Food Forest, Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, homestead
Tagged Farmgal, Farmgal events, farmgal photography, Fine Lines, food forests, fruit, Fruit Trees, Gardening, Hands on fruit tree pruning seminar, just another day on the farm, pruning, Pruning course, Pruning Fruit trees, trees
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Just another Day on the Farm 