Author Archives: Just another day on the farm

12 Ways to Use Rhubarb with Recipes

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Lets look at some of Farmgal’s Rhubarb Recipes over the years posted on the blog. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (something you can find locally in spring at all the stores) This is a very much a standard spring pie across Canada. … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged 12 rhubarb recipes, Carrot Ginger rhubarb flowers Soup, Orange Rhubarb BBQ Sauce Recipe, Rhubarb Apple mint and Spruce Tip Crisp, Rhubarb Cake with Ginger, Rhubarb Crisp Recipe, Rhubarb Dumpling Recipe, Rhubarb Nettle Iced Tea Recipe, Rhubarb on a cloud pie recipe, Rhubarb Relish Recipe, Rhubarb Saskatoon Pie recipe, Spring Rhubarb, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie | 3 Comments

Spring Rabbit Update

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Well, its kind of quiet on the quarterly rabbit report for 2017.. the three new does are now out of quarantine as is the new buck. So the three new girls have all just been breed, so we should have … Continue reading →

Posted in rabbits | Tagged breeding rabbits, Breeding rabbits on the homestead, rabbits on the homestead | Leave a comment

Fresh Nettle Pasta – Made with Duck Eggs

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 cup of dried Crumbled Nettle, 1 and half tbsp water, 3 duck eggs, kneed it all together and then let it rest at least 30 min with a damp tea towel over it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Butternut Squash Nettle Ravioli, Homemade Nettle Pasta Noodles | 7 Comments

Rhubarb Cake Recipe – Spring Rhubarb and Ginger

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Happy May Day! It was fitting that in the cold bitter spring rain, I headed out with a knife in one hand and poking though my 30 rhubarb plants, I took the biggest stalk off 8 of them (worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Garden | Tagged Growing Rhubarb on the homestead, One of the first foods from the garden Rhubarb, Rhubarb beyond the pie, Rhubarb Cake Recipe, Rhubarb Cake with Ginger, Spring Rhubarb Recipe | 5 Comments

April Farm Overview- Tracking Year Stats

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, I am wanting to track this down for this coming year.. April has been nicely wet, cooler weather for the first two weeks of the month, more common weather on the third week and even a hot day on … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged canadian Homestead, Homestead Tracking 2017, Is your homestead making your money, Is your homestead paying for itself, keeping track on the farm | 4 Comments

April Garden Overview -2017 Tracking Year Data

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, I am going to do my best heading into 2017 to have a big old tracking year, I need to do this and I have the book, the paperwork and the plan.. I will make it happen.. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Garden harvest | Tagged Garden, garden overview 2017, Garden tracking stats 2017, homestead garden, Seed starting | Leave a comment

Canning Round up for April – 2017

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

2017 Please note for ease of tracking, I will be rounding everything up or down into pints.. example, if I do 7 quarts of something, it will be written as 14 pints, if I do 8 80z jars it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, dry pantry, food, Food in jars, Food Storage | Tagged Canning, Canning Ham Bean Soup, Canning log 2017, Canning Rabbit Stew, Canning updates 2017, Dill flavoured Sunchoke pickles, Jerusalem artichokes sweet bread and butter style pickles | 2 Comments

CHC Canada 150 Food Blog Challange -Spring Green’s Burger Recipe

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

When the Challenge this month for the CHC Canada 150 Food Blog Challenge 2017 was the fresh foods of spring. I knew that other folks minds would go to asparagus or rhubarb as those are the first foods of spring … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, gardening | Tagged Canada 150 Food Blog Challange, Dandelion mustard recipe, Homemade Dandelion Mayo Recipe for use on a burger, Wild Spring Greens, Wild Spring Greens Burger Recipe | Leave a comment

Love my second hand shops

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

If there is one thing I love about my close circle of friends is that we are all frugal. Not one of us turns our nose up at second hand things. We are all open to things being gifted, things … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Farm repair work, second hand shops | Leave a comment

Fading.. its a catch-all word for issues with neonatals

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Its a word that gets used by tiny hobby folks, small farmers and big, its something the vets say.. fading Its something that is muttered with a scowl by those that have been working this life for years.. we say … Continue reading →