Category Archives: 100 mile diet

Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard Recipe

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard Recipe 6 Cups of High Bush Cranberry’s * see Note 1 cup of brown mustard seeds 1 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar or Red Wine Vinegar 3/4th cup of sugar 1 tsp of salt … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food in jars, Forage | Tagged Brown Mustard Seeds, Eat what you grow, Forage, high bush cranberry, Homemade mustards, Horseradish, Spicy High Bush Cranberry Mustard, Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard | Leave a comment

Turkey Tail Mushroom

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The amazing version of the colors that can be found that are all Turkey Tail Mushroom is a delight to our eye and mind.. these ones are so pretty in person.. outstanding.. Most this beauty is to old to harvest … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Life moves on daily | Tagged Drying Turkey Tail Mushroom, Harvesting Turkey Tail Mushroom, Mushroom Photography, Turkey Tail Mushroon | 4 Comments

Homegrown Peanuts -Zone 5

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Late last winter or very early spring depending on how you look at it, Dear Hubby said I would like to grow peanuts again this year.. we have grown them before with moderate success.. its very tricky to give them … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, food, gardens | Tagged Dry roasted Peanuts, grow your own nuts, Growing Peanuts, Harvesting Peanuts, Home grown Peanuts, Peanuts zone 5 | 10 Comments

Roasted Sea Salt Grey Ghost Squash Seeds

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Its fall and that means squash and pumpkins are coming in by the wheel barrel and bins full.. such bounty.. we had a low threatened of 4 and we did get just nipped but only in our most frost prone … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, 30 day challanges | Tagged Eat the seeds, Eat what you grow, Fall harvest, Frugal, Garden, Grey Ghost Squash, Squash Seeds, Waste not | Leave a comment

Planting Fall Hard Neck Garlic 2021

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

I did hold back my best Music Garlic that we grew this year and I look forward to growing it again next year. Having said that, we have decided to expand our garlic selection. We choose to buy from a … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Production and Recipes, Food Storage, Garden | Tagged 100 mile diet, Buy Local, Fish lake 3 garlic, Garlic, Garlic growing in zone 5, Growing Garlic, Homestead garlic, Ivan Garlic, Northumberland Garlic, Support local growers | 2 Comments

Amish Nuttle Bean Review

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Amish Nuttle Bean Pbaseolus vulgaris is considered a Heritage Bean as well as being Slow Food’s Art of taste. Its said that it was grown and promoted by the Amish as early as 1802. However there is a bigger backstory on … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Storage, seed saving, Seeds, Soups and Stews | Tagged 90 day dried bean, Amish Nuttle Bean, Corn Hill Bean, grow your own seed stock, heritage bean, Pbaseolus vulgaris, Seed Saving, shelling dry beans, Soup bean | Leave a comment

Grape Juice made with a steam juicer

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

I love my Lee Valley Steam Juicer made in Sweden.. it was and is worth every penny.. Its far more then just a juicer.. the bottom pot is used to make soups, syrups, jellies or jams.. the steamer basket is … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Garden harvest, Grape Juice, grapes, making homemade grape juice, Making homemade Vinegars, Wine Vinegar | Leave a comment

Spring Asparagus

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

It’s that time of year, when you can head out to the garden with a knife in hand just before supper and cut a enough fresh spears to make side dishes of fresh asparagus. The flavour that comes from just … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Asparagus, Asparagus in food forest, Asparagus lemon pepper, Asparagus Soup recipe, Growing Asparagus, Harvesting Spring Asparagus, Planting Asparagus crowns | 4 Comments

Sour Cherry Uses

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

In 2020 our Montmorency Cherry tree did very well indeed This tree does very well in our Zone 5 and it the type of cherry we all think of as the “cherry pie” tart filling that you would buy in … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Fruit Trees | Tagged Growing Cherries in canada, Growing cherries in zone 5, Local Sour Cherry Pie Filling, Sour Cherries, Using fruit jams in sauce making for wild game meats, Ways to use Sour Cherries in baking, Ways to use sour cherries in cooking | 2 Comments

Grainy Mustard Horseradish Cream Sauce

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Mustard is something I have always liked, I grow alot of mustard plants, both for the greens and for the seeds on the farm, I use mustard to help “clean” the soil as it will push out wire worms the … Continue reading →