Category Archives: 100 mile diet

Pandemic Pigs

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Just another day on the farm

This spring trying to find a weaner piglet or two was for many peaple a huge challenge, just like the run on chicks.. meat chicks sold out hard and fast locally.. Thankfully I had my name down on a waiting … Continue reading →

3 Tons of Grain

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Just another day on the farm

A ton of Barley Wheat and Oats have arrived on the farm this week.. beautiful local non-gmo grains grown locally by a wonderful farming family about 15 min up the road. Now that is close and that is local and … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Critters | Tagged buying directly form the farmer, buying non-gmo grains, Mixing your own grains, Sprouting grain as feed, supporting local farms | 5 Comments

Moose Steaks with Chaga Infused Mushroom Gravy

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Thank you for the wonderful Guest Post from Adagio Naturals. If you have ever made a big batch of Chaga Tea, drank what you wanted and let the rest sit overnight. Wow is that strong. Too strong for your taste? … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Canadian Chaga, Chaga, Chaga Gravy, Chaga Gravy Recipe, Chaga Mushroom, Cooking with chaga, hunting Chaga, Leftover Chaga Tea, Moose hunting foraging at the same time, Moose Meat Recipe, Moose Steak with all the fixings!, Moose Steak with chaga Mushroom Gravy, Ways to use Chaga Tea in cooking, Wild harvest Chaga | Leave a comment

Home process vs Sending out for butcher

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

These little guys are not so little anymore.. Most of them are now big and more then ready to go! However my regular butcher shop had a fire.. at first it was.. it will be back in no time.. ya.. … Continue reading →

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Broccoli Harvest

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Now if you were smart enough to stagger your seed starting , you will have planted out every two or three weeks to extend your harvest.. Do consider starting some Broccoli seeds right now! for a fall harvest of this … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden harvest | Tagged Broccoli, Growing Broccoli in the garden, Harvesting Broccoli, Preparing Broccoli, Soaking home grown Broccoli in cold salted water | 11 Comments

Hazelbert Nut Bush

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Hazelbert Nut Bush A cross between Hazel – Corylus americana – and Filbert – Corylus avellana – Zone 3 The Hazelbert is a bush hardy to zone 3 producing big hazelnuts double the size of our native Beaked Haze. As … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Forest, Garden | Tagged Adding Nut producing bushes to the homestead, Hazelbert Bushes | 6 Comments

Osyter Mushrooms

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We stopped by the local mushroom growing plant and picked up four pounds of fresh Osyter Mushrooms. They were picked fresh while we waited behind the red line.. stunning mushrooms. While some will be eaten fresh cooked, most of them … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged drying mushrooms for winter use, mushrooms, oyster mushrooms | 4 Comments

Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Raspberry Spice Cake 1 Cup Sugar 1/2 Cup of Butter 2 large eggs 1 tbsp. of molasses 1 cup whole milk (sheep in my case) 2 cups of raspberries (This will give a very moist cake, if you want … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Baking | Tagged Fresh Raspberries on the homestead, Raspberries in your garden, raspberry, Raspberry Spice Cake Recipe | 1 Comment

Easy Fresh Tomato Garlic Pasta Topping

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

O yes, we have tomato’s starting to come in.. we have been getting fresh yummy cherry tomato’s for fresh eating or in salads, I had my first toasted Tomato Sandwich this week. However yesterday we brought in enough Roma Tomato’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Easy fresh tomato pasta topping, Fresh Tomato's, Garden, tomato | 1 Comment

Can we talk about Bee’s for a moment?

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

My Plum tree’s are in full bloom.. so many other things in bloom as well.. including creeping Charlie and the Violets, the wild strawberries and of course all the currents. But there is something missing this year.. Bee’s.. Where are … Continue reading →