Category Archives: At the kitchen table
March coming in like a lion 2025
The boxes of peach tree seedlings continue to do well, the average is now 6 inches plus with a few top growers reaching 10 inches already, they will be good size when sale day and pickups happen in may Today … Continue reading
Lent 2025
Well, i normally do give up something in honor of lent, something small but regular that makes me pause and think a little more deeply on life and how it should be lived, on what i am giving back to … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, fish friday, food, Lent, meatless, recipe, recipes, Respecting values, soup
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Snow and more Snow!
The work required to keep the driveway and pathways open has been massive on behalf of Dear Hubby in Combo with Miss R a touch.. While we do have a snow blower, Dear Hubby loves to do it by hand … Continue reading
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Tagged board night, D&D game, Drifting snow, Family, Game Night, nature, shoveling snow, Snow, Snow drifts, Snow Safety, Snowed in, Time well spent, weather, Winter, wood stove
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Snow Day!
It’s a snow day here locally, while we have gotten four inches overnight and its still coming down heavy, with drifts we are seeing 10 plus inches, they got it far worse in other parts of the province for sure. … Continue reading
Ham Maker Review
While i like cooking roasts and chicken and such for both meals and leftovers, the truth is, i like having precooked sandwich meats in the fridge. Wow the price on these has just gone crazy! I don’t mean the good … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Control what you eat, dinner, Dried veggies, Eat what you grow, food, Frugal, grassfed beef, Ham Maker Review, Hammaker, Herbs, Homemade Sandwich meats, Powdered veggies, Premade, recipe, recipes, Sandwich meat round sliced, sandwiches
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Frugal Feb 2025
For so many years, I have done a no buy feb, but we faithfully did a no buy Nov and i am honestly not in the mood for it this Feb. We have a few things planned for the month … Continue reading
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Tagged beef, Beef bones, Beef Ribs, bone broth, Canned Fruit, Canning, dinner, dried nettle, Eat what you grow, Farm Life, food, Frugal Feb, Frugal living, Fruit muffins, Garden like you mean it, Muffins, nettle, recipe, recipes, Roasting Bones, Tariffs
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Happy New Year
Welcoming in the new year with 97 wee peach sprouted pits! What a delightful way to head into 2025 This fall, i put my top 102 select peach pits out of hundreds of choices from five different Sib C that … Continue reading
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Tagged deer hide, Deer Hides, Garden, Handmade Leather, horse, Learn the skills, Peach pits, Peach seeds, photography, winter sunshine, work the skills
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Happy Holidays!
Its been a white Christmas for our farm and household, quiet and lowkey, all the company plans we had for over the ten day holiday window cancelled due to illness but one who came a bit early! It was such … Continue reading
Advent Calendars
If you go on amazon or shop in any store, you will find a dizzy amount of Advent calendars available, Advent calendars available. As a child/teen we had the simple window ones with the easter type waxy chocolate figures, tiny … Continue reading
Christmas is coming!
Miss Fancy is getting ready for her Christmas Modeling debut and the older dogs and kitties all know that lots of little mini sessions are coming! Pet photography is so fun! I am excited to planning a great deal of … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 