Category Archives: Book Reviews
The Dehydrator Bible -The Personal Touch! Seminar with Don Mercer
The Dehyrdator Bible by Jennifer Machenzie, Jay Nutt and Don Mercer I have already done a book review, on this solidly useful book, I still find myself reaching for it at least once or twice a week to check my temps … Continue reading
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Tagged Charcuterie, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Herbs, Homesteader Books
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The Fresh Egg Cookbook by Jennifer Thompson
I love my chickens for many reasons, getting a few layers was one of the very first things we did when we moved to the farm. Is there anything better then fresh eggs? The chickens do so much more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Chickens, Farm Fresh Eggs, Food Production and Recipes, Homesteader Books
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Baby Makin books..
When I was little, I always assumed that I would have a family, my ideal dream was that I was going to marry a farmer, and have four little ones, a older girl, then two boys and then a … Continue reading
Christmas Tree’s…
I was raised in bush country more often then not in Alberta, and I swear my folks either breed in or created a love of the bush from a young age.. It most likely helped that for a good number … Continue reading
What’s on Farmgal’s reading List at the moment?
I love to read, have for years, reading for me is both about learning but also about down time, and awhile back I saw someone post a photo of their current reading book pile and I knew that I wanted … Continue reading
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The Dehydrator Bible Book Review
Well, I have been a drying fool, I have had my dehydrator going since I got it, and I now have jar after jar of amazing dried goodies, I know how to use them by adding to soups/stews, make stewed … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Greens, Health, Herbs, Homesteader Books, Soft Fruits, Veggies, Wild Foods
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The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky
This book is about an I qoute ” A protrait of Amercican Food-before the national highway system, before chain restaurants and before frozen food, when the nations food was seasonal, regional and traditional from the lost WPA files” This book … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Homesteader Books
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide
by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin. I picked up this book at our local feed store, it is carried by Thomas-Allan in Canada but is a Storey Book, I flipped though it and then ended up standing reading it, while … Continue reading
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Tagged Chores, compost, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Homesteader Books
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Tested Recipes-Little Red Deer Dorcas Lady’s Group.
I love cookbooks, but I really like small town or old cookbooks, I have a number of new ones from my last trip, and I will review them as time goes on.. This cookbook is its fifth edition by the … Continue reading
Thanks to Doomer for the contest-I won the Kitchen Gardener’s Handbook
Canadian Doomer did a book give away supported by the generous people at Thomas Allen & Son, a Canadian family-owned publisher in Ontario. I won the Kitchen Gardener’s Handbook by Jennifer R. Bartley. I agree with Doomers review, its a lovely book, on my … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 