Category Archives: dry pantry

Taking Stock and Counting it twice!

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

While the 50+ peach babies have been moved up into their gallon pots and and even more lines of grow lights have been hung and fan is set up and ready for extra air movement, along with winter sowed seeds, … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry | Tagged buy ahead, cooking, Deep Pantry, dry pantry, Eating out of your Pantry, Frugal, Garden planning, Health, Meals, Spring Cleaning, Taking stock, Winter, Winter Prep, Working pantry | 2 Comments

Rice Weevil

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

I was almost at the end of my one tupperware storage tubs of rice, but its all good, because i had picked up a big bag of white rice at a store, plus i have my US grown red rice, … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry | Tagged bugs in rice, Dry pantry pests, dry pantry storage, Freezing your grains, Grain Weevils, Pantry pests, rice, Rice Weevils | Leave a comment

Food Crisis is very real!

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

This past week I have been reading and listening to so many reports and interviews in regards to the cost and or availability of food and its effects on the day to day life of our fellow Canadian’s and Globally. … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry, Food Storage | Tagged Budget plannings, Canning, Fall planning, Farm Fresh Eggs, farm fresh veggies, Food Bank use, Food costs, Food price increases, Freezers, Garden, Inflation, Pantry, Winter Pantry, Winter Prep, Working within your budget | 1 Comment

Fall Green Harvesting

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The part of the yard that was exposed after all the tree’s came out has had a total regrowth.. there was clearly a spot where birds where sitting after snacking in the garden, as we had a number of tomato, … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry, gardens | Tagged fall gardens, fall harvests of greens, hoop house for extended gardening, self-seeded plants | Leave a comment

Pantry Challange March 2018

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Boy the pantry Challenges go all the way back to 2011.. so we are coming into our 7th year and it starts tomorrow. In a nut shell, its eat out of the pantry, storage or the farm. Its a great … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry | Tagged Cheap and Frugal Meals, Eating out of your Pantry, Farmgal's Pantry Challange 2018, Living off the homestead, Pantry Challange 2018, What if you had to eat out of your pantry for a month | 4 Comments

Canning Round up for June – 2017

Posted on June 29, 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 be written as 4 pints.. you get the idea.. It will make my life so […]

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