Category Archives: Food Forest

Mushroom Compost

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

We picked up 500 plus pounds of twice bloomed mushroom bags from down the way about ten minutes give or take, love supporting small local farms, we have been buying mushrooms from them for a couple years now, so when … Continue reading →

Current Propagation -Pinning

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Red, White, Black, Gooseberry, Jostaberry are all part of the current family, and they all can be very successfully cloned by pinning. What are some good reason you would want to pin your favorites? or ask your friend to do … Continue reading →

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Dormant Oil Spray Get to it!

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Lets Talk about why we want to spray our fruit trees, fruit bushes and rose bushes with Dormant Oil, we are protecting then from certain overwintering pests and fungal diseases. Its giving the trees a head start in the spring … Continue reading →

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Blueberry Bush Pruning Setting the Stage for years to come

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

What amazing set of pruning with writing that i came across, its just wonderfully clear and so easy to understand. This could be a self-grown crane cutting, or a bought plug or even a potted plant you got from the … Continue reading →

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Park Garden 2025 -More Grapes!

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

We planted four healthy grapevines the first year we moved to the farm, so they are now 20 plus years old, we have been blessed with many harvests here on the farm and gifted away extras into the community. They … Continue reading →

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Ticks

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

How has it been in your area this year in regards to ticks? With the crazy wet garden season it has meant that we have not been able to mow things as low as we have been over the past … Continue reading →

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Fruit Pruning Workshop Bourget Area

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

I am excited to have partnered up with Laura Moses to host some coming events here on the farm. I have worked with her in the past on different gatherings and lectures over the years. It is the first time i … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, At the kitchen table, Food Forest, Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, homestead | Tagged Farmgal, Farmgal events, farmgal photography, Fine Lines, food forests, fruit, Fruit Trees, Gardening, Hands on fruit tree pruning seminar, just another day on the farm, pruning, Pruning course, Pruning Fruit trees, trees | Leave a comment

The final Garden Harvest in 2023

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

The weather this year as been very odd indeed, but I am beyond grateful that we did the huge second fall plantings. It was a strange garden year for us, the second year of gardening in the new big enclosed … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Climate Change, Food Forest, Food in jars, Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Garden harvest, gardening, homestead | Tagged beans, beets, breaking new garden soil, building a new garden, Canning, dried beans, Farm Life, Food Forest, Garden, Gardening, gardening-tips, Greens, growing your own seed for the next year, Homesteading, late garden harevests, native bees, sandy soil, vegetables, Veggies | 4 Comments

Number One Trick for Loads of Elderberries!

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

These a wild (Bird Gifted years ago) local native Black Elderberries. I am lucky enough to have them growing wild in ditches and field edges all over my local area. However those bushes will produce clusters about a 1/3rd of … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, Food Forest, frugal, Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, Native Plants, wild foods | Tagged Bigger Elderberry harvests, elderberries, Elderberry fruit, How to grow Bigger Elderberry fruit size, Top Trick to grow more elderberry fruit | 3 Comments

Taking a Risk.. Unknown Apple to Farmgal Apple #1

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

Eight years ago we found an apple tree whip in an odd spot in the yard, across the driveway on the side yard. We were never sure if it was a bird gifted apple tree it could be given it … Continue reading →