Category Archives: Food in jars

Sweet Pickled Beets Recipe

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The Keys to Farmgal Pickled Beets is Roasting your beets (never boil them) and the brine.. Sweet Pickling Brine per 4 pints, double or triple or more at will.. In a non-reactive pot, add the above together, bring to a … Continue reading →

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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The wonderful scent of simmering marmalade filled the kitchen on this bitterly cold winter day, for here in Canada, the citrus season comes in during our bleak winter months. The color on these oranges as i cut into them was … Continue reading →

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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

Steak with Spaghetti Squash Recipe

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

I have given a lot of thought to how I wanted to share in a casual way on No Buy Feb and March Pantry Challenge. I want to give myself loads of flexibility and yet at the same time have … Continue reading →

Posted in Food in jars, Food Storage, local food | Tagged Canning, Eating for health, Farmgal, Frugal eating, Homesteading, Local garlic, Local Grass Fed Beef, Pasta sauce, Spaghetti Squash, Steak with side of Spaghetti Squash pasta, using up leftover | Leave a comment

Saskatoon Compote Recipe

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

Ah, the Saskatoon Bush (Amelanchier alnifolia) and its delightful berries. The Saskatoon bush is a native Shrub that within canada grows from Western Ontario, thoughtout canada to the West Coast B.C. and up into the north as far as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Food in jars, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Finding ways to use small portions, Saskatoon Berries, Saskatoon Compote for wild game, Saskatoon Compote Recipe, Saskatoon Compote Recipe for Venison, Use it up, Venison Roast | 10 Comments

Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard Recipe

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard Recipe 6 Cups of High Bush Cranberry’s * see Note 1 cup of brown mustard seeds 1 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar or Red Wine Vinegar 3/4th cup of sugar 1 tsp of salt … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food in jars, Forage | Tagged Brown Mustard Seeds, Eat what you grow, Forage, high bush cranberry, Homemade mustards, Horseradish, Spicy High Bush Cranberry Mustard, Spicy Horseradish High Bush Cranberry Mustard | Leave a comment

Fall and Garden Burn out..

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

It happens to all of us.. at some point there is a garden burnout.. Where you look at the last of the things coming in and sigh, groan and go NO MORE! Of course there is more.. so much more.. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food in jars, Food Storage, Forage, Garden harvest, photography | Tagged Fall garden harvest, Fall harvest, fall hikes, farm cats, Hunter orange for your dogs, photography, Pumpkin kitten photo | 4 Comments

Victorio Food Strainer Sauce Maker Review

Posted on September 6, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

My Sauce Maker has been getting a good work out, Apple sauce, Tomato sauce, Salsa, and yesterday Silky Smooth Peach Butter.. As I was working my way though turning two bushels of peaches into sauce that by ends day was … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Food in jars, Food Storage | Tagged apple sauce, Canning, farmgal review, making things simpler, peach sauce, sauce making, tomato sauce, Using a victorio sauce maker, victorio food strainer review | 2 Comments

Krazulya Pear Tree

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Just another day on the farm

Photo credit to Bernie Nikolai who is growing this out on the very cold canadian Praires Arriving well wrapped and ready for late fall dormant planting where a few more very HARDY fruit trees. One of these 3 year old … Continue reading →

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Food In Jars Challange 2019 -Jan Citrus

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Food in Jars is once again hosting an awesome canning/preserving challenge for 2019. The idea for January is Citrus. I have been busy already this past month, I made a number of syrups, I had a enough marmalade that I … Continue reading →