Category Archives: Food Production and Recipes

How to make Potato Starter

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

How to make a Raw Potato Bread Starter for sour dough bread. Raw Potato Starter out of my favorite Bread Book 1 cup of warm water 1 cup of all-purpose Flour 1 tsp each of salt an Sugar 1 med … Continue reading →

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Pie Pastry Recipes

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is a old post from 2011 and I am bringing the whole post back as it such a good one. I should of course break each recipe down into its own post with its own photos. At the time … Continue reading →

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What do you use clover for?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I like clover! I like white clover and red clover, I can remember as a small child the pleasure on a warm sunny summer day to pick big fluffy heads of the most wonder purple and sucking on the sweet … Continue reading →

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Preparing Dandelion Flowers for future use

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Dandelion flower are lovely to use in a number of ways. You can add them to honey to make Dandelion honey. You can add them to butter. You can add them to dough and make cakes with them or mini … Continue reading →

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GooseBerry Jam Recipe

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

The gooseberry patch is hopping this year, a full batch of jam on off just two of the bushes with eight more to go for picking and processing. I love Gooseberry Jam on old aged cheese. The combo is a … Continue reading →

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Fresh Nettle Pasta – Made with Duck Eggs

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

2 cups flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 cup of dried Crumbled Nettle, 1 and half tbsp water, 3 duck eggs, kneed it all together and then let it rest at least 30 min with a damp tea towel over it, … Continue reading →

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Baked Squash Soup

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Like many fellow gardeners, we have squash on our counters that need to be used up or for the more frugal folks, a good winter squash is a outstanding way to make a thick meaty or not stick to your … Continue reading →

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Flash Back Monday! Buttermilk Cornbread Recipe

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

This is a super easy recipe, can be made into a thin cornbread pan, muffins or as shown above in a cornbread pan.. 1 1/2 cups  buttermilk ( you can use powdered buttermilk, really buttermilk or whole milk with two … Continue reading →

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Saturday Flash Back- Chili Recipe and Ways to use it

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

When its a  busy day on the farm, (like today is) its a lovely thing to put a chili into the crock pot and just let it cook away so that your house smells awesome when you come back in … Continue reading →

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Bean Canning Recipe

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

I have made this recipe a few times now, its still yummy! I wanted to can up a batch of white beans in tomato sauce for the pantry use, so this is a large batch, as I canned most of … Continue reading →

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