Category Archives: Food Storage

Butchering out..

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks.. So I am down to just 6 of my meat chickens left to butcher and they have been outstanding! in returns.. I bought 50, raised 48.. (thanks for the advice to change their feed over) and I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, food, Food Storage | 12 Comments

Freezers.. Lets talk about Freezers Baby!

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

First let me say that owning a freezer is awesome and some thing that far to many of us take for granted. There are all kinds of freezer owners.. Freeze with the fridge owners.. this freezer used to be quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage | Tagged cleaning your freezer, freezers used to be frugal, owning freezers on the homestead, sorting your freezers | 10 Comments

Freezer Paper and Reuseable Freezer Tubs

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

When it comes to meat the answer truly is easy.. use old fashioned brown waxed butcher paper.. The question? Avoiding single use plastic.. This includes the awesome and outstanding shrink rap bags as well as the ones that remove the … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Food Storage, frugal | Tagged freezer replacement for single use plastic, Freezer tubs, idea's to use in regards to putting up in the freezer other then single use plastic bags | 16 Comments

Creamy Crab Pasta with Horseradish Greens

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Creamy sauce, Seafood and pasta is a mixed delight.. add in the wonderful flavours of Horseradish greens and bit of good parmesan cheese.. It just steps it up a notch! This is a bit of a loose recipe in the … Continue reading →

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Aunt Molly Ground Cherries

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

Lets Talk about Ground Cherries, also called Huck Berries or Cape Gooseberries. This is a plant that you should be growing if you have room to do so. positives, it grows very well in a permaculture type garden, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, Garden | Tagged Aunt Molly Ground Cherries, cape gooseberries, fall storage fruits, ground cherries, ground cherry jam | 4 Comments

Preparing for the what will come.

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

It used to be what we could honestly say.. Preparing for what might never happen.. But I am not sure where you can be living right now that you are not being effected at SOME point in the year by … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden | Tagged being prepared, Budgeting your pantry needs, Food prices, weather effecting food production | 10 Comments

Rendering Lard- Pasture Raised Heritage Pork Fat

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

My computer binged and it was a friend of mine.. would you like a couple bags of Freshly done but now frozen of Pasture raised heritage organic pork fat. I was like ok, two bags, maybe three? Well her one … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Critters, Food Storage, frugal, odd bits, Pigs, Pork | Tagged How to render lard, Putting up lard, Rendering lard, Rendering lard from pasture raised pork, Rendering pork lard | 3 Comments

Indulgent Red Current Chocolate Cake Recipe

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Indulgent, o yes! This Cake is Indulgent.. Make a nice chocolate Cake.. My mom’s one bowl Chocolate cake will do quite well, just make it into two round pans or you can make it in a smaller cake pan and … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Food Storage, Garden, Garden harvest | Tagged Dried Whole Red Currents, Red Current Chocolate Cake Recipe, Red Current Cream Cheese Icing, Red Jelly in the middle of chocolate Cake | 3 Comments

Dried Red Current Pulp for Tea’s and Baking

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

The color and flavour on this years Red currents are outstanding.. I do love the Steam Juicer but I can not waste the pulp left over.. Thankfully my big nine tray dryer is on the job.. its a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Storage, frugal, Garden, Garden harvest | Tagged Dried red current pulp for use in baking, Dried red currents for tea, Drying Red Current pulp | Leave a comment

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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