Category Archives: Food Storage

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 | 2 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 →

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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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Posted in Canning, dry pantry, food, Food in jars, Food Storage | Tagged Canning, Canning Ham Bean Soup, Canning log 2017, Canning Rabbit Stew, Canning updates 2017, Dill flavoured Sunchoke pickles | Leave a comment

Canning Round up for May – 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Canning Round up for April – 2017

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Lets talk about the farm’s Sugar use in 2016

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

So in 2016, we used a grand total of 126 pounds of sugar for coffee, tea, baking, canning and so forth.. My records show that approx. 76 pounds went into canning or curing items. Now it gets really trick at … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal | Tagged Canning, Frugal, homestead, storage sugar, Sugar, Using sugar for curing, Using sugar in canning | 3 Comments

Keeping it real on the farm 2016

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

This was our lovely New Years Day Dinner, the works.. turkey, stuffing, mashed, green beans and gravy.. it was so good.. it was also a reminder that I only got 1 turkey baby on the farm.. one.. that’s it.. It … Continue reading →

Posted in food, Food Storage, Garden harvest, gardening, homestead | Tagged garden harvests, Heritage sqaush, homestead, keeping it real on the farm, permaculture, soft fruit | 2 Comments

How much Sugar did we use in a year on the farm!

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

This post is mainly from How much sugar did we use in 2011 with a five year update.. As I dipped into a small dish of yugurt and strawberries as a afternoon snack, I made a note in the farm … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Food Storage | Tagged Canning, eating less sugar, Food Production and Recipes, Health, How much sugar do you use in a year on the farm, Sugar, sugar and its effects on blood, Tracking your sugar useage, Using sugar in canning, ways to preserve food that does not use sugar, ways to preserve that uses little sugar, Weight Loss | 1 Comment

Purple Sweet Potato

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

As you know I grew three kinds of sweet potatoes this year, The standard orange, the white fleshed and the purple.. I have to buy special short season pre-started slips, I have started my own slips as well from short … Continue reading →