Category Archives: Food Storage

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 →

Posted in Food Storage, gardens | Tagged Gardening, Growing food for winter storage, Growing purple potatoes, Growing short season sweet potatoes, Growing Sweet potatoes in zone 5, Growing Sweet potatoes on the homestead, Winter Storage | Leave a comment

30 pounds of garlic scapes

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Yup, it seemed like a great idea, last year I processed and used about ten to 12 pounds of these lovelies, so when I got the chance to get 30 pounds at a great price, I jumped at it.. 5 … Continue reading →

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Rhurab Goals for 2015 – 300 pounds

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

I have set goals for a number of the bigger crops in terms of poundage, it would not make sense to do so without having a idea of what things produce. otherwise I will have little to no way to meet … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, gardens | 2 Comments

Mustard Seeds..

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Just another day on the farm

Ah, my crop of Mustard plants did great this year, fresh itty bitty spicy mustard greens for salads, then strong hot ones for cooked greens, or add in to soups, stews or stirfries.. Then came the flowers, we had problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden harvest, gardening | Tagged Growing Mustard for seed, Harvesting Mustard Seeds, Harvesting Mustard Seeds for future use for green cover crops, Harvesting Mustard seeds for micro greens | 4 Comments

Apple Season has arrived.. the first bushel was picked this weekend..

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Just another day on the farm

A bushel of apples was u-picked at my very close apple orchard, its mear minutes from the farm, there are two within ten min but this one is the closest and has many more kinds, 21 in total, plus plums, … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Canning, Food Storage, Garden harvest | Tagged hundred mile diet, local food, u pick apples | 2 Comments

ButterCup Squash.. hmmm.. not happy with its storage powers..

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

The squash were picked when ready, no touch of frost, they were cured carefully and properly and most of the different kinds are settled in and will be good for months and in some cases till next spring with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, Garden harvest | Tagged Bad winter squash keepers, Buttercup squash | 11 Comments

Sausage Making at Big Brothers.. Bear Sausage recipe

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

My big Brother lives in the northern part of alberta and he is a hunter, so if you are non-hunting, please stop reading now LOL, no really its not that bad but just giving a heads up, he is black … Continue reading →

Posted in Charcuterie, Family, Food Production and Recipes, Food Storage, Life moves on daily, local food, Real Life | Tagged Bear hunting, Bear meat, bear meat canada, homemade Bear sausages | 2 Comments

Sept challange- Not short of Squash :)

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Be it summer squash, cucumbers or Winter Squash or pie pumpkins, my hay bale, rollout, hill, dryland planting Squash bed has outdone itself.. without a single doubt in my mind, it was the rock star of my garden this year.. … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, Garden harvest | Tagged Curing winter sqaush, Harvesting winter squash, Pie pumpkins, Winter squash | 5 Comments

Hidden Treasures.. Winter Squash..

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Well, I will admit that I am both unhappy and ok with the fact that our last big rains have popped up mildew on my squash plants (just some of them so far but it will spread), as I have … Continue reading →