Category Archives: food
Homegrown Peanuts -Zone 5
Late last winter or very early spring depending on how you look at it, Dear Hubby said I would like to grow peanuts again this year.. we have grown them before with moderate success.. its very tricky to give them … Continue reading
Making Salt Cured Green Olives
You can imagine my excitement when a girifriend of mine found boxes of fresh raw green olives, yes they came from the states.. Needless to say two boxes were gotten.. one for her, one for me.. a bit of time … Continue reading
Are you planning on doing some landrace seed growing?
What is a landrace you ask? A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture hmmm.. I think … Continue reading
Put your Mushrooms in the Sunlight Vit D
Forgot about keeping your mushrooms final moments in the dark.. put them in the sun and reap the Vit D. As a Canadian and all of us that live in the northern climates, we are told to take Vit D … Continue reading
Fall Related Garden Livestock Fodder
As the pastures close down for the fall and we turn to feeding out hay to the pasture animals, while the birds can still peek away for a good while.. the truth is that if you have a large garden … Continue reading
Butchering out..
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
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Strawberry Raised Bed
Creating a Cinder Block Raised Strawberry Bed Last spring we knew that we had to do some work on taking down and doing some major reno work, this meant that it was very good odds that we would … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinder Box Raised Beds, Growing Strawberries, Raised beds, Strawberry plants
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Help a farmgal out? Share your Best Beet Salad with me.. please
Now I love beets, pickled beets, roasted beets and Baked Beets in a Cream Sauce is a huge treat! Of course we all love our Beet soup.. hmmm Where I am struggling is more how to successfully use beets in … Continue reading
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Creamy Crab Pasta with Horseradish Greens
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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Canning Dark Brown Beans
It seemed like the perfect day to can up some dark spicy beans. I set a whole bag of navy beans to soaking last night, changing the water twice. This morning into my big pot went the beans and my … Continue reading
Posted in Charcuterie, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal
Tagged Canning, Canning Baked Beans, Cost cutting measures, Dark Baked Beans, Frugal
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Just another Day on the Farm 