Category Archives: food
Well the heat is good for drying the pea’s on the vine
Do you seed save from your garden? If you are thinking about it, I would recommend adding to your book collection Seed to Seed, Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth, its a very! good book … Continue reading
Berries season moves on..
Its a rain day, and boy do I need it, the garden and pastures can use this lovely soft, gentle but steady rain for the past couple hours, my first cherry tomato’s are turning color, have hints of red and … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, gardens, wild foods
Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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What are you eating out of your garden?
Its that time of year, that you can always find ways to add or make a large amount of your meals out of your own garden.. there is nothing quite like the taste of fresh organic food that goes from … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Greens, Herbs, Veggies, Weight Loss, Wild Foods
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Teaching folks how to cook..
Morning, As those that are regulars know, I am on a working holiday so to speak, I have helped move someone belongings, helped plant gardens, helped redo yards and fix grades on land etc while visiting with family, I am … Continue reading
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
For those that don’t like Rhubarb, please forgive that there are going to be a number of posts on how to use this plant over the next few weeks, we will look at canning rhubarb fruits, making Rhubarb Relish, among … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, gardens
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Garden
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Wild Violets Recipes
There are folks that consider these weeds as they freely grow in my local area, so I would consider them a “wild” harvestable food. The perk of this, is that you should be able to find yourself some of these … Continue reading
Its started already-The dryer’s are full and will be till fall
Its the time of year that we start preserving food for the coming winter, and I am currently drying Stinging Nettle (for my own use, I like the fresh spring nettles for house use), Clover for winter chicken feed, and … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Storage, frugal
Tagged Chickens, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Wild Foods
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Break your fast..
Or as we call it now, Breakfast, does it bring to mind, eggs, toast, porridge, or how about waffles or pancakes? Some lovely fresh fruit, with fluffy biscuits with sausage? What about soup? Do any of you ever have soup … Continue reading
Rising Costs of Meat-Are you feeling the effect yet?
Last weekend, my Step-dad was in the “big city” for work and we did a meet up for a visit, lunch and then to give him a ride to the airport, one of our stops from his downtown hotel was the big … Continue reading
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Tagged Farm Fresh Eggs, Farm Life, freezer camp, Frugal, pigs, Rabbits, sheep
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Food in the north
Farmgal remains under the weather, so she asked if I (…Dear Husband, of course) would write up a guest post. We agreed that talking about my time up North might be of interest, and I’ll focus it a bit on … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 