Category Archives: frugal

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

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

Seed Starting -Baggy Method -Step by Step -The Set up.

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Now you can use this Seed Starting Method for two things.. A) you can test your seed germination rate for a small sampling of home saved seeds or bought seeds or older seeds or gifted seeds.. its always a good … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Garden, seed saving | Tagged Frugal seed starting methods, seed germination tests, Seed starting, Seed Starting baggy method, using the baggy method for seed germination test | 1 Comment

Elderberry Shrub Recipe

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

The first of a number of Shrubs for the Food in Jar Challenge.. Elderberry Shrub 8 0z of Elderberry Syrup (made with cooked elderberry juice and sugar at 1 to 1 ratio) 2 oz of Apple Cider Vinager 2 oz … Continue reading →

Posted in Food in jars, frugal, Garden | Tagged Elderberry, Elderberry juice, Elderberry Shrub Drink Recipe, Elderberry Syrup, elderberry's, Food in jar challange march shrub drinks, Food in jars challange 2017 | 10 Comments

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

No Buy Feb 2017 – My Sixth Year..

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

Its amazing to me that we have been doing No Buy Feb for Six years now.. What is No Buy Feb? It all started years ago as a way for folks to reach two main goals a) do a home and … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Farm budget check, Frugal, Frugal February, No Buy Feb, No Buy Feb 2017, Saving money on the homestead | 2 Comments

Overdone.. Waste Not

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

This was the sauce.. half a cup of mustard, 1/4th cup of marmalade, 1 soy sauce, half a tsp of keen hot dry mustard and half a tsp of black pepper. So yummy.. it was put over a mix of … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged cost savings, food waste, Frugal | 4 Comments

Hay Costs Winter 2016-2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

For those that where reading my blog though-out 2016, you know that we had a major local drought.. not a little drought.. but a zone 3 bright red drought in my area with level 2 drought around us.. up and … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Real Life | Tagged hay, Hay costs, haying in a drought, increasing hay costs in ottawa valley, poor hay crops | 6 Comments

Garden-Budget Plans 2017

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Normally, I have a thousand dollar yearly budget for my garden-farm, this budget includes, seeds, tubers, plants, bushes, tree’s, tools and garden related training classes, seminars Most years I am under budget by a hundred to several hundred but not … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, gardens, Goals | Tagged Dryland rice, Garden, Garden Budgets, garden costs, Seed Potatoes, Seeds | 10 Comments

Golden Needles Harvesting

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

or in common terms, picking and drying lots and lots! of unopenned Day Lily flowers. Ah, the common, humble daylily that most of us call, tigerlily’s or Ditch Lily’s are so wonderful to have in the kitchen, the little root … Continue reading →