Category Archives: frugal

Preparing for the what will come.

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

It used to be what we could honestly say.. Preparing for what might never happen.. But I am not sure where you can be living right now that you are not being effected at SOME point in the year by … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden | Tagged being prepared, Budgeting your pantry needs, Food prices, weather effecting food production | 8 Comments

Preparing Dandelion Flowers for future use

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Dandelion flower are lovely to use in a number of ways. You can add them to honey to make Dandelion honey. You can add them to butter. You can add them to dough and make cakes with them or mini … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Food Production and Recipes, frugal | Tagged dan, Dandelion Flower Jelly, Eating Dandelion, Eating Dandelion Flowers, Harvesting Dandelion Flowers, processing Dandelion flowers | 3 Comments

The Flock and Scrub Spruce

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We took down three Scrub Spruce that had grown up in the wrong place and needed to be removed. They were cut down and hauled down to the big barn to be thrown in the pens for the goats and … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, frugal | Tagged Feeding Spruce tree's to your goat flock, Feeding spruce tree's to your sheep flock, giving spruce tree's as a treat to your goats, Giving spruce trees as a treat to your sheep flock | 15 Comments

3 Ways to Recycle your Egg Shells

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This lovely sight greeted me this morning, Dear Hubby had washed the eggs and he had color coded them. Just adorable to find this waiting for me when I got up 🙂 With the flush of eggs that comes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, frugal, gardens | Tagged drying egg shells, egg shell garden uses, egg shells, egg shells in compost, frugal use for egg shells, Recycling egg shells, Using all the egg | 9 Comments

Red Grape Pie

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Red Grape Pie came about because its yummy and those grapes needed to be used up. You see somehow huge awesome seeded grapes came into the house.. and there they sat.. because opps seeded. So they were not getting eaten … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, pie dough | Tagged Homemade Grape Pie, Red Grape Pie, Red Grape Pie Recipe, Using up older grapes, Warm Spicy Red Grape Pie | 8 Comments

Snow Cream Recipe

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We had company come yesterday for a quick but lovely visit and I made Snow Cream for the three of us as our dessert. It was the first time my guest and as it turns out my mother had every … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Snow Cream Recipe, Snow Icecream Recipe, Using Snow to make homemade Snow Icecream, Vanalla Snow Cream | 4 Comments

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 →