Category Archives: frugal

Baked Beef Shank Steaks

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

This garlic loving somewhat made in the pot BBQ sauce works so perfectly with these baked till pull apart tender Shank Steaks. There is enough sauce made for four steaks with the fixings for sure if you wanted to pull … Continue reading →

Low Buy Jan

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

I joined a budget based group that lasts the month of Jan, its a good overview and tweeking type of plan.. I laughed a touch as folks are like.. what is something your life that costs you money every single … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Budget, creating a budget, Frugal, its time to create your budget, low buy | 13 Comments

Declutter 365 – Homestead Way

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The title of the post says it all and yet it does not.. the past two years have been crazy hard on the farm and I have never felt like things have been less on top of. There is a … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Goals, homestead | Tagged buying things to last, Declutter, Saving money, sorting your stuff, trash or teasure | 20 Comments

Lemon Ginger Chicken Recipe

Posted on November 16, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Sweet and Tangy Lemon Ginger Chicken Recipe Serves 4 The Chicken Two Large skinless Chicken breasts, cut into thin stripes Beat a egg with half a tsp of salt and pepper in a bowl Put half a cup of corn … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, frugal | Tagged Fresh and Tangy lemon chicken recipe, homemade food, lemon chicken, Lemon Ginger Chicken Recipe, made with love, white chicken breast recipes | Leave a comment

How do you use Sunchokes?

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I have two main styles of sunchokes, these little fingerlings and they have great flavour and they produce a crazy amount of them but they are tiny and scrubbing them is hard enough, there is no peeling them, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden harvest | Tagged Crispy oven baked Sunchokes, garden harvest sunchokes, Jerusalem artichokes, Late fall garden harvest, Pickled Sunchokes, sunchokes | 27 Comments

Turkey Soup Stock – Waste Not Want Not!

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Today we butchered out another 4 of the big turkeys. The breast’s were saved for different dishes and were carefully packaged and frozen.. the big legs/thigh (the largest amount of brown meat) will be used for Make Turkey Sausage’s or … Continue reading →

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Put your Mushrooms in the Sunlight Vit D

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in food, frugal, Health | Tagged eating mushrooms, Increasing your Vit D intake in winter, Mushroom, mushrooms can produce Vit D, Needing Vit D in winter | 6 Comments

No Buy November 2019

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

It is No Buy November and we certain need it this year.. I have done this challenge in years past as a way to remind myself to not hit that “holiday” splurge that is SO easy to get caught up … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Blogging, frugal | Tagged Changing Habits, Farmgal's No Buy November, Frugal eating, Green Living, No Buy November, Saving money | 16 Comments

Meat Chicken 2019 Overview

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I now know why people raise White Rock Chickens.. Yeild and returns! Now I have to own up to a few things.. before I get to costs I over grew them.. I fully admit this.. I would have had less … Continue reading →

Posted in farm, frugal | Tagged Meat chickens | 4 Comments

Freezer Paper and Reuseable Freezer Tubs

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

When it comes to meat the answer truly is easy.. use old fashioned brown waxed butcher paper.. The question? Avoiding single use plastic.. This includes the awesome and outstanding shrink rap bags as well as the ones that remove the … Continue reading →