Category Archives: frugal

Nicotiana Rustica – Aztec Tabacco

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I have ordered in a new kind of tobacco to me, it’s often called the Aztec Tobacco and it has a crazy high rate of nicotine. The average tobacco has 1 to 3 percent, this plant on average has 9 … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Garden | Tagged Garden | 6 Comments

Going Old School Using a Warm Salt Sock

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

When I have sore ears I love to bring out this old school trick.. hot (warm) salt in a thick sock.. Is it just the warmth that soothes, is it the warmth that help the blood flow better to allow … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Salt sock for sore ears, salt sock to sooth sore ears, Using a salt sock | 4 Comments

DIY Pinecones Colored Flames Project

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Simple DIY project using free picked up pinecones turned into a neat colored flames to use in your outdoor fall fires. We had collected a large bucket of pinecones and I roasted them at 200 for 20 min to make … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | 4 Comments

Frugal Pasture Repair

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Happy Sunday to my lovely readers.. We are having a very productive weekend, we are in repair mode on a project here on the farm.. We are in the final push on it today.. If we get it done fast … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Frugal, hay, Pasture | 1 Comment

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 | 10 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 →