Category Archives: frugal

Chicken Feed-Protein from thin Air..sort of..

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

So a couple weeks back one of the blogs that I like to read recommended a new chicken book, The small Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery, now she did a glowing write up to the point that I had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, frugal | Tagged Chickens, compost, Farm Life, Frugal, Recycle | 15 Comments

Sheep Tallow Candles.

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

I hate waste and I love trying to do things first hand, I don’t mind reading things but I often! find that something that seems long or hard on paper can in fact move smoothly and turn out to be … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Just in Case | 20 Comments

Lost my one T.V. channel.. Now I have none..

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Well, our newest TV is about two years old, and I had hoped, maybe just maybe that it would have the new tuner built in,, guess not.. when they flipped over, I lost my one and only good channel.. now … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | 8 Comments

An Apple a day..

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Even if you missed looking for those stunning white to white-pink flowers in your spring walks and travels, when if you wanted to wild harvest fruit, you should in fact have a local map marked with lots and lots of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning, frugal | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Fruit Trees, Garden, Wild Foods | 25 Comments

Thermos Shuttle Chef

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Well part two of my ultra frugal plan to be able to cook food during our power outages, as well as a way to cut down on power use in regards to cooking meals. If you didn’t read up about … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged energy reduction, Frugal | 11 Comments

Ecozoom Stove Review..

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

So on M.D. Creekmore’s blog, he did a great! review of this little stove and it sent me on the hunt to find out more about this stove, I read another five reviews from different folks, and checked out the … Continue reading →

Posted in food, frugal | Tagged Farm Life | 8 Comments

Energy imputes and rewards..

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

So its monday, which means its laundry day, its meant that its laundry day for years now, but its out of date with the new provincal high, med and low energy power costs. You see when I want to do … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal | Tagged Frugal | 16 Comments

Farm Sale Report

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Got out to a farm sale today and I had my list, and a end goal in mind, but as it turned out, today was a off the list day, I only got one thing on my list.. I went looking … Continue reading →

Posted in farm sales, frugal | Tagged Frugal | 1 Comment

Do you sprout? If so, what did you plant to produce seeds for winter use?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

If you sprout in winter and you garden in summer, my question is did you plant a area of your garden to produce seeds for sprouting? and if so, what did you choose to grow? I have been well aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Garden, Greens | 4 Comments

Golden Needles Harvesting has started.

Posted on July 2, 2011 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 →