Category Archives: Gal in the Garden Series
Lets talk about Garden Seed Prices, shall we!
While it is true that i personally ordered in my main seeds (from OSC) a company that has been in my province for 125 years. They have proven to be a good company to work with, including during the pandemic … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Seeds
Tagged Climate Change, Community gardens, Cost of seeds, Cutting costs, flowers, Food Production, Garden, Gardening, Grow what you eat, Grow your calories, Rising Costs, seed catalogs, Seed Saving, Seeds, Sharing seeds
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Ultra Frugal but Foolish Way to Get Garden Bean Seeds
Sometimes i adore when both ultra frugal and yet foolish things cross over my facebook feed LOL This fits the bill perfectly! On the frugal side of things, in the usa this appear to cost around $2.50 cents and i … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden
Tagged beans, community projects, cost savings, dried beans, Eating green beans, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, Green bean, Growing beans, Growing food cheaply, Growing Soup beans, Homesteading, Stringless green beans, vegetables
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Poor Man’s Fertilizer “SNOW”
In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so do rain, sleet and hail, and believe it or not, lightning. Rain and lightning contain more nitrogen than snow. Statistics from agricultural … Continue reading
Fruit Pruning Workshop Bourget Area
I am excited to have partnered up with Laura Moses to host some coming events here on the farm. I have worked with her in the past on different gatherings and lectures over the years. It is the first time i … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, At the kitchen table, Food Forest, Fruit Trees, Gal in the Garden Series, homestead
Tagged Farmgal, Farmgal events, farmgal photography, Fine Lines, food forests, fruit, Fruit Trees, Gardening, Hands on fruit tree pruning seminar, just another day on the farm, pruning, Pruning course, Pruning Fruit trees, trees
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Number One Trick for Loads of Elderberries!
These a wild (Bird Gifted years ago) local native Black Elderberries. I am lucky enough to have them growing wild in ditches and field edges all over my local area. However those bushes will produce clusters about a 1/3rd of … Continue reading
Bird Gifted Native Fruit Bushes or Trees Frugal Ways
Over the years I have been Bird Gifted a host of different native/local fruit producing canes, bushes or trees. My favorite among them all is my hawthorn cluster. I mean look at those blooms, and then all fruit that follows. … Continue reading
Squash or Climbing tunnels
This lovely photo/drawing is not mine, its from the site I bought mine from.. While I still would like to use Cattle Panels at some point in the future, they are proving harder to get and far more costly then … Continue reading
Plant and Grow Horseradish
Say Horseradish and most peaple in canada that I know will think of horseradish sauce or the added spicy in Mustard or Seafood Sauce. The history of Horseradish is long, as in thousand plus year long and yet here in … Continue reading
Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Garden harvest, Kitchen garden, Life moves on daily
Tagged Dry Horseradish greens, Dry horseradish greens as a basil replacement, eating horseradish as a young spring salad green, Eating horseradish greens, Grow Horseradish in your kitchen garden, harvesting horseradish root, Horseradish, Make your own green powder, Make your own horseradish sauce
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Ready, Set, Go Plant those Pepper Seeds (zone 5)
This year I am growing West Coast Seeds King of the North Sweet Pepper. 68 days green, 90 days red. Large beautiful fruits that are bell shaped. Great producers in our short growing season. I ordered the seeds in 2020 … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 