Category Archives: Garden

Raspberries

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

The summer raspberries are early, they should not be starting till late july but this heat has everything moving faster. Last night we had salad made up of our freshly picked tomato’s and Peppers.  Sunday was spent cleaning up our … Continue reading →

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Tadpoles..

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

We love our toads, they out number the frogs by 20 to 1 at least and we have toads all over the whole farm. when we mow, they hop out of the way, when we garden, we find them all … Continue reading →

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Short but sweet storm passed over the farm today..

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

The heat is very high.. it was 45c with the humdix, we worked in starts an bits in the gardens, picking gooseberries, some ground cherries, black current, cherry tomato’s and fresh baby peas. late afternoon saw the thunder roll in … Continue reading →

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Happy Canada Day

Posted on July 1, 2018 by

Hi Folks, things got crazy busy on the farm and between the work, heat and a few days off being sick, i have been off my writing game.. But i have photos for you and a video or two to … Continue reading →

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Grandpa’s Weeder Review

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

“I bought this myself with my own money and I get nothing back for giving this review ” So on the weekend, we went to Lee Valley tools, we had a gift card that was burning a hole in hubby’s … Continue reading →

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A new Layered Food Hedge Row

Posted on June 3, 2018 by

Hubby and I worked together today to put the next two layers into this new coming hedge row. We have been working on this 40 foot by approx. three foot bed for a while this spring.. first we have to … Continue reading →

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Working with the local’s

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

While I admit that I can and have started my own starts many years.. if you look back on the site, you will see them in detail.. but some years it nice to let others do things for you.. In … Continue reading →

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A little Garden photo update

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

This is a photo heavy post.. there is so much to do yet but we are working on things on a daily base.. Week three in the horse trough salad green garden. lots of picking to be done for greens … Continue reading →

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Wood Ash Use in the Garden

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

As my regular readers know we have had a bad ice storm and then a very strong wind storm, I have so many small, med and even huge limbs or tree’s down between the two storm.  I have been doing … Continue reading →

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Creamy Dock Sauce Recipe

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

One of my first plants that is up in the spring is Dock, I have a few different kinds of Dock plants in my front bed, this bed is always melts out much faster and heats up and is very … Continue reading →

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