Category Archives: Garden

Pricing! (Garden)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

While prices across the whole system are up and you can expect to pay more, a reasonable more.. However it has become clear to me that there are peaple locally and across the country that have decided that they can … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Kitchen garden | Tagged compost, Food forest gardens, Inground beds in the kitchen garden, Kitchen garden, Watch your prices | 4 Comments

Ready, Set, Go Plant those Pepper Seeds (zone 5)

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged Calwonder heritage pepper, Growing peppers in garden zone 5, King of the north pepper, Starting peppers, Use a heat mat for starting peppers | 3 Comments

Feb (Baby Greenhouse Update)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The new indoor greenhouse has been preforming its job in a outstanding way, baby salad greens by the tray have been produced. The pea shoot have been lovely as well, cooking up with that lovely green with hits of bitterness … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, gardens | Tagged Early seedlings, indoor greenhouse, indoor seed starting in feb, Salad greens, Seed starting, Snow pack, Tomato plants, Transplanting Tomato plants | 4 Comments

Changing Ocean Patterns..

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/gulf-stream-amoc-ocean-anomaly-united-states-europe-fa/?fbclid=IwAR1Me04U8QadrJHuIrEsFRGtlKFZDmOU3IzhVjwFKY0FySe89IrIctFV78o Hello Folks, I truly hope that you have had some good things happen this week, we have had the local lockdown move to orange and we have a very low case count at the moment locally so we are … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged AMOC, Amoc Weakening, canadian Homestead, Farmgal, Garden, Gardening for reduced heat units, homestead, Ocean patterns effecting food prodution, Planning ahead, Planning for a cool season garden | 4 Comments

Gardening Giving Thanks for the Deep Cold..

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

From Coast to Coast the winter cold and snow has truly arrived, breaking records in the west dropping down into the -50C, tipping into the -40 easily in alberta, sask, manatoba and so on.. even the moderate B.C. has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Garden | Tagged cold winter weather, Deep cold helps kill off larva, Gardeners understand why the deep cold in winter can be a good thing | 8 Comments

Waste not, Want Not.. Steaming your starting soil

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

I have a very large bag of potting soil that I did not use last year, but of course I had cut into it and needed just a bit out of it to finish my started plants. This bag had … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged Be creative, don't bring eggs in your soil into the house, potting soil, seed starting with leftover soil, Steam your soil to 180, Steaming Soil, Steaming soil to clean it for seed starting, Useing your stream juicer to steam your soil, Waste not want not | 2 Comments

Garden Records

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Now normally I use a ruled lined book from the dollar store and i do love my farm books. However I figure that I am putting so much effort into the gardens, the food forest and so forth that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garrden record book, growing onions from seed, microgreens, tracking your garden | 4 Comments

Peas Seeds- One for pot and One to put up..

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

60 hours ago, we planted out a tray of pea seeds grown and saved in 2019 and in the tray went into the BG(Baby Indoor Greenhouse) it is amazing how fast things are growing in there.. Amazing considering I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, seed saving, Seeds | Tagged breeding for fall planted pea seds, breeding for spring pea seeds, gifting out seeds, give a little gift, growing peas, Pea seeds, pea shoots, Saving Pea seeds | 5 Comments

Garden Planning 2021

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

I am going to be planting a ton of flowers this coming year.. We need some pretty and I want to increase the ability to have flower full of vases. It has been very interesting to work on our garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, gardening | Tagged buy your seeds early 2021, Garden, Garden planning, Planning your garden, prepare, Seeds, winter garden planning 2021 | 7 Comments

Reworking Kitchen Garden Plot 1 and 3..

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Yesterday was one of those perfect fall day’s, sunshine, light cool but not cold breeze, falling leaves and a willing husband who wanted a full day of physical work. I on the other hand, wrapped myself in way to many … Continue reading →