Category Archives: Garden

Sweet Pickled Beets Recipe

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The Keys to Farmgal Pickled Beets is Roasting your beets (never boil them) and the brine.. Sweet Pickling Brine per 4 pints, double or triple or more at will.. In a non-reactive pot, add the above together, bring to a … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Compost

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

We picked up 500 plus pounds of twice bloomed mushroom bags from down the way about ten minutes give or take, love supporting small local farms, we have been buying mushrooms from them for a couple years now, so when … Continue reading →

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Its Coltsfoot bloom time!

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Its that time of year that the coltsfoot blooms are up and out on the sunny days, they come out before the leaves and while its a very good idea to dig out the creeping roots in your spring garden … Continue reading →

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Current Propagation -Pinning

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Red, White, Black, Gooseberry, Jostaberry are all part of the current family, and they all can be very successfully cloned by pinning. What are some good reason you would want to pin your favorites? or ask your friend to do … Continue reading →

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Elderberry Cuttings

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

These Elderberry Cuttings are a investment into the future, here at the farm we are expanding our named elderberry offerings, at the moment we had “Farmgal Elderberry” bird gifted and found 22 years ago and propagated here on the farm … Continue reading →

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Starting Rhubarb from Seed Spring Update

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

It was finely time to move the 50 plus rhubarb babies out of the indoor winter plant setups to their outdoor cold frame! Last year i tried to take the easy way and ordered in a bulk buy on rhubarb … Continue reading →

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Lettuce Plugs -Transplant day

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Have you seen the price of lettuce these days, it can cost as much as 6 dollars for full size head of lettuce in the store, 5.99 or you can get three smaller sized head of romaine for 9.00 but … Continue reading →

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Raised Hot Box -Manure/Compost Heated

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

If there is one thing that a farm produces if they have livestock is manure! Here is a more detailed post on it but in a nut shell for our current livestock My Critters average daily output right now That’s … Continue reading →

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Time to Prune! Garden Zone 5a

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Each cut was chosen with care, thank you to the Fine Line’s Landscape company that came out to do our over 50 plus hard fruit trees this year for us! With so many young trees, it was just awesome to … Continue reading →

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Potting Up Tomato Plants, Next Pot Please

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

I got in a specially breed type of tomato that is for growing in pots for small spaces, i started six seeds, and i have six plants, five big ones and one wee one that is still growing but no … Continue reading →