Category Archives: Garden

12 Ways to Use Rhubarb with Recipes

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Lets look at some of Farmgal’s Rhubarb Recipes over the years posted on the blog. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (something you can find locally in spring at all the stores) This is a very much a standard spring pie across Canada. … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb Cake Recipe – Spring Rhubarb and Ginger

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Happy May Day! It was fitting that in the cold bitter spring rain, I headed out with a knife in one hand and poking though my 30 rhubarb plants, I took the biggest stalk off 8 of them (worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Garden | Tagged Growing Rhubarb on the homestead, One of the first foods from the garden Rhubarb, Rhubarb beyond the pie, Rhubarb Cake Recipe, Rhubarb Cake with Ginger, Spring Rhubarb Recipe | 5 Comments

April Garden Overview -2017 Tracking Year Data

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, I am going to do my best heading into 2017 to have a big old tracking year, I need to do this and I have the book, the paperwork and the plan.. I will make it happen.. So … Continue reading →

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Early Spring Garden-Farm Gate Garden and Front Garden G

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Well, the rain came and melted, the flood waters are here but in my own area not doing badly, I have a number of flooded fields around me but not on my own land. Granted my land is soaked at … Continue reading →

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New Plant Starting Shelves in my new sunroom porch

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

This section is two full 72 cell trays wide and deep, there is room for shoes and smaller boots under the bottom shelf and then two shelf’s are for early starting, two are for middle growing and one is for … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garden, Seed starting, Solar heat, Sun room, Sunroom Shelves for plants | 4 Comments

Give away plants for a coming Speaking Event..

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Its exciting to be working on a number of projects for the coming spring for different groups and people. While I do have limited dates available at this time, if you want to consider working with me, check out my “for … Continue reading →

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March Garden Overview -2017 Tracking Year Data

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, I am going to do my best heading into 2017 to have a big old tracking year, I need to do this and I have the book, the paperwork and the plan.. I will make it happen.. … Continue reading →

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Waste not-Want Not -When things in the root cellar go.

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

I would love to tell you that I am always on top of the fresh stuff but sometimes we want to get something done or some things checked and it just does not happen on time. Lots of time, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Beets in storage, frugal gardening, Growing Beet Greens, homestead garden, homestead gardening, Overwintering Beets | 6 Comments

Warm Baggy Method- Stage Two..

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

So we talked about the warm baggy method of starting seeds, that was very much focused on using it to test for seed germination rates. A great way to check older seed from storage, a MUST for checking home grown … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Frugal seed starting methods, homestead gardening, Seed starting, Seed Starting baggy method, Seed Starting Methods | 4 Comments

Seed Starting -Baggy Method -Step by Step -The Set up.

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Now you can use this Seed Starting Method for two things.. A) you can test your seed germination rate for a small sampling of home saved seeds or bought seeds or older seeds or gifted seeds.. its always a good … Continue reading →