Category Archives: Garden
Waste not, Want Not.. Steaming your starting soil
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
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Garden Records
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
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Peas Seeds- One for pot and One to put up..
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
Garden Planning 2021
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
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Reworking Kitchen Garden Plot 1 and 3..
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
Ask me a question? What is my Favorite Veggie?
Bubbles1990 Asked me What is your Favorite Vegetable and ways I preserve and prepare it? While this seems like a simple question.. the answer is a little more difficult.. My favorite veggie list is wide.. climbing plants– beans just a … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Garden harvest
Tagged Ask farmgal a question, beet recipes, beets, growing beets, Harvesting beets
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Gal in the Garden Series – Wool Mulch and Kitchen Garden updates.
Wow.. Just WOW.. June is now officially over and its July! The summer heat has arrived.. and while the area around me has had lots of rain.. some hail and so forth.. we however have watched the rain move past … Continue reading
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Tagged ash for garden use, canadian garden, Gal in the Garden Series
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Gal in the Garden Series – Working with “dead” top soil..
It looks so pretty.. that big huge mound of top soil.. so black and rich! Two loads of 10 tons each have arrived on the farm this year so far.. and its easy to work with, its good quality top … Continue reading
Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden
Tagged compost, cover crops, feeding your soil, Gal in the Garden Series, improving soil
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Gal in the Garden -Corn Garden “roughing it”
So what is a gal going to do when she really NEEDS to plant out a extra corn garden of 240’s seeds but she is out of already prepared and planned garden space?? Follow the high hoe tracks from last … Continue reading
Rain Garden 2019
Let me introduce you to our lovely rain garden.. which is built in before our pond and its overflow will in fact go into the pond.. Now the pond was dug down and leveled with rounded swaying sides to make … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 