Category Archives: Garden

Beach Rose Hips/Seeds

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I think its a beach rose hip, it fits what I have been told.. So a friend of mine went to Nova Scotia this summer and he came home with wild harvested rose hips.. I have never seen rose’s have … Continue reading →

Preparing for the what will come.

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

It used to be what we could honestly say.. Preparing for what might never happen.. But I am not sure where you can be living right now that you are not being effected at SOME point in the year by … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, frugal, Garden | Tagged being prepared, Budgeting your pantry needs, Food prices, weather effecting food production | 10 Comments

Powdery Mildew and Treatment plan

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Last week was filled with a number of things that kept us just one foot in front of the other. I might get to the point where I will write about some of it. However the garden is in full … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged Garden, Powdery Mildew, Treatments for Powdery Mildew, ways to keep powdery Mildew under control | 2 Comments

Garden is doing well

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I love when folks post photos of what they picked that day.. but I thought It would be nice to show the day’s harvest as it was being processed. The little cherry tomato’s are fresh eating, the bowl of peppers … Continue reading →

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Making homemade wool tags for the garden

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Got Sheep? Yes, lovely hair sheep that I adore.. they are my favorites, so easy to work with. Got Wool Sheep? Why yes I do have two wool sheep in my wee flock.. but I don’t use their wool for … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Extra way to earn money on wool on homesteads, Garden, Help your garden pots in drought, Sheep Tags, Sheep Wool in garden, Sheep wool tags, Using Wool in your garden | 4 Comments

Raspberries

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garden, Growing Raspberry on a homestead, raspberry, soft fruit | 3 Comments

Tadpoles..

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged tadpole, Toads, Toads in your garden | 5 Comments

Short but sweet storm passed over the farm today..

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

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 Just another day on the farm

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 Just another day on the farm

“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 →