Category Archives: gardening
CHC Canada 150 Food Blog Challange -Spring Green’s Burger Recipe
When the Challenge this month for the CHC Canada 150 Food Blog Challenge 2017 was the fresh foods of spring. I knew that other folks minds would go to asparagus or rhubarb as those are the first foods of spring … Continue reading
Keeping it real on the farm 2016
This was our lovely New Years Day Dinner, the works.. turkey, stuffing, mashed, green beans and gravy.. it was so good.. it was also a reminder that I only got 1 turkey baby on the farm.. one.. that’s it.. It … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Storage, Garden harvest, gardening, homestead
Tagged garden harvests, Heritage sqaush, homestead, keeping it real on the farm, permaculture, soft fruit
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Seeds order to date 2016 – Updated Version
Well, I think I am pretty much done shopping for new seeds, I will be attending a local to me seed swap, so that might bring more few but more likely I will be after locally produced seed for things … Continue reading
Sausage and Brussel Sprout Soup.
Ok so to say that this is loosely based on a much loved soup of my hubbies needs to be owned up, I do not make his soup often because I can never quite get that same taste with homemade … Continue reading
o those wild tomatoes
Well, the plans for this coming year of 2015 in regards to tomato are pretty simple.. Four Cherry tomato plants for fresh eating Two tomato plants for fresh slicing or tomato sandwichs The big Patch will be oxheart paste tomatos, … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Canning, gardening
Tagged growing tomato for sauce, oxhert tomato
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Roughly composted uses in the garden
I know that not everyone has access to farm compost or even backyard rabbit or bird compost but everyone that does has a little issue.. most of the time their compost looks nothing like what you see in the stores … Continue reading
Mustard Seeds..
Ah, my crop of Mustard plants did great this year, fresh itty bitty spicy mustard greens for salads, then strong hot ones for cooked greens, or add in to soups, stews or stirfries.. Then came the flowers, we had problems … Continue reading
Raddish Greens, Rain, and Riding..
Well, the rain came softly first, four or more hours of lovely soft spring rain, I was off the farm for a good part of the day as I headed in to get to have lunch with 3 gens of … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 