Category Archives: gardens

Fall Soups : Neeps aka Swedes Potato Bacon Recipe

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Neeps or Swedes or Rutabaga all mean the same thing, that amazing winter root veggie that was created as a cross between a cabbage and a turnip in the 1700 in Sweden. In the garden because its such a long … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden harvest, gardens, recipes, Soups and Stews, Winter Eating Challange | Tagged A little bacon is always a good thing, dinner, Eat what you can grow, Fall soups, food, Garden harvest, Garden Zone 5, Neeps, Neeps and Tatties, recipe, recipes, Roasting veggies, soup, Swede turnips, Use up your leftovers | Leave a comment

Homegrown Peanuts -Zone 5

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Late last winter or very early spring depending on how you look at it, Dear Hubby said I would like to grow peanuts again this year.. we have grown them before with moderate success.. its very tricky to give them … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, food, gardens | Tagged Dry roasted Peanuts, grow your own nuts, Growing Peanuts, Harvesting Peanuts, Home grown Peanuts, Peanuts zone 5 | 10 Comments

Feb (Baby Greenhouse Update)

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The new indoor greenhouse has been preforming its job in a outstanding way, baby salad greens by the tray have been produced. The pea shoot have been lovely as well, cooking up with that lovely green with hits of bitterness … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, gardens | Tagged Early seedlings, indoor greenhouse, indoor seed starting in feb, Salad greens, Seed starting, Snow pack, Tomato plants, Transplanting Tomato plants | 5 Comments

Air Root Pots

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

If there is one thing you will read me saying this year, Bringing it in house.. This means that If I can find a way to make things work based on what I have or based on a very small … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged air root pots, air rooting pots, creating new plants, using air pots | 3 Comments

Garden Center Closures

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The Local company that I bought my soil from, my mulch from has closed and while I am digging, I have yet to find a company even somewhat close to me that has or is planning to open to replace … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged buying cedar mulch, buying compst, buying soil, buying started plants, making your own compost, starting seeds from home | 12 Comments

Gardening in Clay -Sub-soil

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Its been a interesting challenge in regards to Kitchen Garden Plot 15.. It’s a full on sub-soil clay. Its the first time in many years that I have had to start a raw plot of land from full clay and … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, Life moves on daily | Tagged cover crops, Gardening in clay sub-soil, Muck use in gardens, turning raw land into a garden, working clay into a fertile garden | 4 Comments

The KITCHEN GARDEN IS MADE!

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

This has been a total labour of love and there are final touches to be done.. I will talk as I go.. but the last beds are made and planted.. the paths are all in.. and now we are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, gardens | 6 Comments

Gal in the Garden Series – Last week of May update.

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

We got a few more things done but there has been a lot of rain days and so things have been soaked enough that some things had to be put on hold.. Still things are getting done. This is part … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Garden, Garden planning, planting your garden, Rain Garden | 3 Comments

Fruit Tree’s Nut Bushes and Pond Edging

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Good Morning Folks.. I hope you had a great weekend! We had good weather for the whole weekend, I mean it was spring, moving between to cool, cold with wind and then hot with sun.. Having said that.. we were … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, gardening, gardens, Life moves on daily | Tagged Flowering lawn mix, Kitchen garden, planting bareroot fruit trees, planting bareroot nut bushes | 6 Comments

Bacon Nettle Frittata

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Bacon Nettle Frittata Recipe Looking for a fast and easy supper, Got lots of spring eggs this meal is for you! 4 thick cut sliced of bacon, diced and precooked 2 cups spring nettles, washed and diced 6 large mushrooms- … Continue reading →