Category Archives: gardens
Bumper Crop of Baby Elderberries Bushes
When we moved to our little farm, one of the first things we did when spring arrived was start looking at our local bushes in the hopes that we would have lots of wild food, what we had the most … Continue reading
Red Current Jelly
What do you use your Red Currents for? Do you make Jelly, or do you make Juice? or how about Wine? Mix them in with other fruits to add a boost of flavor? This type of jelly is such a … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Garden, jams and jellies, Soft Fruits
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Ambystoma maculatum Or Spotted Salamander
Check out this cute little guy we found in the garden this afternoon, its clearly in very good shape and was so zen when picked up. We snapped a few photos and then put him back down in a area that we … Continue reading
Dandelion, Horseradish, and Burdock
Ah, fresh Dandelion, once of the first spring plants ready and willing to become greens in the kitchen, I picked out four nice big plants out of my patch and into the house they came, split with cut off at … Continue reading
Red Currents-Making more plants
Happy Easter Weekend, I do hope that everyone is enjoying their long weekend and their family time. It is a blessed time of year! Finished prepping a new 16 by 16 four row bed and got it all planted out, … Continue reading
Soil Health and Worms..
Did you know that alot of the earthworms in Canada are not native? Earthworms in Canada have all been introduced (with the exception of some species that survived in glacial refugia in mainland British Columbia and the Queen Charlotte Islands … Continue reading
Strawberries
Ah, Strawberries, those ripe sweet juicy red non-fruits that we all think of as a fruit. I have a lot of strawberries in my soft fruit garden, I have two kinds of strawberries my June producers, that give me one … Continue reading
Free Form Raised Beds
The above soil had a green cover, I didn’t take a picture of it, it had been allowed to grow in the fall, and then was turned in, along with the layer of about 2 inches of aged compost made … Continue reading
More is popping up now..
I was so excited to see dozens of these little guys popping their heads up, they are my different bee balms, this plant not only smells heavenly, (think of bringing some in to sweeten the house, I have even been known to go pick … Continue reading
Soil-Texture test.
Do you want to grow your own food? There are four major factors when you garden outside, Soil, Water, Sunlight and Plants, everything else is gravy, and if you have ever looked in one of our local garden magazines or … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 