Category Archives: gardens
Manure hot beds for plants
This is a very old fashioned Idea, and I have read about it in both books from England and France, I am sure that its done in a number of other countries as well but it does not seem to … Continue reading
Spring and Forcing Plants
It’s not really spring yet, but for a few hours last night and this morning, it almost feels like it, we had rain last night, not freezing rain but light gentle spring rain, it hitting on the metal roof was a … Continue reading
Gardening-A Canning Garden
I read this comment over at different blog, she just touched on it very briefly, in passing that she was going to plant a raised bed of something just for canning that year.. and it got me thinking about this … Continue reading
Farms, Gardening and Composting..
This past weekend, we hauled about 30 pds of straw and sheep/cow manure out of the barn and up into a spot in the garden and it got added to the coming year’s compost pile (which just happens to be … Continue reading
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BlueBerry Pinapple Fruit Recipe
Blueberry Pinapple One Pint of Canned Pinapple in light syrup One bag of 3 cups blueberries-Mix of garden/Wild picked 2 tbsp of Lemon Juice 2 tbsp of Lime Juice 2 tbsp of my Ginger Syrup (or 1 tsp of ground … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Soft Fruits
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Mock Pinapple Canning Recipe
So as anyone that has been reading the blog knows, I have been canning pinapple, which is a real treat, because when has Pinapple ever been so cheap that you can just can a whole years worth at a time. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, In memory
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Book Review:101 Uses for Stinging Nettles by Peirs Warren
This is a little softcover book, but its worth its weight in Gold (well maybe not with the cost of gold these days, but Silver for sure). I started out using Stringing Nettles in the spring as one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Homesteader Books
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Winter Challange DD Meal # 7
Dark Day’s Meal #7 was a delight, This weeks offical food is Carrots Carrot/Tomato Soup Grilled Cheese Barley Sandwhich Dessert – Hot Rasberries (frozen this fall) with a touch of honey and ginger. Soup Recipe (if you call this a recipe LOL) … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Garden, Soups and Stews, Veggies
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Storage of Root Veggies-Carrots
Well, Its one of those days, morning chores, basic housework and laundry all on the go, the hounds breakfast made and served.. dish’s and more dish’s, made 3 loaves of bread, and wanted to get some things up from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Veggies
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Butternut Squash
Step one: Plant seeds in the garden in spring 10 for Atlas Butternut Squash from Stokes Seeds, now the reason that I like this one so much is not just because of the color/flavor but also because it tends to grow … Continue reading
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Just another Day on the Farm 