Category Archives: gardens

Fall Green Harvesting

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The part of the yard that was exposed after all the tree’s came out has had a total regrowth.. there was clearly a spot where birds where sitting after snacking in the garden, as we had a number of tomato, … Continue reading →

Posted in dry pantry, gardens | Tagged fall gardens, fall harvests of greens, hoop house for extended gardening, self-seeded plants | Leave a comment

Rain Garden – Stage one

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, so this is a example of a small rain garden for a house in the city or town.. Mine is a massive rain or storm garden to be.. It will collect the water off my roof, as well as … Continue reading →

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Project 2018-Stumps- Maple

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

We have a number of stumps left over from the work done and some of them are smaller, a few mid size and one that is considered large and two that are massive.. Today we are going to talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Garden, permaculture in a old tree stump, Permacutlure, planting in a tree stup, Using Permaculture on the farm | 2 Comments

Food Hedge Row 2018- Two month update Video

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, I took a video yesterday of my food hedge row that I shared the building and planting of with you this spring pretty close to two months ago. I wanted to show you how its doing at this … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden harvest, gardens, Goals | Tagged Food producing hedge rows, Permacutlure | Leave a comment

Bee Watering Station

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

So easy to make and so helpful to our native bees and other pollinating busy buzz. I do not have honey bees but I do have a lot of different native bees on the farm. This drought means that I … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, native bees | Tagged Bee Water Station, Bees see blue, How to make a bee water station, Keeping your native bees happy, native bees | 9 Comments

Red Currents 2018

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We have a truly lovely haul from our red current bushes with pounds of them coming off each mature bush, some of the bushes are smaller-younger that are not as many but the older ones are having a outstanding year! … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Current Bushes on the homestead, Food Forest, Gardening, Growing Currents, Red Currents | 11 Comments

Plum Crop! “GONE” Plum Pocket have arrived to the farm!

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

All those amazing flowers, the plum bushes were loaded, and I was worried about pollination to the point that I gave a helping hand with a feather. I was very excited to see that we had many wee green baby … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Plum issues, Plum Pocket problems | 2 Comments

Canning Rhubarb Fruit in Bulk

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I often can things in bulk form and that means that I do things more by weight then I do recipe. This is something that those that are putting up larger amounts do more often.. However this is a big … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, gardens | Tagged Canning, Canning Rhubarb, Canning rhubarb fruit, rhubarb | 2 Comments

Wild Violets Uses

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

There are folks that consider these weeds as they freely grow in my local area, so I would consider them a “wild” harvestable food. The perk of this, is that you should be able to find yourself some of these … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, food, gardens | Tagged Early spring forage food, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Herbs, local forage, Wild Foods | 3 Comments

3 Ways to Recycle your Egg Shells

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This lovely sight greeted me this morning, Dear Hubby had washed the eggs and he had color coded them. Just adorable to find this waiting for me when I got up 🙂 With the flush of eggs that comes in … Continue reading →