Category Archives: Life moves on daily

Chickens are useful for cleaning up compost piles

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

This is the keep back hatching clutch of mixed eggs from this spring and a fine group they are, could not be more pleased with them. The purebreds are in their own group at this time and one of the … Continue reading →

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Homesteading Event – Quick View

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

After doing a reno work morning and early afternoon, I ran around getting the last bits of this and that together for the big homesteading day event. While we had X amount of seats booked, only about a 3rd of … Continue reading →

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This and That post

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

It was a good day.. This morning we sheared the remaining woolie sheep on the farm as they say the heat is going up later this week and it really needed to be done, the hair sheep are nicely shed … Continue reading →

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Local Homestead Skill’s Day.. Message me for more detailed info

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Myself and a few other amazing ladies will be hosting a Homesteading Skills Day on Aug 12th (its a Saturday) From 9 till 4 9-coffee-meet-greet 9:30 -protein from thin air (chicken feed) 10-edible landscaping 11-Rabbits 101 Talk (no live rabbits … Continue reading →

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Spring Pea Harvest- On the poor side

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

94 94 Days of rain this spring and early summer.. Its a new record for our area since they started keeping records for the most amount of days of rain in this season. Lets look at that again.. out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Fresh green pea's, Garden harvest, Planting pea's twice in Zone 5, Spring Pea harvest | 1 Comment

C5 Presents- The Ultimate Cargo Bike- Redux – The Shareable Version

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

I do enjoy the ramblings of C5 but I also will admit that I was grateful that he offered a cleaned up version of this post, so I could share it with my readers. I know that it might not … Continue reading →

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June Farm Overview- Tracking Year Stats

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, I am wanting to track this down for this coming year.. May has been a good month, some heat, good amount of rain and lots of growth in the pasture, yard and gardens are all sprouting up. May has been a run like it matters month.. you get up with a plans and go […]

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Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged canadian Homestead, Homestead Tracking 2017, Is your homestead making your money, Is your homestead paying for itself, keeping track on the farm | 2 Comments

Friends, Fire’s, Trails, and Lakes.. The hunting camp was calling!

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

I was blessed to be invited out to a dear friends place for a couple days (Huge Thank-you to Hubby and my farm helpers for working with me to give me a break!) and I had a outstanding time! Their hunt camp and … Continue reading →

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The bin is here! Spring Cleanup

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Well, this is not the first, nor will it be the last bin I have ordered for the farm, when we got to the farm, it would be very far to say that there was a lot of things that … Continue reading →