Category Archives: Life moves on daily

Crazy Drive Day.

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

We had a crazy busy drive day to go pick up hubbies mom.. had lunch with Aunt C as well.. got some great family photos taken, and on the way back home, stopped at one of the many local lakes … Continue reading →

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The kitchen is starting to come together now..

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

We are about 90 percent done in the kitchen now, the new subfloor and lino is down, the painting is done. The window cover is going up soon, the new hutch gotten second hand is looking fine.. With the new … Continue reading →

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Plum BBQ Sauce

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Now comes a very old recipe, I found the “bones” of this recipe in a cookbook from the victora times but have played around with it enough to be able to call it Farmgal Fruit BBQ Sauce and its fabulous … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged black currents, Canning, fruit based BBQ sauces, harvesting, old fashion, pints, plum BBQ sauce, plums, recipes, red wine, Straw bale gardening, tomato sauce, wild foraging, wild plums | Leave a comment

Second Hand Score.

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Just love this new to me second hand hutch I picked up for 15 at the local second hand store, that was one of there higher priced items, I have seen over the years but so worth it. it fits … Continue reading →

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Throw Away a 100 things challenge..

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

You know that challenge, throw away a hundred things and declutter your home.. Well, lets see.. Farmgal has a bad habit of buying 1 or 2 dollar boxes at the farm sales, I only want one thing and I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged 100 item throw away challange, Cleaning up a 100 year old farmstead, Creating space by cleaning, Deep cleaning your house, IF you have not used it in three years, renting a garbage bin, throw it away | 3 Comments

A Little Farm Help..

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

I was thrilled to have farm Helper #3 come for the afternoon, she rode over and we hauled, dragged and filled the big rented bin over half full, we bedded down trails, worked in garden and mowed grass. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Brandy Girl, farm help, girl company, horse friends, relaxing after work, ride horses, riding horses, Teen helper, work eithic | 1 Comment

Fresh tomato sauce with Beef meatballs

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Yesterday I was picking fresh paste tomatos, these amazing small dark yellow and orange ones and of course a few deep red plum style ones as well. I chopped them into large pieces and into a pot, added salt, pepper, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged beef meatballs, company summer idh, fresh tomato sauce, garden ripe tomatoes | 4 Comments

Tucked away in a old cookbook.. Runt Piglet Milk Recipe

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

I found this in a cold cookbook that I got, not done the research on if its really a good balance, I would add in some live active cultured yogurt to help with tummy but otherwise, its pretty solid to … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged cookbook, hand written recipes, Milk recipe for runt pigs, Old cookbooks, Old finds, Old recipes, pigs, Runt Piglet Milk Recipe, Runt pigs | 2 Comments

Old vs new

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Where does frugal cross the line from saving to costing us more When the 21 year old dryer that came with our farm broke weeks ago, I just moved everything to the line drying.. which is used a lot but … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Energy cost savings, Frugal, home repairs, old verse new stuff, repair work, Saving money | 1 Comment

Stepping out of my comfort Zone

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

No photos from this event as hubby stayed home that day, but I did another couple public speaking event in aug. I did a backyard chicken and Quail talk, well, I meant to do that but it ended up that the … Continue reading →

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