Category Archives: local food

Foraging in February Garden Zone 5a

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

With Winter having a very firm grip on us with loads of fresh snow, there is not a lot of forage available right now, in the “hunger months” A single serving of raw High Bush Cranberries (100 grams) contains 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Forage, local food | Tagged 100 mile diet, Canadian, Canning, cranberry-sauce, Eat what you grow, food, Forage, Fruit syrup, Garden Zone 5, High Bush Cranberries, HIgh bush Cranberry BBQ, High bush Cranberry Tea, Lean times, local food, Native fruit, Putting up, recipe, recipes, Wild Fruit, Winter Forage, Winter harvests, Winter Lean | Leave a comment

Beef Shank with Beets Soup

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Its the time of year where i am poking my head into the cellar, the freezer and the pantry, I have my yearly full beef order coming in this week as well as planning out the coming meat chick order … Continue reading →

Posted in local food, odd bits, Recipes from the Root Cellar, Soups and Stews | Tagged barley, beef, Beef shanks, beets, cooking on your woodstove, dinner, eating out of your storage, food, grass fed beef, Homegrown beets, Pantry, recipe, recipes, roasting bones for flavour, soup, Stews, Winter Soups, wood stove | Leave a comment

Steak with Spaghetti Squash Recipe

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

I have given a lot of thought to how I wanted to share in a casual way on No Buy Feb and March Pantry Challenge. I want to give myself loads of flexibility and yet at the same time have … Continue reading →

Posted in Food in jars, Food Storage, local food | Tagged Canning, Eating for health, Farmgal, Frugal eating, Homesteading, Local garlic, Local Grass Fed Beef, Pasta sauce, Spaghetti Squash, Steak with side of Spaghetti Squash pasta, using up leftover | Leave a comment

Kitchen Garden 2021 (Jan)

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

On the first day of Jan 2021, it started to snow.. and this morning on the 2nd we woke up finally to a good winter snow cover.. I am crossing my fingers that the snow is here to stay, these … Continue reading →

Posted in gardening, local food | Tagged Garden, Kitchen garden, Snow cover in the garden | 4 Comments

Strawberries on a Cloud Recipe

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Strawberry’s on a Cloud What a delightful treat this is and its really not that hard to make.. its a little fussy but its also showy enough to make it so worth it! The Bowl 4 egg whites (crack each … Continue reading →

Posted in local food | Tagged beaten egg whites, Clotted cream, fresh strawberries, Maple syrup, Meringue, Strawberries on a cloud recipe, strawberry recipes | Leave a comment

How to make Beestling Farmer Cheese

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Beestings Farmers Cheese 2 pints [20 ounces] new milk 1 cup [8 ounces] Beestings Milk * Colostrum (1st day if possible but can use up to day 3) Combine the two milks together. In a large heavy flat-bottomed ideally steel … Continue reading →

Posted in local food, odd bits, raw milk, Sheep Milk, Sheep Milk Cheeses | Tagged beesting sheep milk, beestings farmer cheese, Milking Sheep Beestings Pudding, Sheep Milk | 6 Comments

Rhubarb Crisp

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Rhubarb Crisp Recipe Topping.. this is as simple as it gets. 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 cup of room temp butter 1 cup of packed brown sugar 1/2 tsp of salt Mix together with pastry cutter or washed … Continue reading →

Posted in local food | Tagged rhubarb, rhubarb crisp, Rhubarb Recipe, Spring Rhubarb, tradional rhubarb Crisp | 5 Comments

Forage “Daylily Spring Leaves”

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

I have talked about those old fashioned orange flowered Daylily’s before. I love to harvest their flowers for both fresh eating and to dry them for year round use. I have talked about harvesting the tiny but bursting flavour of … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Forest, Garden, local food, wild foods | Tagged Daylily leaves, Eating Daylily greens, foraging day lilies for kitchen use, Preparing Day lily Greens for eating, Spring eating of Day lily greens | 3 Comments

Drying Whole Currents

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Its seems so simple right.. pick your currents, clean them up, removing any bits of leaves or stems and put them on the drying trays and go.. And they will take forever.. I mean forever to get them dry.. Let … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Garden harvest, local food | Tagged Crack the skin of the current before drying them, Drying Red Currents, Drying whole Currents, Tips on how to process your whole currents for drying them | 9 Comments

Canadian Northern Spruce Tip Salt

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

I adore my spruce tips, I use them in many ways.. I always make spruce tip salt and spruce tip sugar, I make a full pint of each every year for cooking though out the year to come. While the … Continue reading →