Category Archives: local food

Rhubarb Nettle Iced Tea Recipe

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

A spring, its time for so many yummy things, off a bit later to do a walk and check the fiddleheads.. but its going to be a very busy day indeed and I feel the need to put a nice … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, local food | Tagged 0 mile Iced Teas, Nettles, rhubarb, Rhubarb Nettle Iced Tea Recipe, Rhubarb Nettle Tea | 8 Comments

Popcorn Garden Plans 2015

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Strawberry popcorn or Tom Thumb Popcorn, or hmmmmm O yes dear readers, I am on the hunt for the best home grown popcorn, Zone 5, average frost free days 124, yup that is not really that much time and it … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, local food | Tagged growning your own popcorn, hertitage popcorn, non gmo popcorn, seedy saturdays, strawberry popcorn, tom thumb popcorn | 1 Comment

Mung Bean Sprouts and Recipe..

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

Dried Mung Beans can be turned into wonderful home grown sprouts for use in a number of tasty dishes, I started sprouting about ten years ago as a way to be able to offer the hounds fresh ground greens once or twice … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal, local food | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, mung bean sprouts, sprouting in winter | 7 Comments

Sausage Making at Big Brothers.. Bear Sausage recipe

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

My big Brother lives in the northern part of alberta and he is a hunter, so if you are non-hunting, please stop reading now LOL, no really its not that bad but just giving a heads up, he is black … Continue reading →

Posted in Charcuterie, Family, Food Production and Recipes, Food Storage, Life moves on daily, local food, Real Life | Tagged Bear hunting, Bear meat, bear meat canada, homemade Bear sausages | 3 Comments

Every morning this week.. Bang, Bang, Bang…

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Strange Trucks are driving by slowly, Folks pull into the second driveway and sit with sun glinting off their funky looking eyes, trucks and vans are parked into cut lines up and down the big forest, and bright sign’s have … Continue reading →

Posted in local food | Tagged Charcuterie, Ducks, Food Production and Recipes, Wild Foods | 4 Comments

The Spruce Tips -Recipes and Idea’s.

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Its spring time and that means time to make tons of different things with those stunning Vit c packed lime green fresh spruce tips. Remember to remove the brown casing and give them a wash, these are picked off the … Continue reading →

Posted in local food, wild foods | Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Wild Foods | 35 Comments

The sap is running now..

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

I know compared to lots of folks, that we are later, but this week looks like it will be a great run, and I am so looking forward to those full buckets of sweet Maple water. Question for all those … Continue reading →

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Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs – 13.2 pds

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Whole Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs still attached A nice rack of pork ribs, I split into two portions, each one enough to feed two peaple. Eight one pd (or close to one pd) peices of bacon to be.. hmmm, … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Charcuterie, food, Food Production and Recipes, local food, Pigs | Tagged Charcuterie, Food Production and Recipes, pigs | 2 Comments

Mock Pinapple Canning Recipe

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in Canning, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal, gardening, gardens, local food | Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, In memory | 11 Comments

Book Review:101 Uses for Stinging Nettles by Peirs Warren

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →