Category Archives: wild foods
Come on a spring hike with us!
We took a lovely little 3.6 km hike in the woods and around a bit of a little lake yesterday, it was the yellow loop, come join us on the hike in a series of photos I took! It always … Continue reading
Canadian Long Gun Registery- going, Going! Soon to be GONE!
Having been raised in alberta, I was raised with a huge sense of pride in our past, our familes and a real make do attitude, most of the men and few of us ladies in our family hunt, within my … Continue reading
Posted in Family, wild foods
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Dear Hubby’s Prospecting then and now..
Back in the day, I (Dear Husband) did some prospecting out on the tundra. I’d be looking for mineralization in the old Canadian Shield rocks of the north, and if I’d done my homework correctly, I sometimes found little bits … Continue reading
High Bush Cranberries and their relatives
The high-bush Cranberry grows to a height of about 4 meters and bears large red acid fruits in drooping terminal clusters. There are at least eight speices of related bushes across canada, some of the common names include squashberry, hobblebush, … Continue reading
Ah the joys of wild harvesting..
So this spring, my Dear Hubby was thrilled to find a new patch of my wild plum bushes and he has been checking them off and on thought the season, and was very excited to do the first pick, now … Continue reading
Posted in Canning, wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Arsenic and Old Jelly
Farmgal and I have been together for a while now. We’ve learned to work well with each other and we’ve taught each other a lot of skills and knowledge. Food preservation’s one of those areas where it’s clearly her … Continue reading
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My most available local wild fruits-ChokeBerries and Elderberries.
Just another day or two and the first of this years elderberry crop will be ready to start coming in, just want a those still reddish to turn a touch more black, but you can’t wait to long or the … Continue reading
Apple -Sumac Jelly Recipe
I could not help but notice that driving that the local sumacs are covered with bright red, and as mid-summer is the best picking time, and I just happened to have some wonderful locally ready crabapples (you can use regular … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Fruit Trees
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Wild Plum crop is slowing coming!
Ok, don’t cheat, please look at the top photo first and see if you can spot the plum bushes, I am certainly hoping that this photo will not give away the location of our favorite area for collecting wild plums, … Continue reading
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Berries season moves on..
Its a rain day, and boy do I need it, the garden and pastures can use this lovely soft, gentle but steady rain for the past couple hours, my first cherry tomato’s are turning color, have hints of red and … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, gardens, wild foods
Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Just another Day on the Farm 