Category Archives: wild foods

Golden Needles Harvesting has started.

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

or in common terms, picking and drying lots and lots! of unopenned Day Lily flowers. Ah, the common, humble daylily that most of us call, tigerlily’s or Ditch Lily’s are so wonderful to have in the kitchen, the little root … Continue reading →

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Elderflower syrup

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The Elder’s are in bloom, and I went out and carefully pruned the bush of select flowers, so that when the berries come, they will not overwhlem the branchs (my bushes can produce so hard, that they will break their … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Dandelion, Horseradish, and Burdock

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Ah, fresh Dandelion, once of the first spring plants ready and willing to become greens in the kitchen, I picked out four nice big plants out of my patch and into the house they came, split with cut off at … Continue reading →

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Coltsfoot-Flowers and Flower Stems

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The first flowers of spring locally have arrived, our Coltsfoot is up and in full flower, the flowers rise out of the ground on them stems coming many weeks before the leaves will show themselves. I picked a full cup … Continue reading →

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New on the Farm…

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Its been a busy couple days, we have a new lamb, a new litter of bunnies, with another one on the way soon and jar’s filled with the most wonderful homemade maple syrup. Its very light in color to me, the color … Continue reading →

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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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Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

of New England and Eastern Canada by David L Spahr This is a wonderful photgraphic guidebook to finding and using key species, I am a mushroom fan, and I buy a fair number of mushrooms for fresh use, as well … Continue reading →

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ChokeBerry

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

How do you have “fresh” juice in winter in canada, you use your canned fruit syrups or jellies to make your own homemade versions of the frozen store bought. I grew up in Western Canada, and we had a red fruit … Continue reading →

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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 →

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