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Farmgal Rant..
I am sorry to have this rant, I might not even post this.. I most likely will and I am sure I will lose a reader or two.. but I have to write this.. If you live in an apartment or a tiny condo in the city, you can be many things.. You can be […]
I Yield I Yield LOL
Ok, its just going on record that we are going to be “in just in time mode” on most things this year. Let me give a example.. we have pulled at least a hundred or two wild parsnips but then we needed to focus on this or that.. and suddenly this week, we are like.. […]
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One Freezer Down
The big once a year beef order came in this week, which meant a rework of all the freezers, pulling older meat out, sorting, checking for freezer burn. Putting the new in sorted in types in fully newly emptied freezer, … Continue reading
Friday Ramble-Prepping for Another Lock Down
While it seems like everyone around me is thrilled at all the things opening up, their children heading back to school, sports are a go, concerts and professional sport events where 10, 000 of thousands gather.. As summer came into … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Farm Life, Garden, Prepping for winter, sheep, Veggies
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March coming in like a lion
The last day of Feb was mild, so mild that we had our first “misty” fogged in monring on the farm.. it felt like spring and things were melting.. but with over 3 feet as a base plus higher snow … Continue reading
Farmgal’s Photography March 21st
Trying to teach the wild turkeys to move on. they have found the ground under the bird feeders and are coming in daily right now.. This pretty was hanging out for a few minutes on the snowbank by the road … Continue reading
Chick Care 101
Ideally, if you already have chickens you are going to let your broody hen do all this work for you. You can help pick the eggs she is sitting on but its just so much easier to let the … Continue reading
Sept-Harvest Challenge 2016- Sunflower Seeds
Now I should have had a killer sunflower harvest, we planted out four rows of around 40 seeds each, so I should be harvesting around 120 heads for storage, some for our own use for lovely homemade eating.. but a … Continue reading
Something yummy is rising up out of the earth at the moment..- Giant Puffballs..
They can get good size on the farm, typically them come in the cooler temps and in the fall rains back behind the big barn. I will point out that you should only use these lovely mushrooms if they are … Continue reading
Food Forest-Hiding in plain view..
If you drove by this, would you see anything other than a green jungle? Currently in that front green jungle there is Apple Trees Pear Trees Plum Trees Sweet Cherry Trees Sour Cherry Trees Mulberry High Bush Cranberry Honey Berry … Continue reading
Posted in farm, food
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Forest, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Health, Herbs, nature, plants, Soft Fruits, Veggies, Wildlife
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The next part of my Family Milk Cow Journey with Girl
Girl will be two years old in July, and I am so very excited to annouce that yesterday, she was bred, we will of course have to wait a full month to see if she took? or if she comes … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
Tagged Family Milk Cow, Farm Life, holistic treatment, Oxen, spring grass
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Garden Monday- Apples/Ontario, Sea of Blue and Plants Swap..
Well, we all worried that this would happen, and here is the lastest news.. Sigh.. “A catastrophic freeze has wiped out about 80 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop and has the province’s fruit industry looking at losses already estimated … Continue reading