Tag Archives: Farm Life

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin. I picked up this book at our local feed store, it is carried by Thomas-Allan in Canada but is a Storey Book, I flipped though it and then ended up standing reading it, while … Continue reading →

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Time to crack out the pickles..

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The summer heat as arrived and that means a few different things around the farm, first I should explain that we regularly during July and Aug get high temps and totally stupid humidity, examples would be regular 28 to 35 … Continue reading →

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The urge to purge…

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

What is it about longer daylight and warmer temps that makes us want to clean? I mean we are crazy busy with gardens, New baby critters, extra hours in the barns, and now canning is making almost a daily showing … Continue reading →

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Do you store in Glass or Plastic..

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

I used to have alot of plastic tubs that I would move food over into but over the past number of years, I have worked hard to remove these from the house and replace them with pints, quarts and half … Continue reading →

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Canning Log Update

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

  It was time to do a inventory of the canning, so I can have a better idea of what needs to be put up this season, Figured we would share with the folks were we start and then do … Continue reading →

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How does your garden grow?

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

Gooseberries are finsished with a total this year of 38 cups, Strawberries are up to a over a hundred prepared cups(topped and sliced and measured) and currents still have a little to go but so far just under 20 cups … Continue reading →

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GooseBerries-Thoughts, Idea’s and Recipe.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The gooseberry was a staple in every Grandma’s garden that I knew, I still remember the huge gooseberry bushes we had a the farm.  It was the first thing I bought for the farm was two gooseberry bushes, and since then … Continue reading →

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How does your garden grow

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

How was your gardening week? We had three days of heat and then four days of warm and rain, and I do mean rain, all my rain barrels are full to overflowing and I can see the plants growing. This … Continue reading →

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Marrow Fruit

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

I love Marrow Fruit, for alot more info on it, check out my linked post on how to make Mock Pinapple by using marrow fruit. In this case the summer sqaush that I am using is Zucchini, you want some … Continue reading →

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How does your Garden Grow

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Hi Guys I will try and start doing regular weekly updates on how does the garden grow with photos as a few folks have asked for something like this.. so here goes Harvested this week: Greens, Romaine, Radishs, Green Onions … Continue reading →

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