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Community Supported Gardens Peach Program
Here in Ottawa valley in Ontario, garden zone 5a it is the month where ideally we will be pruning hard fruit trees of all kinds. Long time readers know that i have been and continue to be active with other … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Eat what you grow, farm sales, Fruit Trees, Garden
Tagged 100 mile diet, canada, community supported gardens, Farmgal, flowers, food, food forests, Fruit Trees, Garden, Gardening, gardening in cold climate, Grow what you eat, growing peaches, nature, Ontario, peach, peach harvest, Peach pits, peach tree, Peaches, pruning, Pruning Fruit trees, Seed Saving, Sib C peaches, spring-flowering-trees, zone 5a
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Gal in the Garden : Gardening in Hard Times Series
Good Afternoon to my fine fellows, what a time we find ourselves in right now. I do understand that here in Canada, and i expect in many other counties that we are very much seeing the K economy happening in … Continue reading
Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats
In Sept 25 White Rock Meat Chicks ordered from Frey’s Hatchery here in Ontario though our local coop arrived on the farm and were cuddled by Miss R an coo’d over indeed. Dec 10th 24 healthy White Rock Meat Chicks … Continue reading
Lent 2025
Well, i normally do give up something in honor of lent, something small but regular that makes me pause and think a little more deeply on life and how it should be lived, on what i am giving back to … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table
Tagged cooking, fish friday, food, Lent, meatless, recipe, recipes, Respecting values, soup
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Park Garden 2025 -More Grapes!
We planted four healthy grapevines the first year we moved to the farm, so they are now 20 plus years old, we have been blessed with many harvests here on the farm and gifted away extras into the community. They … Continue reading
Posted in Food Forest, Garden
Tagged 0 mile food, building your local food shed, Eat what you grow, eating local, food, Food Forest, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Gardening in Canada, gardening in the true north, grapes, Grow what you eat, Growing Grapes, Growing grapes in canada, homestead, support canadian company, Victory garden
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Burger and Corn Soup
Sometimes we just need a simple soup, a clear flavor filled broth with hints of sweetness from the corn, along with some good old fashion filling from the meat and pasta. Beef Corn Soup Recipe 1 pound of ground burger … Continue reading
Posted in Eat what you grow, Soups and Stews
Tagged bone broth, Bulk Buys, Corn, dinner, Eat what you grow, food, Frugal, Garden, grass fed beef, Grow what you eat, Grow your own, homemade soup, local food shed, Pantry, recipe, recipes, Simple soup, soup, Winter Soups
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Ham Maker Review
While i like cooking roasts and chicken and such for both meals and leftovers, the truth is, i like having precooked sandwich meats in the fridge. Wow the price on these has just gone crazy! I don’t mean the good … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Control what you eat, dinner, Dried veggies, Eat what you grow, food, Frugal, grassfed beef, Ham Maker Review, Hammaker, Herbs, Homemade Sandwich meats, Powdered veggies, Premade, recipe, recipes, Sandwich meat round sliced, sandwiches
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Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe
The wonderful scent of simmering marmalade filled the kitchen on this bitterly cold winter day, for here in Canada, the citrus season comes in during our bleak winter months. The color on these oranges as i cut into them was … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 