Tag Archives: food

Farmgals Lasagna Recipe

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Farmgal’s Lasagna Recipe #3 Green Filling layer one 3 cups of finely chopped fresh spinach or two cups thawed and drained frozen 2 eggs, farm fresh if you got them! 1 cup of cottage cheese 2 tsp of your favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in recipes | Tagged Beef Lasagna, canada eh, cottage cheese, dinner, Eat what you grow, Farmgal's Recipes, food, grass fed beef, Homemade, just another day on the farm, Large batch Cooking, lasagna, Meal time, pasta, pot lucks, recipes, Spinach, Support your local farmers, tomato sauce | 2 Comments

Canning Up : Hibiscus Tea Concentrate

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

I love a good canned Tea Concentrate Hibiscus has so many traditional health benefits that it was the clear winner for me to make up a batch for the fridge first and then for the canning pantry! Hibiscus Tea Concentrate … Continue reading →

Posted in CanadianEh, Canning | Tagged Canadian Tea cups, Canning, Canning Tea, Canning tea concentrate, Farmgal, food, Garden, Health, Herbs, Hibiscus, Hibiscus Tea, Hibiscus Tea Concentrate, Hibiscus tea syrup, Preserve it, Provencal flower teacup, recipe, recipes, Tea cups | Leave a comment

Waste Not Farmgal’s Way

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Welcome to Waste Not, we will find a way series. This will be a very broad coverage, it could be a way to prepare and freeze something, it could be away to take a leftover and turn it into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Waste not | Tagged Chitting spuds, compost, Early spring potato planting, food, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, growing potato's, growing potato's in feed bags, Homesteading, potato's in strwa, Sprouting Potato, vegetables, Waste not | 2 Comments

Community Supported Gardens Peach Program

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

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 | Leave a comment

Gal in the Garden : Gardening in Hard Times Series

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in CanadianEh, frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Hard times | Tagged food, Food on the table, Frugal, Gal in the Garden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in hard time, Hard times, homestead, Homesteading, Inflation | 3 Comments

Rhubarb -Frugal Starts

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

I love rhubarb! In northern zones, this plant can be found tucked away on every old homestead, into a community gardens, tucked behind most churches back doors. There is a solid reason for the love, its one of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged 100 mile diet, building a new garden, canada, climate victory gardens, food, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Growing from seed, rhubarb, Seed Saving, Seed starting | Leave a comment

Ground Turkey Meatballs made with Cornmeal Recipe

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Turkey Meatballs with Cornmeal instead of bread crumbs 1 Pound of finely ground turkey 1/4 cup of finely ground cornmeal 1 tbsp of herb blend of your choice, in this case i used smoked bacon/maple flavor 1/4 tsp of salt … Continue reading →

Posted in Depression meals, frugal | Tagged Buying in bulk, Buying on sale, Cormeal, dinner, food, Food Production and Recipes, Meatball recipe with cornmeal, meatballs, Meatballs and gravy, recipe, recipes, Turkey meatballs | Leave a comment

Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

Posted in Chickens, Real Life | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Costs of raising your own meat chickens, Farm Life, food, homestead, Homesteading, Meat birds, Meat chickens, raising meat chickens, Save where you can, Saving money | Leave a comment

Lent 2025

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

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 | 6 Comments

Park Garden 2025 -More Grapes!

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

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 →