Tag Archives: Food Production and Recipes

Lamb Liver Pate Recipe

Well, I have intended to start the month of recipes out with a wonderful dish of stuff heart but it will have to wait till tomorrow, as today we are making Lamb Liver Pate. 1 pds of fresh lamb liver … Continue reading

Posted in Lamb Recipes | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

August Lamb Recipe Challange

Hello Folks, I wish I was asleep right now but instead, I am up having tea and blogging, so be it, sometimes its better to just get up then to fight laying in bed awake. Very loud thunderstorm came though … Continue reading

Posted in Food Production and Recipes | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Stinging Nettles used as Rennet-Round two

Ok, so got a little knitting in last night, always gives me time to reflect, and hit the books on the shelf, first six that I was sure had info on nettles did but just like everything else I was … Continue reading

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Stinging Nettle Sheep Cheese Recipe

Lets just play what if,  What if you can’t get Rennet? What if you can’t get Lemon Juice(after all this is Canada, lemons don’t grow here) What does grow in most parts of Canada that can be used in place.. … Continue reading

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Production and Recipes, raw milk | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Freezer Camp

Part of life on the farm is the fact that we are raising a percent of our animals each year for food production. Now the reason I say a percent is that I keep back breeding animals on my little … Continue reading

Posted in Real Life | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Well the heat is good for drying the pea’s on the vine

Do you seed save from your garden? If you are thinking about it, I would recommend adding to your book collection Seed to Seed, Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth, its a very! good book … Continue reading

Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Sweet Relish Recipe

Relish’s can be made of so many different choices, and they are certianly for alot more then use on a hotdog or a burger, they can be served as sides to many meat dishes, on sandwhich’s mixed with mayo or … Continue reading

Posted in Food Production and Recipes, gardens | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Berries season moves on..

Its a rain day, and boy do I need it, the garden and pastures can use this lovely soft, gentle but steady rain for the past couple hours, my first cherry tomato’s are turning color, have hints of red and … Continue reading

Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, gardens, wild foods | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Golden Needles Harvesting has started.

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

Posted in frugal, gardens, wild foods | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Fresh Sweet Pea’s-A spring treat in a Sweet and Sour Pork Dish.

My Garden Cup Overflows, one of the many things coming out of the garden at this time of the year is sweet fresh green pea’s. They are still in bloom so there is no end in sight yet, but the … Continue reading

Posted in gardens | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment