Tag Archives: food

Sweet Pickled Beets Recipe

Posted on April 22, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The Keys to Farmgal Pickled Beets is Roasting your beets (never boil them) and the brine.. Sweet Pickling Brine per 4 pints, double or triple or more at will.. In a non-reactive pot, add the above together, bring to a … Continue reading →

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Canning Pantry -Beets, Beef and Chicken Soup

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The Canning pantry on the farm has been in steady use for the past two years with not much refill, between my own personal health issues, Hubby’s foot issue getting him a medical leave to work full time from home … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged beets, Can what you eat, Canning, Canning Pantry, Canning what you grow, Deep Pantry, Farm Life, food, Garden, Gardening, Grow what you eat, kitchen, kitchen days, recipe, recipes, Rotate your canning | Leave a comment

Its Coltsfoot bloom time!

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Its that time of year that the coltsfoot blooms are up and out on the sunny days, they come out before the leaves and while its a very good idea to dig out the creeping roots in your spring garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Herbal Pantry | Tagged Canning, Coltsfood cough syrup, coltsfoot, Coltsfoot flowers, Coltsfoot stems, Dog Photography, flowers, food, Forage, Garden, Health, Herbal, Herbs, recipe, recipes, Spring harvest | 3 Comments

Heart Burger Recipe

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

You bought a whole animal be it beef, lamb, goat or pork, or you are raising small stock, rabbit, or fowl and you find yourself with a heart or hearts. i have a number of heart recipes in the recipe … Continue reading →

Posted in food, grass fed beef, recipes | Tagged Beef heart, burgers, dinner, Eat what you harvest, food, Grassfed Beef Heart, heart, heart is healthy, heart recipe, Reason's to eat heart, recipe, recipes, Waste not | Leave a comment

Sheet Pan Frittata Style

Posted on March 31, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Breakfast for the week or supper for a crowd, when it come to the busy spring egg season, Frittata’s are a wonderful choice to be able to use up a dozen eggs in one go! Cut into supper portions, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfasts, recipes, Toonie Tuesday, Waste not | Tagged Breakfasts sheet pan, cooking, egg prices, Eggs, food, frittata, Frugal dinner choices, Health, Meal prep, nutrition, Potatos, recipes, Spring eggs, Spring Greens, Toonie Tuesdays, turning leftovers into a new dish, using up leftovers, Waste not want not | 2 Comments

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 →