Tag Archives: food

Black Current an Honey Syrup

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Currents grow well here on the farm in all the colors and types, however in the spring of 2024 there was a early spring with not a single frost which meant that its been a amazing fruit year! In all … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, 30 day challanges, Garden harvest | Tagged Black Current Syrup, black currents, breakfast, Current bush, dessert, Eat what you grow, food, Fruit syrups, gardens, Growing currents in garden zone 5, recipe, recipes | Leave a comment

Potato Harvest Overview 2024

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

It was both a odd year and a outstanding year when it came to growing potato’s on the farm in 2024. Due to the crazy amount of rain we were getting the garden was to wet to work and or … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden harvest | Tagged calorie dense foods, Eat what you grow, Fall Harvests, food, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in a wet year, Gardening in Zone 5, growing in straw bedding, growing potatos, harvesting potato, Potato, potatoes, Purple potato, Red Potato, Russet potato, vegetables | Leave a comment

The Trench of Shame

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

O what a waste! If you have been following my blog for a good while you know that i can a lot! and that i love to try new recipes. You know that one good garden years i can and … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Food Storage | Tagged Canning, Clearing the old canning, Compost pits, Compost trench, cooking, food, Keep the jars, Purging the pantry, recipe, recipes, Waste, When things do not go according to plan | 4 Comments

Deep Pantry -Shop the flyers and Loss Leaders

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

While they stopped delivering flyers in our mail years ago, the odd flyer on a few things still comes, mostly Canadian Tire an the local feeder stores or hardware stores. However a friend of mine has a small but awesome … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, frugal | Tagged Cost of living, Feeding the teenager, Fill the freezers, food, fresh-food, grocery prices in canada, Health, Inflation, Making a special stock up trip, nutrition, Planning your shopping trip, Shop your flyers, Shopping loss leaders, Shopping with a list, Stocking your pantry | 1 Comment

Pumpkin Time!

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Right now at stores all over the city, country lanes and locally at a one or more of our green houses, sales are happening, the value of the pumpkins and squash’s grown for Halloween just dropped like a stone. Last … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Food Storage, frugal, Garden harvest | Tagged After sales, compost, Compost your pumpkins, Finding way to use things up, food, Frugal, halloween, Halloween pumpkins, Pie pumpkins, pumpkin, Pumpkin sales, pumpkin seeds, pumpkins, Pumpkins for fodder, recipes, squash | Leave a comment

Fall Soups : Neeps aka Swedes Potato Bacon Recipe

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Neeps or Swedes or Rutabaga all mean the same thing, that amazing winter root veggie that was created as a cross between a cabbage and a turnip in the 1700 in Sweden. In the garden because its such a long … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden harvest, gardens, recipes, Soups and Stews, Winter Eating Challange | Tagged A little bacon is always a good thing, dinner, Eat what you can grow, Fall soups, food, Garden harvest, Garden Zone 5, Neeps, Neeps and Tatties, recipe, recipes, Roasting veggies, soup, Swede turnips, Use up your leftovers | Leave a comment

Roasted Beet are a late fall garden treat!

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

A fellow blogger from many years gone by who i am connected with still said something interesting a few weeks back (Yes Jess, that would be you) in regards to if we needed to eat more of what we can … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Garden harvest, Goals, Kitchen garden | Tagged 0 mile food, 100 mile diet, Beet Greens, beets, Beets as a staple food, beets heart health, food, Garden Zone 5, Grow what you eat, growing beets, Harvesting beets in oct, Kitchen garden, micro zones in your garden, Northern garden staple, recipe, recipes, Roasted beets, vegetables | 6 Comments

Rising Food Costs Loss of Sales at 50%

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

I hear it break on the talk radio first, it was the topic of the day and it was slamming the phone lines, to say that folks were unhappy was a understatement but soon enough came the truth, well i … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged community, farmers-markets, food, Food Production and Recipes, food sheds, Frugal, Garden, groceries, loblaws, local food, rising food costs | 10 Comments

Beef Shank with Beets Soup

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Its the time of year where i am poking my head into the cellar, the freezer and the pantry, I have my yearly full beef order coming in this week as well as planning out the coming meat chick order … Continue reading →

Posted in local food, odd bits, Recipes from the Root Cellar, Soups and Stews | Tagged barley, beef, Beef shanks, beets, cooking on your woodstove, dinner, eating out of your storage, food, grass fed beef, Homegrown beets, Pantry, recipe, recipes, roasting bones for flavour, soup, Stews, Winter Soups, wood stove | Leave a comment

A this and that post, a little catchup both on the farm and here as well..

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Just another day on the farm

The Elderberries are in full bloom at home now, I have asked DH to dry me at least nine trays worth of flowers and then put them in glass jar in the dark for later use, these are amazing fresh … Continue reading →