Tag Archives: Frugal

Fried Banana Peel Recipe

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

Fully admit it, I say a clip on Facebook on this one and went.. huh?? They called it mock bacon, and its not mock bacon to me at all. Pick your Banana, with the reading I did on this on … Continue reading →

Posted in food, frugal, Life moves on daily | Tagged Challenge yourself, Eating Banana Peels, Eating Fried Banana Peel, Fried Banana Peel Recipe, Frugal, Try something new, Waste not | 1 Comment

One Freezer Down

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

The big once a year beef order came in this week, which meant a rework of all the freezers, pulling older meat out, sorting, checking for freezer burn. Putting the new in sorted in types in fully newly emptied freezer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Farm Life, Filling your freezers, freezers used to be frugal, Frugal, rotating food in your freezers, sorting your freezers, Support Local, using up from the freezer | 10 Comments

Bird Seed/Fruit Suet Balls

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Just another day on the farm

Like most everything else the price point in the stores in regards to Seed/Fruit Suet Balls for the bird feeder was eye popping. Thankfully making your own is not hard to do. I took 10 cups of locally grown Bird … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Dried Fruit, Feeding Wild birds with lard and seed Balls, Frugal, High Bush Crnaberries, Making Suet Seed Balls, Waste not, Wild Birds | 2 Comments

Thermos Shuttle Chef Review – TEN years later!

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Just another day on the farm

Can you believe it, my 10 YEAR review on the Thermos Shuttle Chef.. and I still love it! First Thermos Shuttle Chef review 2011 and lots of photos, cooking info and more.. Thermos Shuttle Chef 5 year review and round … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Cooking with a Shuttle Chef Thermos Cookpot, Frugal, multi use, save energy cost, Thermos Shuttle Chef Beef Barley Stew Recipe, Thermos Shuttle Chef making yogurt, Thermos Shuttle Chef Pot, Thermos Shuttle Chef review, Thermos Shuttle Chef ten year review | 6 Comments

Hello Lockdown.. Brace for Impact 2022

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Just another day on the farm

Well the powers that be.. that run our province of ontario just informed us! “BRACE FOR IMPACT” media report.. point in fact, that was one of the most honest reports of what we had now and what could be coming … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Frugal, Garden, Give a helping hand | 2 Comments

The Shifting Moral Sands Under our Feet

Posted on November 20, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

My Back to the Land Parents taught me young about shifting sands, on one hand I was allowed to flourish as a wild child, barefoot and bushy tailed, land, water, hounds at feet, wind running over me as I rode … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Life moves on daily | Tagged Fair Trade, Frugal, Media Spin, Morals, support your local farmer, Supporting small business, Who to trust | 8 Comments

WHAT! WHAT… NO!

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Bells is so much fun to take photography’s of but in this case, I am going to use it to express that feeling of WHAT.. WHAT!! that many of us are feeling at the moment.. Early Fall is shifting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Budget, Frugal, Inflation, Planning for inflation, Price of lumber, Rising costs of goods | 8 Comments

Mustard Mayo Sauce

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Mustard, be it bright yellow and smooth an creamy, be it course with dark brown or even black mustard seeds, or a blend of the above, be it a tiny bit of keens mixed in there for some extra heat.. … Continue reading →

Posted in recipes | Tagged Cost saving, Frugal, horseradish mustard, Mustard Mayo Sauce, Mustard stirfry sauce, mustards | 4 Comments

Winter Tires and Stuff

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

All over the farm and the fields around me, the geese have been flying.. Honk, Honk, Honk If we needed more signs that fall is here.. these lines of every changing moving, shifting V flocks of honkers would certainly be … Continue reading →

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Roasted Sea Salt Grey Ghost Squash Seeds

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Its fall and that means squash and pumpkins are coming in by the wheel barrel and bins full.. such bounty.. we had a low threatened of 4 and we did get just nipped but only in our most frost prone … Continue reading →