Tag Archives: Frugal

Willow Crafted Bird Nest Materials

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

This is one of the few years we will not have hair sheep shedding out on the farm and for the past 20 years i have watched the birds carefully pick and use the bits of wool in their nests. … Continue reading →

Posted in crafts | Tagged Bird Photography, birds, birds use sheeps wool, birds using horse hair, birdwatching, birdwathcing, canada eh, Frugal, Gardening in zone 5a, Gardens need birds, homestead, horse hair, if you build it they will come, nature, nest building, Nesting, nesting materials, nests, photography, Sheep Wool, small Farm, spring, use what you have, Wild Birds, willow, willow crafts | Leave a comment

Potting Up Tomato Plants, Next Pot Please

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

I got in a specially breed type of tomato that is for growing in pots for small spaces, i started six seeds, and i have six plants, five big ones and one wee one that is still growing but no … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Kitchen garden | Tagged canada eh, cherry tomatos, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, gardening for the kitchen, Gardening in Canada, Gardening in the north, Gardening in zone 5a, grow lights, Grow your own, growing in pots, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, pinching tomato stems, plant starting indoors, potting up, Seed starting, Seeds, tips for repotting tomatos, tomato, vegetables | 1 Comment

Frugal Meal Helpers -Roasting Leftover Bones

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

When we can’t be as picky on certain cuts in the store due to prices or if we are buying bulk quarters or half’s of whole animals, we are going to end up with a lot more bone in cuts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged bone broth, bone in meat, broth, canada, Cost saving, Farmgal, Flavour depth, Frugal, groceries, just another day on the farm, Leftovers, Making do, meal planning, Meal prep, Noodle Soup, Roast your bones, Shop the sales, soup, Soup base, trimming meat, Use ever last bit, using leftover, Waste not, Waste not want not | 2 Comments

Green Lacewings

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

“Most green lacewings have golden or copper eyes and are found on foliage. They are poor, erratic flyers and strongly attracted to light. Some 25 species occur in Canada, the most common of which are the common green (Chrysoperla carnea) … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, In the Garden | Tagged canada, eco friendly, farm, Farm Life, Farmgal, flowers, food forests, Frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Garden planning, Gardening, Green Lacewings, Growing your own food, homestead, In the Garden, Lacewings, Low cost ways, Native Plants, nature, Seed starting, Support Lacewings, Working with Nature, Zone 5a gardening | 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

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

Feeding out Crushed Eggs Shells to Chickadees and more

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Log into any chicken group or homesteading group and folks will talk about saving their egg shells, baking them and crushing and feeding them back to their flocks I have done a detailed post on it myself and its good … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, Critters, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Kitchen garden | Tagged birds, Calcium needs to wild female birds, Chick rearing, Chickadees, Chickadees breeding cycles, Egglaying, Eggshells, Feeding crushed eggshells, Feeding insects to hatchings, Feeding out crushed Eggshells to your wild birds, Frugal, Gardening, Helping your wild birds, nature, Nesting, Saving money garden, Wildlife, Working with Nature | 2 Comments

Beef on the Waddle, The Muscovy

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

I have had these amazing ducks on the farm since the first spring we arrived coming on 22 years now. The amount of ducks has come up and down but they are one of the main livestock we always have, … Continue reading →

Posted in Eat what you grow, Grow for your plate | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Backyard flocks, duck-eggs, Ducks, Eat what you grow, Eggs, Eggs for protein, eggs-for-pasta, Fly control, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, homestead, Homesteading, Muscovy, Ontario, Pest control, Rising Costs, small stock, Spring eggs, why-ducks | 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

Taking Stock and Counting it twice!

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

While the 50+ peach babies have been moved up into their gallon pots and and even more lines of grow lights have been hung and fan is set up and ready for extra air movement, along with winter sowed seeds, … Continue reading →