Tag Archives: Frugal

Freezer Camp

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

by Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin. I picked up this book at our local feed store, it is carried by Thomas-Allan in Canada but is a Storey Book, I flipped though it and then ended up standing reading it, while … Continue reading →

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Time to crack out the pickles..

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The summer heat as arrived and that means a few different things around the farm, first I should explain that we regularly during July and Aug get high temps and totally stupid humidity, examples would be regular 28 to 35 … Continue reading →

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The urge to purge…

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

What is it about longer daylight and warmer temps that makes us want to clean? I mean we are crazy busy with gardens, New baby critters, extra hours in the barns, and now canning is making almost a daily showing … Continue reading →

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Farm Sale Report

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Got out to a farm sale today and I had my list, and a end goal in mind, but as it turned out, today was a off the list day, I only got one thing on my list.. I went looking … Continue reading →

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Do you sprout? If so, what did you plant to produce seeds for winter use?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

If you sprout in winter and you garden in summer, my question is did you plant a area of your garden to produce seeds for sprouting? and if so, what did you choose to grow? I have been well aware … Continue reading →

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How does your garden grow?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Gooseberries are finsished with a total this year of 38 cups, Strawberries are up to a over a hundred prepared cups(topped and sliced and measured) and currents still have a little to go but so far just under 20 cups … Continue reading →

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Golden Needles Harvesting has started.

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

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 →

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GooseBerries-Thoughts, Idea’s and Recipe.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

The gooseberry was a staple in every Grandma’s garden that I knew, I still remember the huge gooseberry bushes we had a the farm.  It was the first thing I bought for the farm was two gooseberry bushes, and since then … Continue reading →

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