Tag Archives: Frugal

Its started already-The dryer’s are full and will be till fall

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

Its the time of year that we start preserving food for the coming winter, and I am currently drying Stinging Nettle (for my own use, I like the fresh spring nettles for house use), Clover for winter chicken feed, and … Continue reading →

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Rising Costs of Meat-Are you feeling the effect yet?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Last weekend, my Step-dad was in the “big city” for work and we did a meet up for a visit, lunch and then to give him a ride to the airport, one of our stops from his downtown hotel was the big … Continue reading →

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Troublesome Flower Bed!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, I admit it, I have a spot that is to be a flower bed that has cost me more time and effort then I would ever want to admit to, when we moved here, the very first bed we … Continue reading →

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Dried Dates-Don’t overlook this very cheap fruit!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

With the ever increasing price of fresh fruits and every other kinds as well, don’t forget to look at Dates and consider adding in a good supply of dried dates, they keep very well if keep cool/dry, I like to … Continue reading →

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Red Currents-Making more plants

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

Happy Easter Weekend, I do hope that everyone is enjoying their long weekend and their family time. It is a blessed time of year! Finished prepping a new 16 by 16 four row bed and got it all planted out, … Continue reading →

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Drying Eggs for future use

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

So DH brought in 53 eggs the other day, and lets face it no matter how much I love my fresh eggs, when you start getting close to 60 eggs in a single day, you had better start working on … Continue reading →

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Mushrooms and more Mushrooms planned.

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

I love mushrooms and I like to hunt for the local ones that are good eating in our area, but I was so excited to get these. Both the Poplar Mushoom and the Oyster will be need a fresh cut … Continue reading →

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Soil-Texture test.

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

Do you want to grow your own food? There are four major factors when you garden outside, Soil, Water, Sunlight and Plants, everything else is gravy, and if you have ever looked in one of our local garden magazines or … Continue reading →

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Hugelbeet-Round 2

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

So we are now working on our second big full sun Hugelbeet, we measured them today as DH and I were not in agreement on the size of them, so the first smaller one is 14 feet by 8 feet … Continue reading →

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Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Just another day on the farm

of New England and Eastern Canada by David L Spahr This is a wonderful photgraphic guidebook to finding and using key species, I am a mushroom fan, and I buy a fair number of mushrooms for fresh use, as well … Continue reading →

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