Tag Archives: Frugal
Do you curb shop?
Last night I was off the farm for a bit to go have coffee and yummy chocolate Banana muffins and a girls visit, to get there, I take a backroad route and could not help be notice that they had … Continue reading
Its started already-The dryer’s are full and will be till fall
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
Posted in food, Food Storage, frugal
Tagged Chickens, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Wild Foods
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Rising Costs of Meat-Are you feeling the effect yet?
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
Posted in farm, food
Tagged Farm Fresh Eggs, Farm Life, freezer camp, Frugal, pigs, Rabbits, sheep
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Troublesome Flower Bed!
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
Dried Dates-Don’t overlook this very cheap fruit!
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
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, frugal
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Hard Fruits
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Red Currents-Making more plants
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
Mushrooms and more Mushrooms planned.
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
Posted in food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal
Tagged compost, Frugal, Garden, mushrooms
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Soil-Texture test.
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
Hugelbeet-Round 2
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
Just another Day on the Farm 