Tag Archives: Frugal
Grilled Salmon and Leek tortilla Recipe..
The orginal version that inspired this recipe is out of “the ontario cookbook” and it was for a smoke trout and chive tortilla.. but I had leftover grilled salmon, cold baby potato’s and fresh leek to use up which lead to this … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, Life moves on daily
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Health, leeks, salmon
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Food, Health, this and that.. Wheat Belly etc.
Well, Thursday’s where my health update days and I really would like to get back to making a weekly update and goal list, I am doing a journel but I found knowing I would need to write it out, that … Continue reading
Plan and Prepare-Garden
Well, this very dry year has been eye openning to say that least, I have never had so little rain ever, we have our own tracking system and even when the area’s around us get rain, we are getting nothing, … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chores, compost, dry land planting spacing, Frugal, Garden, Goals, growing your own wheat, Hugelbeet, hugelculture, mulch, Veggies
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Free Food! – Bumper Crop of Black ChokeCherries..
DH had a surprise for me last night when he arrived home, as he often will do on his way home from the feed store he took a new route home and when he came though the door, he was … Continue reading
Posted in wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Black Chokecherry, Canning, Frugal, Wild Foods
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Food Forest-Hiding in plain view..
If you drove by this, would you see anything other than a green jungle? Currently in that front green jungle there is Apple Trees Pear Trees Plum Trees Sweet Cherry Trees Sour Cherry Trees Mulberry High Bush Cranberry Honey Berry … Continue reading
Posted in farm, food
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Forest, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Health, Herbs, nature, plants, Soft Fruits, Veggies, Wildlife
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Garden Monday
Well, I didn’t get much done in the garden on the weekend, but hubby worked on it for a bit on the saturday when he was puttering around.. he got a new row of strawberries done, plus cleared the area … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Veggies, Wild Foods
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The Double Dug W Potato Bed
While I have played around with growing Potato’s in towers, in strawbales and even in last years “sacrifice outside winter feeding area” the way we grow most of our potato’s is in our double dug 3 foot wide W planted beds. … Continue reading
Posted in gardening
Tagged 100 mile food challange, compost, Double Dug Method, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Herbs, Nettles, Potatos, Raised beds, Veggies
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Pink Slime -No! Meaty Bones-Yes!
So two days ago on the CBC, while I was washing floors for the billionth time, I was very interested in the story of what was happening in regards to fallout from Jamie Olivers showing of just how meat scrapes … Continue reading
Posted in food, frugal
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Greens, Health, Lamb Recipes
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Food Forests or Producing Hedgerows-Farmgal Style.
so while I will share the offical seven layers of the basic idea of a “Food Forest“. I am also going to take this back to Farmgal first hand experance because it turns out that what I have been making … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Garden, Health, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Basic Idea’s of Hugelculture Gardening Style
So I am going to get my “low of this part of the seminar out first” and then get on to the good stuff, I didn’t like how one presenter made this type of system a “lifestyle” and I do … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 