Tag Archives: Frugal
Composting for the Feb Challange
This month on the sustainable eats Urban farm Handbook year long gardening challange, it was soil buiding.. Ok, so the photo does not look like much but when we got that amazing spring snap of weather at the first part … Continue reading
The Dehydrator Bible -The Personal Touch! Seminar with Don Mercer
The Dehyrdator Bible by Jennifer Machenzie, Jay Nutt and Don Mercer I have already done a book review, on this solidly useful book, I still find myself reaching for it at least once or twice a week to check my temps … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Charcuterie, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Herbs, Homesteader Books
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Garden Monday-Indepence Days-Monthly “How does your Garden Grow”
I decided to combine the wonderful Independence Day Challange with the once a month garden update for my monday’s main posts. Going to also add links to blog I read that are doing this challange, if anyone else who read’s … Continue reading
Food Storage Friday 02/24/2012
This weeks fresh food buy came out to a today of 8.88, it included a small purple cabbage, a med to large green cabbage, a bunch of banana’s (6), two chinese pears, one large box of mushrooms and one english … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Farm Fresh Eggs, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Health
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Garden Monday-Indepence Day’s
I decided to combine the wonderful Independence Day Challange with the once a month garden update for my monday’s main posts. Going to also add links to blog I read that are doing this challange, if anyone else who read’s … Continue reading
Friday’s Food Storage 2/12/2012
What a week its been for food storage, I can see signs of spring on the farm, the snow has melted around the big tree’s, the chickens are busy under the rabbit hutches and in the compost piles, I watched one … Continue reading
Posted in Food Storage
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Chickens, Farm Fresh Eggs, Frugal, Garden, Soups and Stews
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Homemade Fish Stock, plus a Light Seafood Soup Recipe.
As some of you know, I am working on a Feb $10 fresh per week food challange which means that I am digging around in my freezers a bit more then I have been, which is a very good thing! Needless … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Veggies
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Working on my new bushes list for 2012
Well, its not final yet, but I think I have narrowed down my list of fruiting and or health/herb bushes to add to the farm this year.. Here is what I have to date.. Smoky Saskatoon Shadblow Serviceberry Allegnery Serviceberry … Continue reading
Posted in food, gardens
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Fruit Trees, Garden, Soft Fruits
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Food Storage Friday -Feb $10 a week Challange -Week 1
So here is my first weeks $10 worth of grocery’s. I got two packages of mushrooms, one very large pinnaple, a big celery bunch -which’s end I have planted in a pot of good rich potting soil and I can … Continue reading
Old Fashion Onion Soup
So both last week and this week I was able to pick up a 3 pd bag of white onions for 88 cents for one and a dollar for the other, this means I have lots of onions in the house … Continue reading
Posted in frugal, Life moves on daily
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Soups and Stews
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Just another Day on the Farm 