Tag Archives: Garden Zone 5
Beef on the Waddle, The Muscovy
I have had these amazing ducks on the farm since the first spring we arrived coming on 22 years now. The amount of ducks has come up and down but they are one of the main livestock we always have, … Continue reading
Posted in Eat what you grow, Grow for your plate
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Backyard flocks, duck-eggs, Ducks, Eat what you grow, Eggs, Eggs for protein, eggs-for-pasta, Fly control, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, homestead, Homesteading, Muscovy, Ontario, Pest control, Rising Costs, small stock, Spring eggs, why-ducks
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Salad Greens and Seeds are starting to come in
As we have a large indoor seed starting setup area in the cellar (it was in the basement of the new part of the house) but has now moved to the Cellar which is the the basement of the old … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Seeds
Tagged 100 mile food challange, canada, catalog seed, Farm Life, food is life, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Greens, Growing your own food, Homesteading, lettuce, Ontario, price increases, seed, Seeds, starting from seed, supporting your community, top dressing your garden beds, Top soil, vegetables, Victory garden, winter sowing
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March coming in like a lion 2025
The boxes of peach tree seedlings continue to do well, the average is now 6 inches plus with a few top growers reaching 10 inches already, they will be good size when sale day and pickups happen in may Today … Continue reading
Blueberry Bush Pruning Setting the Stage for years to come
What amazing set of pruning with writing that i came across, its just wonderfully clear and so easy to understand. This could be a self-grown crane cutting, or a bought plug or even a potted plant you got from the … Continue reading
Posted in Food Forest
Tagged 0 mile food, Blueberry, blueberry bush, Blueberry bush pruning, canada, Food Forest, food shed, fruit production, Garden, garden in canada, Garden Zone 5, Grow your own, local food, pruning for fruit, pruning for health, small space garden, winter pruning
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Foraging in February Garden Zone 5a
With Winter having a very firm grip on us with loads of fresh snow, there is not a lot of forage available right now, in the “hunger months” A single serving of raw High Bush Cranberries (100 grams) contains 25 … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Forage, local food
Tagged 100 mile diet, Canadian, Canning, cranberry-sauce, Eat what you grow, food, Forage, Fruit syrup, Garden Zone 5, High Bush Cranberries, HIgh bush Cranberry BBQ, High bush Cranberry Tea, Lean times, local food, Native fruit, Putting up, recipe, recipes, Wild Fruit, Winter Forage, Winter harvests, Winter Lean
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Fall Soups : Neeps aka Swedes Potato Bacon Recipe
Neeps or Swedes or Rutabaga all mean the same thing, that amazing winter root veggie that was created as a cross between a cabbage and a turnip in the 1700 in Sweden. In the garden because its such a long … Continue reading
Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden harvest, gardens, recipes, Soups and Stews, Winter Eating Challange
Tagged A little bacon is always a good thing, dinner, Eat what you can grow, Fall soups, food, Garden harvest, Garden Zone 5, Neeps, Neeps and Tatties, recipe, recipes, Roasting veggies, soup, Swede turnips, Use up your leftovers
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Roasted Beet are a late fall garden treat!
A fellow blogger from many years gone by who i am connected with still said something interesting a few weeks back (Yes Jess, that would be you) in regards to if we needed to eat more of what we can … Continue reading
Posted in 100 mile diet, Garden harvest, Goals, Kitchen garden
Tagged 0 mile food, 100 mile diet, Beet Greens, beets, Beets as a staple food, beets heart health, food, Garden Zone 5, Grow what you eat, growing beets, Harvesting beets in oct, Kitchen garden, micro zones in your garden, Northern garden staple, recipe, recipes, Roasted beets, vegetables
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Just another Day on the Farm 