Tag Archives: Garden

We are now four weeks from last frost date

Posted on April 25, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Its happening, the biggest of the heat loving Tomato plants are starting the in-out cycle! The shelves in the porch greenhouse are getting cleared, the big top ones first for the tomato and cucumber patio type plants. This week the … Continue reading →

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Canning Pantry -Beets, Beef and Chicken Soup

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The Canning pantry on the farm has been in steady use for the past two years with not much refill, between my own personal health issues, Hubby’s foot issue getting him a medical leave to work full time from home … Continue reading →

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Its Coltsfoot bloom time!

Posted on April 18, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Its that time of year that the coltsfoot blooms are up and out on the sunny days, they come out before the leaves and while its a very good idea to dig out the creeping roots in your spring garden … Continue reading →

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Current Propagation -Pinning

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Red, White, Black, Gooseberry, Jostaberry are all part of the current family, and they all can be very successfully cloned by pinning. What are some good reason you would want to pin your favorites? or ask your friend to do … Continue reading →

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Starting Rhubarb from Seed Spring Update

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

It was finely time to move the 50 plus rhubarb babies out of the indoor winter plant setups to their outdoor cold frame! Last year i tried to take the easy way and ordered in a bulk buy on rhubarb … Continue reading →

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Lettuce Plugs -Transplant day

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Have you seen the price of lettuce these days, it can cost as much as 6 dollars for full size head of lettuce in the store, 5.99 or you can get three smaller sized head of romaine for 9.00 but … Continue reading →

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Raised Hot Box -Manure/Compost Heated

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

If there is one thing that a farm produces if they have livestock is manure! Here is a more detailed post on it but in a nut shell for our current livestock My Critters average daily output right now That’s … Continue reading →

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Dormant Oil Spray Get to it!

Posted on March 30, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Lets Talk about why we want to spray our fruit trees, fruit bushes and rose bushes with Dormant Oil, we are protecting then from certain overwintering pests and fungal diseases. Its giving the trees a head start in the spring … Continue reading →

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Friday Rambles, grab a cuppa and join me

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The hot gossip locally is all about the Moose! There are two adults and yearling and they have been keeping everyone hands on 2 and 10 and eyes peeled as they are loving the new growth that has taken place … Continue reading →

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Time to Prune! Garden Zone 5a

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Each cut was chosen with care, thank you to the Fine Line’s Landscape company that came out to do our over 50 plus hard fruit trees this year for us! With so many young trees, it was just awesome to … Continue reading →