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Gardening 2015 – Fall Garden Prep

Yesterday, we winter prepped the bird pen garden and Garden E in the Side yard, (yes, when I have a large number of gardens in different areas, they giving plots by letter it makes it easier when talking to each … Continue reading

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Winter is coming.. Pantry is loaded.. and I am planning for 2016

Yup, seems like a odd thing to be doing right.. I keep reading homesteading blogs that are all about hay for the winter, wood for the stoves and talking about how much snow they are going to get.. (I have … Continue reading

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Dining room is finished now..

The dining room which is the other half of my kitchen, in the oldest part of the house is done šŸ™‚ and I just love it. We still have a few things in the kitchen to do yet but the … Continue reading

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Just a bit of Garden overview

I have been playing it careful this year, its been a odd spring and my hunch was that we would have late frosts and a longer fall, I have the row covers and more to make that end season longer … Continue reading

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Growing Melons in a Hugelculture Mound

Minnesota Midget (1948) Developed by the University of Minnesota in 1948 and introduced by Farmer Seed Company. This fantastic variety is perfect for short season climates and small gardens. The short vines only reach 3′ long and are perfect for … Continue reading

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Beefed up Corn Pudding Recipe with Mashed!

Beefed up Corn Pudding recipeĀ Inspired by Kodi’sĀ Aunts Recipe but also by a recipe found in Fat-Back and Molasses, a collection of favouriteĀ old recipes from Newfoundland and Labrador. 1 onion-Peeled and finely diced 1 cup cooked and diced Leftover Beef 2 … Continue reading

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Woody Beets…

I am a huge fan of trying new seeds and growing new strains and kinds of plants in the garden, sometimes its a huge success and sometimes its a big old flop, it won`t grow, or it does but I … Continue reading

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Fresh Pea Harvest..

The pea’s are in full production now.. Daily picking is pretty much required. Bringing in a bowlful is nice.. But when they are shelled, it sure requires a lot of pea pods to get a bowlful.. So worth it, because … Continue reading

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Raddish Greens, Rain, and Riding..

Well, the rain came softly first, four or more hours of lovely soft spring rain, I was off the farm for a good part of the day as I headed in to get to have lunch with 3 gens of … Continue reading

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Garden and heavy rains are to be coming..

Well, I am to have lots of steady soaking rain for weds-Friday, and there is a warning out that it could get quite heavy at times, this is to me at least excellent news, we need the rain, we need … Continue reading

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