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Orange Rhubarb Chutney Recipe
Rhubarb Orange Chutney. 8 cups frcsh chopped rhubarb, 1 cups of chopped onions, 1 cup of golden raisins, 3/4 cup of apple cidar vinager, zest of two oranges and the fresh done juice of them, plus 1/4 cup of lemon … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes
Tagged Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Lamb Recipes, Soft Fruits, Veggies
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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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Garden Monday- Apples/Ontario, Sea of Blue and Plants Swap..
Well, we all worried that this would happen, and here is the lastest news.. Sigh.. “A catastrophic freeze has wiped out about 80 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop and has the province’s fruit industry looking at losses already estimated … Continue reading
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
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, compost, Double Dug Method, Farm Life, Frugal, Garden, Herbs, Nettles, Potatos, Raised beds, Veggies
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Hugelculture-Making “hill” beds for garden use!
This was by far the best seminar at the event, it was hosted by one of Greenshire’s members for those of my readers that can watch video, here is a link to one that they have done that you might like, … Continue reading
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
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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
We all said it..it was bound to happen! Thankfully my tree’s are not in bloom!
The photo on the right was taken this morning..that is my rhubarb under that blanket of snow! How hard did you get hit if you got snow this morning?
Food Storage Friday- Garden Monday- This and That Post!
Wow, its been a crazy busy week, filled to the brim with great things but by the time I get done, I am crashing into bed and sleeping the dead LOL While this is offically a Food Storage Friday, its … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged Chickens, Chores, compost, Farm Life, freezer camp, Frugal, Garden, Health, Hobbies, Weight Loss
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Digging for my lunch! I’m having Burdock and Dandelion root with a dessert of nettle…
Well, I had Girl tied out for grazing in the main yard and she was within reach of a old compost pile that grows stinging nettle, dandelion and Burdock root for me as a kind of spring wild kitchen garden … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 