Tag Archives: Garden

What do you do with all that Deep Bedding Pack!

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Why Compost it in place and grow food of course! First the line was mowed down(with a mulching blade, with tall pasture grasses left on both sides for winter, they will be mowed down low and tight and then mulched … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden | Tagged 30 day challenge, barn stalls, compost, crop traps, Deep Pack Bedding, Feed the soil, flowers, Garden, Garden beds, Gardening, Grow what you eat, heavy feeders in the garden, Homesteading, human power, Planning your garden, snow traps, vegetables | 1 Comment

No Buy November 2024 Week 3 Overview

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Nov 15th- No spend, all good Nov 16th – didn’t spend a dime Nov 17th- No spend Nov 18th-No spend.. Nov 19th- Tuesday came and went, Miss R worked hard on the farm to help get us ready for fall … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges | Tagged 30 day challenge, dental-costs, farm, Frugal, Garden, gate, No Buy November, no spend, Saving money, think before you buy | 5 Comments

Beef Barley Fall Root Based Stew Recipe

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Fall Root Veggie Beef Barley Stew This Stew uses a lot of fall root veggies, i did a mixed blend of Potato, Sweet Potato, Carrot, Winter Turnip and Parsnip. You are welcome to create your own fall root blend as … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Soups and Stews | Tagged beef stew, broth, dinner, Eat what you grow, food, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Health, recipe, recipes, Root Veggies, soup, soups, stew, Veggies, whole food | Leave a comment

Potato Harvest Overview 2024

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

It was both a odd year and a outstanding year when it came to growing potato’s on the farm in 2024. Due to the crazy amount of rain we were getting the garden was to wet to work and or … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden harvest | Tagged calorie dense foods, Eat what you grow, Fall Harvests, food, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in a wet year, Gardening in Zone 5, growing in straw bedding, growing potatos, harvesting potato, Potato, potatoes, Purple potato, Red Potato, Russet potato, vegetables | Leave a comment

10 Tons of Well Rotted Wood Chip Based Compost

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

What a gift this pile is! I am so thankful to our friends that gifted these piles to us for the park garden. This is a mix of wood based bedding in a free stalled cow dairy by a friend … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, compost | Tagged aged compost, compost, compost from deep pack bedding, compost in the food forest, compost in the gardens, composting, deep bed pack compost, Deep Pack Bedding, Feed the soil, Garden, Gardening, gardens, how the type of carbon in deep pack bedding effects end compost, Improving garden yeilds, soil, Soil improvement, Soil structure | 2 Comments

Lets make some goals! Getter Done

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Written Goals are such a good starting point to at least try and direct the coming time. Miss R and I have the same tracking and thought journals and we are enjoying finding a time (perhaps not daily) to work … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Goals, homestead | Tagged Blogging, Blogging in your 50's, Enjoy your coffee, family meals, Garden, Gardening, Goals, homestead, Homesteading, Hygge, Its the little things, Keep it simple, Native Plants, nature, pets, photography, Small comforts, trees, Writing out your goals | 3 Comments

What a garden season its been 2024

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

How did your garden grow? How was your final harvests? Have you had your first hard frost? Still growing, still harvesting? My overview of the gardens for the farm for 2024 Hard Fruit, including Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Peaches Apples- … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Garden harvest, gardening, Kitchen garden, Rain Garden | Tagged Farm Life, Garden, garden overview, Gardening, Gardening for the pantry, Gardening in Eastern Ontario, Gardening in rain year, Gardening in Zone 5, Gardening to fill your freezer, Greens, grow your own food, Growing for the table, Growing your own food, Homesteading, rain effecting garden yeilds, Rain Gardens, Raised beds, small Farm, tomatoes, vegetables, Veggies | 4 Comments

Ultra Frugal but Foolish Way to Get Garden Bean Seeds

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Sometimes i adore when both ultra frugal and yet foolish things cross over my facebook feed LOL This fits the bill perfectly! On the frugal side of things, in the usa this appear to cost around $2.50 cents and i … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged beans, community projects, cost savings, dried beans, Eating green beans, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, Green bean, Growing beans, Growing food cheaply, Growing Soup beans, Homesteading, Stringless green beans, vegetables | 1 Comment

Poor Man’s Fertilizer “SNOW”

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so do rain, sleet and hail, and believe it or not, lightning. Rain and lightning contain more nitrogen than snow. Statistics from agricultural … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged canada, Farmgal, Frugal, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in a northern climate, just another day on the farm, nature, Northern climate, Snow, Snow cover in the garden, Snow fertilizer, Snow protection, Using natures gifts, Winter | 4 Comments

Rising Food Costs Loss of Sales at 50%

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

I hear it break on the talk radio first, it was the topic of the day and it was slamming the phone lines, to say that folks were unhappy was a understatement but soon enough came the truth, well i … Continue reading →