Tag Archives: Garden
Its started already-The dryer’s are full and will be till fall
Its the time of year that we start preserving food for the coming winter, and I am currently drying Stinging Nettle (for my own use, I like the fresh spring nettles for house use), Clover for winter chicken feed, and … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Storage, frugal
Tagged Chickens, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Wild Foods
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New 140 foot Elderberry Hedge row on the farm.
So we spent a number of hours moving those baby Elderberry’s out of the bed they were in, and we had enough to do more then just one back row of them in hedge space, we have enough to do … Continue reading
Troublesome Flower Bed!
Ok, I admit it, I have a spot that is to be a flower bed that has cost me more time and effort then I would ever want to admit to, when we moved here, the very first bed we … Continue reading
Gardens-Water- A peek into what happens when….
suddenly your water supply is limited, in one of the big cities by me, they have declared that large area is on full water restrictions, and you should here the folks having fits, no filling of swimming pools, or hottubs, … Continue reading
Bumper Crop of Baby Elderberries Bushes
When we moved to our little farm, one of the first things we did when spring arrived was start looking at our local bushes in the hopes that we would have lots of wild food, what we had the most … Continue reading
Red Current Jelly
What do you use your Red Currents for? Do you make Jelly, or do you make Juice? or how about Wine? Mix them in with other fruits to add a boost of flavor? This type of jelly is such a … Continue reading
Posted in Food Production and Recipes, gardens
Tagged Canning, Garden, jams and jellies, Soft Fruits
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Ambystoma maculatum Or Spotted Salamander
Check out this cute little guy we found in the garden this afternoon, its clearly in very good shape and was so zen when picked up. We snapped a few photos and then put him back down in a area that we … Continue reading
Dandelion, Horseradish, and Burdock
Ah, fresh Dandelion, once of the first spring plants ready and willing to become greens in the kitchen, I picked out four nice big plants out of my patch and into the house they came, split with cut off at … Continue reading
Happy Earth Day!
So what are you doing for Earth Day? We are having a tiny bit of sun and while I am still under the weather, its now more cold then flu and so I got to spend a bit of time … Continue reading
Soil Health and Worms..
Did you know that alot of the earthworms in Canada are not native? Earthworms in Canada have all been introduced (with the exception of some species that survived in glacial refugia in mainland British Columbia and the Queen Charlotte Islands … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 