Tag Archives: Garden

Powdery Mildew and Treatment plan

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Last week was filled with a number of things that kept us just one foot in front of the other. I might get to the point where I will write about some of it. However the garden is in full … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged Garden, Powdery Mildew, Treatments for Powdery Mildew, ways to keep powdery Mildew under control | 2 Comments

Project 2018-Stumps- Maple

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We have a number of stumps left over from the work done and some of them are smaller, a few mid size and one that is considered large and two that are massive.. Today we are going to talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Garden, permaculture in a old tree stump, Permacutlure, planting in a tree stup, Using Permaculture on the farm | 2 Comments

Making homemade wool tags for the garden

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Got Sheep? Yes, lovely hair sheep that I adore.. they are my favorites, so easy to work with. Got Wool Sheep? Why yes I do have two wool sheep in my wee flock.. but I don’t use their wool for … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Extra way to earn money on wool on homesteads, Garden, Help your garden pots in drought, Sheep Tags, Sheep Wool in garden, Sheep wool tags, Using Wool in your garden | 4 Comments

Easy Fresh Tomato Garlic Pasta Topping

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

O yes, we have tomato’s starting to come in.. we have been getting fresh yummy cherry tomato’s for fresh eating or in salads, I had my first toasted Tomato Sandwich this week. However yesterday we brought in enough Roma Tomato’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Easy fresh tomato pasta topping, Fresh Tomato's, Garden, tomato | 1 Comment

Raspberries

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

The summer raspberries are early, they should not be starting till late july but this heat has everything moving faster. Last night we had salad made up of our freshly picked tomato’s and Peppers. Sunday was spent cleaning up our … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garden, Growing Raspberry on a homestead, raspberry, soft fruit | 3 Comments

Homesteader Pea’s

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

So these are homesteader pea’s or so I was sold heritage homesteader pea’s and in some ways they are bang on.. 68 to 70 days from planted to harvesting, able to grow in cooler soil and withstand heat and still … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden harvest | Tagged Fresh garden peas, Garden, Garden harvest, Hertiage pea's 1930s, Homesteader pea's, Picking Pea's, Short Season pea's ready in 68 days, Shucking peas | 4 Comments

A little Garden photo update

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is a photo heavy post.. there is so much to do yet but we are working on things on a daily base.. Week three in the horse trough salad green garden. lots of picking to be done for greens … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged fresh spring grens, Garden, raised bed gardening, salad green garden, self seeded squash, wild strawberries | 3 Comments

What do you use clover for?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I like clover! I like white clover and red clover, I can remember as a small child the pleasure on a warm sunny summer day to pick big fluffy heads of the most wonder purple and sucking on the sweet … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Wild Foods | 1 Comment

Wild Violets Uses

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

There are folks that consider these weeds as they freely grow in my local area, so I would consider them a “wild” harvestable food. The perk of this, is that you should be able to find yourself some of these … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, food, gardens | Tagged Early spring forage food, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Herbs, local forage, Wild Foods | 3 Comments

What a clean up needed!

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I went out to take photos of the main garden and then decided that a short video to show just how bad it really is would work so much better. The bones of the garden are still there, the rich … Continue reading →