Tag Archives: Garden
Bulls Blood Beets
We were cleaning out the Bean Teepee on the weekend and there they were.. stunning amazing Bull’s Blood Beets, that pop of color.. outstanding.. So sorry, I didn’t have the camera and it was all done before I could say.. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Blood Beets, Fall harvest, Garden, Harvesting beets
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When things do not go as planned -Sqaush
The first frost has hit the farm, but only in spots.. got to love microclimates.. a little bit here and little bit there .. my poor squash yield for this year is enough to make me cry.. Are you ready! … Continue reading
Sept-Harvest Challenge 2016- Sunflower Seeds
Now I should have had a killer sunflower harvest, we planted out four rows of around 40 seeds each, so I should be harvesting around 120 heads for storage, some for our own use for lovely homemade eating.. but a … Continue reading
Golden Needles Harvesting
or in common terms, picking and drying lots and lots! of unopenned Day Lily flowers. Ah, the common, humble daylily that most of us call, tigerlily’s or Ditch Lily’s are so wonderful to have in the kitchen, the little root … Continue reading
Posted in frugal, gardens, wild foods
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Wild Foods
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Just work’in away
So many rasberries need picking every day or two.. perfect still piking the last of the peas, they are almost finished and the beans are in bloom now! the red current are almost finished but the black and white are … Continue reading
Posted in gardens
Tagged Canning, canning fruit, canning jam, Garden, red current jelly, soft fruit, steam juicer, this an that post
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Moving Birds Around..
We did chores, worked in the yard, moved the birds from winter digs to summer, moving and splitting into breeding pens.. I am thrilled that this week, I was able to feed fodder and greens to the rabbits daily from … Continue reading
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Tagged fodder, foraging for rabbit food, Garden, guinea fowl, self-sowed, turkeys
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Mucking out..
what a great day, did some shopping at the feed store, had a date lunch out with hubby and we spent the afternoon and early evening working on the farm.. Cleaned out the rabbit hutches and added more bedding in … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, goat kids, goats, milking goats, mucking out, rabbit kits, Rabbits
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One last blast of winter, I hope..
O my, there has been so much going on.. including one last good size winter storm.. We went from this, where I was cleaning the yard, planting early spring seeds, having my first fire and outdoor meal, and working on … Continue reading
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Tagged farm, farm kittens, Garden, homesteading in the spring, spring snow storm
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First of the seed orders done
soy bean- Envy bush bean- Orca Bean-Tongue of Fire Pole Bean-northeaster Winter Sqaush -Lady Godiva -Black Futsu -Delicata . -Nutter Butter -Waltham Butternut Fortin’s Family Bean Canada Crookneck Squash Canadian Wonder Bean Speckled Cranberry Pole Bean Thibodeau du Comte Beauce … Continue reading
Sausage and Brussel Sprout Soup.
Ok so to say that this is loosely based on a much loved soup of my hubbies needs to be owned up, I do not make his soup often because I can never quite get that same taste with homemade … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 