Tag Archives: Gardening

Native Plants are the must have “hot garden item ” of 2021

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

When it comes to landscaping, garden centers and the local garden groups locally, provincally and across N.A. The HOT trend for 2021 is without a doubt.. Native Plants with tag lines including plant natives, support the bees, support the butterflies … Continue reading →

Posted in Native Plants | Tagged Black Chokecherry, Black Elderberry, Blackchokeberry, Elderberry, Gardening, high bush cranberry, Homestaed gardning, Native Plants, Wild native fuit | 6 Comments

Gal in the Garden -Corn Garden “roughing it”

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

So what is a gal going to do when she really NEEDS to plant out a extra corn garden of 240’s seeds but she is out of already prepared and planned garden space?? Follow the high hoe tracks from last … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged breaking new garden soil, Gal in the Garden Series, Gardening, homestead corn garden | Leave a comment

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening : Overcoming Soil Challanges.

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming Soil Challenges Guest Post by WillowCreakFarm Part 3 of 5 This is the third post in our High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening series. You can read the other two by clicking the links below: Introduction Overcoming the Terrain … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Garden | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Gardening, Gardening in a northern climate, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, Homesteading, Making Compost, Raised beds in the homastead gardens, Willowcreekfarm | 4 Comments

Home Grown Food Summit 2019

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Check out the online Home Grown Food Summit 2019 Please click on the link in blue above to be taken to the sign up page. I do NOT get anything for promoting this. I just think some of my readers … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged Gardening, Home grown food, home Grown Food Summit 2019 | 2 Comments

Red Currents 2018

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

We have a truly lovely haul from our red current bushes with pounds of them coming off each mature bush, some of the bushes are smaller-younger that are not as many but the older ones are having a outstanding year! … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Current Bushes on the homestead, Food Forest, Gardening, Growing Currents, Red Currents | 11 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 →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Cleaning up a garden, Garden, Gardening, Refreshing a garden | 4 Comments

Soil. Gardening and Food Production

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I hope the above link does work, I am not going to copy and paste parts of it here, its copyrighted but ideally go read it before reading mine.. however if you choose not to, here is the part I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged calorie dense food, food systems, Gardening, growing food, soil | 10 Comments

Monday This and That post..

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Good Morning Folks What a crazy awesome busy week, Dear Hubby took the week off his office job and we went to work on the farm giving 110 percent.. We were up early each morning, crashing into bed early tired … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged canadian sheep flock, Canning, drying plants, Gardening, Hair Sheep, Salve making | 7 Comments

Just Ducky..

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Yesterday was so busy that I never got a post up.. and this morning and day is already up and going.. so its a picture heavy post for you.. We spent around two hours yesterday doing just a intent yard … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged Gardening, homestead, homestead garden, Spring walk about | Leave a comment

Garden Plans for 2017-Spring Garden

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Well, it’s the first day of spring.. and my garden’s are covered in feet of snow with sharp hard ice coverings and the ground is frozen under that.. but I know that spring is coming and I am giving … Continue reading →