Tag Archives: Gardening

Gal in the Garden : Gardening in Hard Times Series

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Good Afternoon to my fine fellows, what a time we find ourselves in right now. I do understand that here in Canada, and i expect in many other counties that we are very much seeing the K economy happening in … Continue reading →

Posted in CanadianEh, frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Hard times | Tagged food, Food on the table, Frugal, Gal in the Garden, Garden, Gardening, Gardening in hard time, Hard times, homestead, Homesteading, Inflation | 3 Comments

Feeding out Crushed Eggs Shells to Chickadees and more

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Log into any chicken group or homesteading group and folks will talk about saving their egg shells, baking them and crushing and feeding them back to their flocks I have done a detailed post on it myself and its good … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, Critters, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Kitchen garden | Tagged birds, Calcium needs to wild female birds, Chick rearing, Chickadees, Chickadees breeding cycles, Egglaying, Eggshells, Feeding crushed eggshells, Feeding insects to hatchings, Feeding out crushed Eggshells to your wild birds, Frugal, Gardening, Helping your wild birds, nature, Nesting, Saving money garden, Wildlife, Working with Nature | 2 Comments

Lets talk about Garden Seed Prices, shall we!

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

While it is true that i personally ordered in my main seeds (from OSC) a company that has been in my province for 125 years. They have proven to be a good company to work with, including during the pandemic … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Seeds | Tagged Climate Change, Community gardens, Cost of seeds, Cutting costs, flowers, Food Production, Garden, Gardening, Grow what you eat, Grow your calories, Rising Costs, seed catalogs, Seed Saving, Seeds, Sharing seeds | 2 Comments

Salad Greens and Seeds are starting to come in

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

As we have a large indoor seed starting setup area in the cellar (it was in the basement of the new part of the house) but has now moved to the Cellar which is the the basement of the old … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Seeds | Tagged 100 mile food challange, canada, catalog seed, Farm Life, food is life, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Greens, Growing your own food, Homesteading, lettuce, Ontario, price increases, seed, Seeds, starting from seed, supporting your community, top dressing your garden beds, Top soil, vegetables, Victory garden, winter sowing | 4 Comments

Rhubarb -Frugal Starts

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

I love rhubarb! In northern zones, this plant can be found tucked away on every old homestead, into a community gardens, tucked behind most churches back doors. There is a solid reason for the love, its one of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged 100 mile diet, building a new garden, canada, climate victory gardens, food, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Growing from seed, rhubarb, Seed Saving, Seed starting | Leave a comment

March coming in like a lion 2025

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The boxes of peach tree seedlings continue to do well, the average is now 6 inches plus with a few top growers reaching 10 inches already, they will be good size when sale day and pickups happen in may Today … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged canada, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Growing from seed, make time for the little things, March, Peach Tree Seedlings, shoveling snow, Snow, Snow load, weather, Winter | 2 Comments

Hedgerow Snow Capture

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Just as my own double hedge rows work in the summer for both food production and shelter, they act as a living snow fence in winter, there is a swale on the far side of them that drops down a … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Rambles | Tagged alberta, canada, caragana, Creating habitat, Garden, Gardening, Hedgerows, living snow fences, nature, Ontario, Planting for the birds, plants, roads, Snow, snow capture, snow fences, snow hedge, Wildlife, Wind, Wind blocks, Wind hedgerows, Winter | 4 Comments

Park Garden 2025 -More Grapes!

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

We planted four healthy grapevines the first year we moved to the farm, so they are now 20 plus years old, we have been blessed with many harvests here on the farm and gifted away extras into the community. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Forest, Garden | Tagged 0 mile food, building your local food shed, Eat what you grow, eating local, food, Food Forest, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Gardening in Canada, gardening in the true north, grapes, Grow what you eat, Growing Grapes, Growing grapes in canada, homestead, support canadian company, Victory garden | Leave a comment

Peach Babies and more

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Trays and rows of peach babies are all popping up, remember to plant the tail side down when potting them up, i have held them as long as i could and i have them on a 10 on and 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Dreaming of spring, Farm dogs, Farmgal, flowers, food, Garden, Garden is calling, Garden seeds, Gardening, Gardening in Zone 5, Growing from pits, homestead, Peach pits, recipe, Seeds, Sib C peaches, Winter is here | Leave a comment

Seed Saving for next year -Musquee de Province Pumpkin

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

Each year in the gardens there are the seed savers, most are standard, peas, beans, tomatoes and so on.. Squash and pumpkins be it summer or winter keepers get a bit more tricky as they can and will cross pollinate … Continue reading →