Tag Archives: Gardening

5 Reasons to Join your local Plants Groups

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

No matter where you live, be it city, town, country or homesteading, the odds are good that at some point and time, you are going to want to produce your own food.. its a logical step.. Even if it starts … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, Life moves on daily | Tagged Food for harvest, Gardening, Heritage plants, Homesteading, Local Plant events ottawa, Plant breeding Programs, Plant groups, Raising crops for your farm animals, Saving Seeds | 1 Comment

Purple Sweet Potato

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

As you know I grew three kinds of sweet potatoes this year, The standard orange, the white fleshed and the purple.. I have to buy special short season pre-started slips, I have started my own slips as well from short … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Storage, gardens | Tagged Gardening, Growing food for winter storage, Growing purple potatoes, Growing short season sweet potatoes, Growing Sweet potatoes in zone 5, Growing Sweet potatoes on the homestead, Winter Storage | 1 Comment