Tag Archives: gardens

Friday Rambles around the Table -Gardens

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Waves Hi, Come in, Come in.. Sorry you are going to need to use the farm porch, I have still not got the front path and deck cleared off yet.. Bring your boots and coats and we will put them … Continue reading →

Breaking new soil in a new area of the farm

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

We had a area that we cleared and last year we planted it out into potato’s and added a lot of compost to it and when we dug the potato’s we double dug the whole bed, and I planned to … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens | Tagged Breaking new soil, Comfrey in the garden, Fixing soil in a sandy soil, Fixing soil in a sandy with clay soil, gardens, Using comfrey in the garden, Using permaculture to fix the soil in a garden | 8 Comments

How many different ways do you garden?

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

A friend said to me.. so what is your main way to garden.. and my answer was it depends.. It was more honest answer then you would expect, I don’t know if I am the norm or the odd gal … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged candaian homestead, gardening in ontario, Gardening in Zone 5, gardens, Gardens on the farm, gardens on the homestead, homestead, producing food on the homestead, Types of gardens | 3 Comments

October Unprocessed Overview

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

Welcome to the 7th Annual October Unprocessed! I am quite excited to be doing October Unprocessed this year, I have done this challenge before but it was a few years ago.. as I had things get in the way of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged 100 mile diet, eating off the farm, Fall harvest, gardens, harvest, October Unprocessed | Leave a comment

Broad Bean Harvest 2016

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

Well, I still have a black Russian Broad Beans to harvest yet but they are growing at a different rate and I am looking forward to seeing how they did.. we have had a odd mix of a crazy drought … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged broad beans, early spring planted gardens, gardens, harvesting | 2 Comments

From the Ground Up – Homestead Gardening

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

If this works out well, this will be a full years worth of weekly-monthly updates of posts on gardening on a larger scale from the ground up. I know that like many other folks we are worrying about the rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged from the ground up series, gardens, homestead gardening, homestead gardens, starting a new garden, turning pasture into a garden, turning raw land into a garden | 5 Comments

The danger of a food glut-Pantry Woes

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

It does not matter if you buy in bulk at the farmers market, buy in bulk from your local farmer or be a homesteader, old or new at the living off the land, one of the big challenges is food … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Budgeting your pantry needs, Buying meat in bulk, Chickens, Ducks, Farmgal tip of the day, Farmstead, gardens, homestead, Meat on the homestead, Rabbits | 3 Comments

Setting Garden goals.. 2015

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

well it seems like a grand idea to set some garden goals this year.. o yes it does.. but no cheating on my end, I will keep the plans I have, keep the gardens I have but I am in … Continue reading →

Posted in gardens, Life moves on daily | Tagged canadian farm, gardening for fodder, gardening for freedom, gardening zone 5 canada, gardens, harvest | 7 Comments

Behind.. and catch up..

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Ok, the past two weeks have seen me slow down and the past couple days, I have been MIA, I have been either resting or busy, busy, there seems to have been little inbetween. Which means I have a fair … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Food Forest, gardens, geese, guinea fowl, raising gooslings, Straw bale gardening | 2 Comments

Garden Report June 8th to 13th..

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Costs in the garden outputs this week- 0 Total Garden Outputs (including seeds/plants) for 2013- 468.15 dollars Total Garden imputes in terms of harvest for 2013-1269.84 Currently = In the good by 801.69 Total Garden impute in terms of free, gifted … Continue reading →