Tag Archives: homestead

Bird Sale Results

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

My favorite Bird and small animal sale was a huge event indeed, it was triple deep standing room only, i came home with Quail Hatching Eggs We will see how they do, as they go into lockdown this coming weekend, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged backyard-chickens, bird sale, Chicken, Chickens, chicks, Duck Hens, Ducks, Easter Eggers, Eggs, guinea fowl, hatching eggs, homestead, Homesteading, incubator, quail, small Farm, small stock, Support Local, support your local farmer, Time well spent | Leave a comment

Willow Crafted Bird Nest Materials

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

This is one of the few years we will not have hair sheep shedding out on the farm and for the past 20 years i have watched the birds carefully pick and use the bits of wool in their nests. … Continue reading →

Posted in crafts | Tagged Bird Photography, birds, birds use sheeps wool, birds using horse hair, birdwatching, birdwathcing, canada eh, Frugal, Gardening in zone 5a, Gardens need birds, homestead, horse hair, if you build it they will come, nature, nest building, Nesting, nesting materials, nests, photography, Sheep Wool, small Farm, spring, use what you have, Wild Birds, willow, willow crafts | Leave a comment

Spring Equinox is here!

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Today is the day here in the north hemisphere that we will have equal amounts of sunlight vs darkness and tomorrow there will be even more light! We have already been getting more light since the darkest day in Jan, … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Life moves on daily | Tagged bird sale, Blessings, canadian eh, cherry tomatos, compost, Equinox, flowers, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Gardening in changing times, growing rhubarb, hatching eggs, homestead, keets, mixed farming, nature, Northern garden, planning the garden, plants, quail, Rabbits, rhubarb, seedlings, Seeds, small Farm, small stock, spring, Spring Equinox, to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow | 2 Comments

Green Lacewings

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

“Most green lacewings have golden or copper eyes and are found on foliage. They are poor, erratic flyers and strongly attracted to light. Some 25 species occur in Canada, the most common of which are the common green (Chrysoperla carnea) … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, In the Garden | Tagged canada, eco friendly, farm, Farm Life, Farmgal, flowers, food forests, Frugal, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Garden planning, Gardening, Green Lacewings, Growing your own food, homestead, In the Garden, Lacewings, Low cost ways, Native Plants, nature, Seed starting, Support Lacewings, Working with Nature, Zone 5a gardening | Leave a comment

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

Beef on the Waddle, The Muscovy

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

I have had these amazing ducks on the farm since the first spring we arrived coming on 22 years now. The amount of ducks has come up and down but they are one of the main livestock we always have, … Continue reading →

Posted in Eat what you grow, Grow for your plate | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Backyard flocks, duck-eggs, Ducks, Eat what you grow, Eggs, Eggs for protein, eggs-for-pasta, Fly control, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, homestead, Homesteading, Muscovy, Ontario, Pest control, Rising Costs, small stock, Spring eggs, why-ducks | 3 Comments

Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

In Sept 25 White Rock Meat Chicks ordered from Frey’s Hatchery here in Ontario though our local coop arrived on the farm and were cuddled by Miss R an coo’d over indeed. Dec 10th 24 healthy White Rock Meat Chicks … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Real Life | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Costs of raising your own meat chickens, Farm Life, food, homestead, Homesteading, Meat birds, Meat chickens, raising meat chickens, Save where you can, Saving money | Leave a comment

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

Cara Cara Orange Marmalade Recipe

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Last Week Dear hubby sent me a message that at the store in the city where i normally get my Seville oranges for marmalade didn’t have any.. However they had my Blood Oranges and they had wonderful looking and Cara Cara … Continue reading →

Posted in Canning | Tagged Canning, Canning Pantry, Cara Cara Marmalade, Do it yourself, Farmgal, food, Frugal, homestead, marmalade, Preserving, recipe, recipes, Rising Costs, Self Gel, Shop the sales, Trade War, Water Bath Canning | 1 Comment

Wind Storm Prep

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

We have a massive winter wind storm coming in, they are saying it could be like the winter wind storms of Christmas 2022, that storm took down a huge number of trees, power outages and drifting snow upwards of 10 … Continue reading →