Tag Archives: homestead
The first of the Quail Covey has arrived 2026
The first of two sets of groups of the Quail project have arrived here on the farm. I have a group of females and male young ones coming next week at six weeks old but they are all quite related … Continue reading
Posted in farmgate
Tagged breeding quail, Eggs, farmgate sales, homestead, quail, Quail covey, Quail eggs, small-farmer
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We are now four weeks from last frost date
Its happening, the biggest of the heat loving Tomato plants are starting the in-out cycle! The shelves in the porch greenhouse are getting cleared, the big top ones first for the tomato and cucumber patio type plants. This week the … Continue reading
Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden
Tagged big garden, farm, Garden, Gardening, Gardening ottawa valley, gardening zone 5, growing your own seedlings, hardening off, homestead, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Planning your garden, planting seedlings, Plants want to grow, Seed starting, seedlings, Seeds, soil, soil health, Spring garden, spring planting, vegetables, vertical gardeningg
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Wool Tags for the Garden 2026
Shearing took place at my girlfriends farm, last weekend, it was not ideally in the sense of it coming off a week of rain but timing is as it goes, I headed over to pick up a HUGE stuffed full … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, sheep
Tagged Extra way to earn money on wool on homesteads, Gardening, Gardening in hard times, homestead, Just another day on the farm wool tags, Shearing, sheep, Sheep Wool, Sheep wool tags, small-farms, Support Local, Wool, Wool helps feed your plants, Wool helps retain moisture, Wool in garden pots, Wool in place of peat, Wool in raised beds, Wool in the garden, Wool pellets, wool slow release fertilizer, Wool tags
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Bird Sale Results
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
Willow Crafted Bird Nest Materials
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
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Green Lacewings
“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
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Gal in the Garden : Gardening in Hard Times Series
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
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Beef on the Waddle, The Muscovy
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
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Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats
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
Just another Day on the Farm 