Tag Archives: homestead
Just Ducky..
Yesterday was so busy that I never got a post up.. and this morning and day is already up and going.. so its a picture heavy post for you.. We spent around two hours yesterday doing just a intent yard … Continue reading
Cherry Cream Cheese Fluff Dessert
Now I have loved this dessert for a long time but the cool whip, the canned pie filling and the graham cracker crust meant that this recipe got put to the side for many years. I decided to farmgal it for … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged cherry cream cheese fluff dessert, homestead, no bake treat, real food, recipe
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How many different ways do you garden?
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
Working with your vet..
In my kitchen’s Dining Room, there are two of the biggest dog crates you have ever seen set up, each one has a cardboard box with a fat fluffy pillow covered with soft old worn flannel sheets from the church … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
Tagged Farm vets, homestead, Large Animal Vet help on the homestead, Working with your vet
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Lets talk about the farm’s Sugar use in 2016
So in 2016, we used a grand total of 126 pounds of sugar for coffee, tea, baking, canning and so forth.. My records show that approx. 76 pounds went into canning or curing items. Now it gets really trick at … Continue reading
Posted in Food Storage, frugal
Tagged Canning, Frugal, homestead, storage sugar, Sugar, Using sugar for curing, Using sugar in canning
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Upside Down Plum Cake
I took out a bag that holds six cups of Ontario grown yellow plums that I cut into quarters and pitted in the height of summer, put a touch of sugar on them and froze for winter use Upside Down … Continue reading
Posted in Baking
Tagged baking recipes, homestead, ontario yellow plums, upside down plum cake
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Getting Ready for spring egg laying.
I know it seems like its right in the hard part of winter and I know from talking to my family and friends that they are either into hunker down mode or they are hitting the slopes, the trails and … Continue reading
Posted in Chickens, Critters
Tagged Breeding ducks, Chickens, Eggs, expecting sheep, geese, guard geese, Hatching, hatching chicks, homestead, Nest Setups, sheep
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Photo Friday.. This and That around the farm..
It was a cold but sunny day, the solar heating in the house was lovely! Pom is looking mighty fine in full winter feather up.. Harry is looking mighty fine, I just love my clean-up ram, he is sweet, easy … Continue reading
Posted in Critters, draft horse, photography, sheep
Tagged Duck Photography, Farm photos, Geese Photography, homestead, horse photography, photography, Sheep Photography
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Keeping it real on the farm 2016
This was our lovely New Years Day Dinner, the works.. turkey, stuffing, mashed, green beans and gravy.. it was so good.. it was also a reminder that I only got 1 turkey baby on the farm.. one.. that’s it.. It … Continue reading
Posted in food, Food Storage, Garden harvest, gardening, homestead
Tagged garden harvests, Heritage sqaush, homestead, keeping it real on the farm, permaculture, soft fruit
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