Tag Archives: homestead

Winter arrived overnight!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

The DH had taken Friday off so we had a three days weekend on the farm and we got busy.. you have seen some of the photos over the weekend.. Rabbit hutches got a re-work, new wire floors for some, new … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged coy-wolves, Ducks, getting a homestead ready for winter, homestead, Homesteading, Rabbits, Straw Duck house, winter barn prep, wire rack hay feeder | 1 Comment

Long Weekend Reflections

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

Well, I keep looking at my note-book, I need to transfer all the data on the last two weeks from the challenge, do all the math to prove out what I already know, if we had to buy what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged farm, homestead | 2 Comments

Venison Stew with Baking Powder Biscuits Recipe

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

Slow Roasted Venison Stew with Baking Powder Biscuits 3.4 pound Shoulder Roast with a bit of bone in 2 med onions 6 cloves of garlic 4 large potato’s 4 large carrots half a smaller turnip 8 whole mushrooms Salt, pepper … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily, Soups and Stews | Tagged canadian Homestead, Fall hunting, homestead, slow roasted stews, Stews, Venison, Venison Stew, wild game recipes, wild game stews | 4 Comments

Sept Harvest Challenge- Pig

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

There are going to be lots of coming pig posts as I do some fun things now that the butcher is done and I have roasts, chops, ribs, organs bacon an so much more, curing an canning, grinding and processing … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet | Tagged Fall butchering, homestead, pigs | 2 Comments

Sept Harvest Challenge 2016- Mullein Flowers

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

I have dried a good amount of Mullein Leaves for future use, I have some lovely first year leaves from mullein to make leaf Mullein Oil for Pain use.. BUT for today, we were picking the flowers buds, like so … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Healing Muffein oil, homestead, Mullein, Mullein componds, Mullein Leaf, Mullien Flowers | 10 Comments

Bean Canning Recipe

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

I have made this recipe a few times now, its still yummy! I wanted to can up a batch of white beans in tomato sauce for the pantry use, so this is a large batch, as I canned most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes | Tagged beans, Canning, canning beans, homemade sausage, homestead, local food, Ontario, small farming, using canned beans in recipes | 4 Comments

Keeping it real on the farm- Grapes in the food forest

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

These are not wild grapes, they are eating and jelly grape vines that were carefully selected for our area but they were allowed to run wild, they were planted into the food forest and they were allowed to climb a … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden harvest | Tagged farm cats, Grape, Grape Juice, grapes, grapevines, harvesting grapes in food forest, havesting grapes, homestead, pruning food forest grapes, Using a Steam Juicer | 7 Comments

Learning a new skill for 2016- hatching eggs

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

While I will continue to use the mothers as much as possible, between some hens not sitting or sitting when I want, between ordering birds from the south and then having this past years bird flu outbreak and the chicks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens | Tagged chickens on the homestead, hatching eggs, homestead, incubator, Learning to use a incubator | 2 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

Winter is coming.. Pantry is loaded.. and I am planning for 2016

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Yup, seems like a odd thing to be doing right.. I keep reading homesteading blogs that are all about hay for the winter, wood for the stoves and talking about how much snow they are going to get.. (I have … Continue reading →