Tag Archives: Homesteading
No Buy Feb Update-Week 1
What a challenging start to No Buy Feb, It seems like every time I turn around, I am having to say no.. it got to the point that even my dear hubby had a bit of a bad day over … Continue reading
Posted in No Buy Feb
Tagged Frugal, Homesteading, No Buy Feb, No Buy Feb 2017, No Buy Feb Challange
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Food in Jars Challange 2017- Salt perserving- Salmon with Nettle
In week two of my months long Food in Jars Challenge 2017 – Salt preserving Two lovely cuts of salmon were bought, thawed out and a bowl of salt-sugar at 50-50 in percent and a full cup of dried nettle greens … Continue reading
Posted in Charcuterie, Food in jars
Tagged Cured Salmon Spring rolls, Cured Salmon with hot mustard and sprouts on sour dough bread, Food in Jars Challange -Salt Curing, Food in jars challange 2017, Gravlox, Homemade dipping sauce for rice rolls, Homemade spring rolls with cured salmon in them, Homesteading, Horseradish, Nettles, Salt cured salmon
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Help on the farm
I got a interesting comment on one of my recent posts about the fact that I don’t appear to have much outside help on the farm.. She is not wrong.. In 12 years, we have hired and or bartered our own helping … Continue reading
Posted in farm, Goals, homestead, Real Life
Tagged canadian Homestead, farm helpers, Help on the homestead, Homesteading
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Canning Costs- Ways to make it just a bit cheaper..
Last year as I was processing food, and canning this and that.. my mother looked at me and said with a laugh in her voice (after not having been on the farm for eight plus years), Girl you have every … Continue reading
Spruce Tip Vinager
O yes, it’s that time of year again.. Spruce Tip season.. so many things to do, such a small window of time to make it happen with the lovely fresh soft tips.. This is to my eye pretty much a … Continue reading
Spring brings Babies..
and that means that their mothers are hunting more and more.. Bet you thought I was going to talk about cute spring babies, and here you go.. my wee buns are growing like weeds while they are eating what folks … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged canadian homsteading, Homesteading, Homesteading in canada
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Camping Trips
Well, most these will be with a girlfriend or two or six LOL but one is going to be with hubby, we are getting farm sitters in for the one weekend.. Its been to long since we did more then … Continue reading
Posted in Life moves on daily
Tagged camping, Homesteading, learning to get off the farm, off farm trips, Trips
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5 Reasons to Join your local Plants Groups
No matter where you live, be it city, town, country or homesteading, the odds are good that at some point and time, you are going to want to produce your own food.. its a logical step.. Even if it starts … Continue reading
Gardening 2015 – Fall Garden Prep
Yesterday, we winter prepped the bird pen garden and Garden E in the Side yard, (yes, when I have a large number of gardens in different areas, they giving plots by letter it makes it easier when talking to each … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 