Tag Archives: Homesteading

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

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Winter arrived overnight!

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Beef an Veggie pie recipe

The Raw fixins are shown above. Beef Pot Pie Recipe 1 pound stewing beef (in this case, grass-fed, homestead raised) 2 large clove of garlic (local of course, if at all possible, available china produced garlic, its been bleached) 1 … Continue reading

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This and That Sunday…

O my goodness, that a amazing day! so warm, its a outside day, I will work on the inside stuff later today, we slipped off the farm and had a breakfast date at our local sunday place, it was a … Continue reading

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