Tag Archives: nature

Spring Equinox is here!

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Today is the day here in the north hemisphere that we will have equal amounts of sunlight vs darkness and tomorrow there will be even more light! We have already been getting more light since the darkest day in Jan, … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Life moves on daily | Tagged bird sale, Blessings, canadian eh, cherry tomatos, compost, Equinox, flowers, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Gardening in changing times, growing rhubarb, hatching eggs, homestead, keets, mixed farming, nature, Northern garden, planning the garden, plants, quail, Rabbits, rhubarb, seedlings, Seeds, small Farm, small stock, spring, Spring Equinox, to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow | Leave a comment

A glimpse into my day

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

While i work away on a new post on tinned fish, I though you might like to see some photos from my day. Fancy just turned two this year and we had her happy gotcha day this month, she is … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged birds, day in the life, Dogs, Farm dogs, flowers, Garden, nature, one day at a time, photography, plants, puppy eyes, Snow, spring weather, weather, Winter | Leave a comment

Green Lacewings

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

“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 | Leave a comment

Community Supported Gardens Peach Program

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Here in Ottawa valley in Ontario, garden zone 5a it is the month where ideally we will be pruning hard fruit trees of all kinds. Long time readers know that i have been and continue to be active with other … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Eat what you grow, farm sales, Fruit Trees, Garden | Tagged 100 mile diet, canada, community supported gardens, Farmgal, flowers, food, food forests, Fruit Trees, Garden, Gardening, gardening in cold climate, Grow what you eat, growing peaches, nature, Ontario, peach, peach harvest, Peach pits, peach tree, Peaches, pruning, Pruning Fruit trees, Seed Saving, Sib C peaches, spring-flowering-trees, zone 5a | Leave a comment

Feeding out Crushed Eggs Shells to Chickadees and more

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

Log into any chicken group or homesteading group and folks will talk about saving their egg shells, baking them and crushing and feeding them back to their flocks I have done a detailed post on it myself and its good … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, Critters, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Kitchen garden | Tagged birds, Calcium needs to wild female birds, Chick rearing, Chickadees, Chickadees breeding cycles, Egglaying, Eggshells, Feeding crushed eggshells, Feeding insects to hatchings, Feeding out crushed Eggshells to your wild birds, Frugal, Gardening, Helping your wild birds, nature, Nesting, Saving money garden, Wildlife, Working with Nature | 2 Comments

Hedgerow Snow Capture

Posted on February 21, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

Just as my own double hedge rows work in the summer for both food production and shelter, they act as a living snow fence in winter, there is a swale on the far side of them that drops down a … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Rambles | Tagged alberta, canada, caragana, Creating habitat, Garden, Gardening, Hedgerows, living snow fences, nature, Ontario, Planting for the birds, plants, roads, Snow, snow capture, snow fences, snow hedge, Wildlife, Wind, Wind blocks, Wind hedgerows, Winter | 4 Comments

Snow and more Snow!

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

The work required to keep the driveway and pathways open has been massive on behalf of Dear Hubby in Combo with Miss R a touch.. While we do have a snow blower, Dear Hubby loves to do it by hand … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged board night, D&D game, Drifting snow, Family, Game Night, nature, shoveling snow, Snow, Snow drifts, Snow Safety, Snowed in, Time well spent, weather, Winter, wood stove | 2 Comments

Snow Day!

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

It’s a snow day here locally, while we have gotten four inches overnight and its still coming down heavy, with drifts we are seeing 10 plus inches, they got it far worse in other parts of the province for sure. … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table | Tagged birds, Garden, nature, play in the snow, Snow, snow day, snowman, travel, weather, Winter | 1 Comment

Wind Storm Prep

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

We have a massive winter wind storm coming in, they are saying it could be like the winter wind storms of Christmas 2022, that storm took down a huge number of trees, power outages and drifting snow upwards of 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in homestead | Tagged Combination Hedgerows, Combination Wind Breaks, cooking on your woodstove, hedge rows, homestead, nature, Shelterbelts, Shuttle Chef, Snow, Tall hedgerows, Thicket hedgerows, weather, Wind blocks, Wind shelters, Wind storms, Winter, Winter Wind, Winter Winds, woodstove | Leave a comment

Hello November, The First Day of a New Month

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Its the first day of a new month and it is the turning of the wheel, its that switch from late summer to true fall, its the changing of the daylight savings so we will turn the clocks back by … Continue reading →