Tag Archives: nature
Snow Day!
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
Wind Storm Prep
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
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Hultafors Splitting Axe
In a world where so many things are made fast and cheap, when you can try and support business’s that create items to last. I was thrilled to see that Hultafors who have been making and selling Axes from Sweden … Continue reading
Posted in 30 day challanges, Climate Change, homestead
Tagged Firewood, Hultafors Splitting Axe, nature, Splitting wood, Storm Clean up, Storm Wood, storms, Tree Storm Damage, trees, winds
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Lets make some goals! Getter Done
Written Goals are such a good starting point to at least try and direct the coming time. Miss R and I have the same tracking and thought journals and we are enjoying finding a time (perhaps not daily) to work … Continue reading
Posted in At the kitchen table, Goals, homestead
Tagged Blogging, Blogging in your 50's, Enjoy your coffee, family meals, Garden, Gardening, Goals, homestead, Homesteading, Hygge, Its the little things, Keep it simple, Native Plants, nature, pets, photography, Small comforts, trees, Writing out your goals
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Poor Man’s Fertilizer “SNOW”
In fact, snow does contain nitrogen and other particulates like sulfur, which it collects as it falls through the atmosphere, however so do rain, sleet and hail, and believe it or not, lightning. Rain and lightning contain more nitrogen than snow. Statistics from agricultural … Continue reading
Red Belly Snake-O So excited a new kind of snake for the farm..
or we have just never spotted one before, as we don’t use chemicals and we practice low till and in some cases no till methods on the farm as well as green crops and a few area’s that we rotate … Continue reading
Posted in Critters
Tagged garden friendly snakes, natural pest control, nature, Ontario, organic, Red Belly Snake
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Neither here nor there.. but somewhere..
When I was a child, my momma used to call me her “fay” child, always one foot planted on the ground and one foot into that world that only I seemed able to see.. When I was a teenager, my … Continue reading
A this and that post, a little catchup both on the farm and here as well..
The Elderberries are in full bloom at home now, I have asked DH to dry me at least nine trays worth of flowers and then put them in glass jar in the dark for later use, these are amazing fresh … Continue reading
Food Forest-Hiding in plain view..
If you drove by this, would you see anything other than a green jungle? Currently in that front green jungle there is Apple Trees Pear Trees Plum Trees Sweet Cherry Trees Sour Cherry Trees Mulberry High Bush Cranberry Honey Berry … Continue reading
Posted in farm, food
Tagged 100 mile food challange, Farm Life, Food Forest, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Health, Herbs, nature, plants, Soft Fruits, Veggies, Wildlife
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Just another Day on the Farm 