Tag Archives: Saving money

Fall Meat Bird Grow out Stats

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

In Sept 25 White Rock Meat Chicks ordered from Frey’s Hatchery here in Ontario though our local coop arrived on the farm and were cuddled by Miss R an coo’d over indeed. Dec 10th 24 healthy White Rock Meat Chicks … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Real Life | Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chickens, Costs of raising your own meat chickens, Farm Life, food, homestead, Homesteading, Meat birds, Meat chickens, raising meat chickens, Save where you can, Saving money | Leave a comment

No Buy November 2024 Week 3 Overview

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Nov 15th- No spend, all good Nov 16th – didn’t spend a dime Nov 17th- No spend Nov 18th-No spend.. Nov 19th- Tuesday came and went, Miss R worked hard on the farm to help get us ready for fall … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges | Tagged 30 day challenge, dental-costs, farm, Frugal, Garden, gate, No Buy November, no spend, Saving money, think before you buy | 5 Comments

No Buy November 2024 Week 1 Overview

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Nov 1st – headed into town to take the truck in for routine fall oil change and checks, all good no extra spending required – Essential As i was at Canadian tire, the sales were good and the signs everywhere, … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, No Buy November | Tagged 30-day-challenges, deer hide, every dollar counts, homemade-presents, hunting, leather, leather working, Money, moose hide, No Buy November, reduce waste, Saving money, support canadian company, watch what you buy, where did you spend your hard earned money | Leave a comment

No Buy Feb 2023

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Just another day on the farm

What is No Buy Feb? Its pretty simple.. Only buy what must be got (clearly you are going to need to buy your pet food) most peaple do allow themselves to buy basic food items but not all do.. and … Continue reading →

Posted in No Buy Feb | Tagged Eat out of your farm cellar, Eat out of your freezers, Eating out of your Pantry, Homestead meals, Living lean in winter, Making do, No Buy Feb, Saving money, winter on the homestead | 3 Comments

Declutter 365 – Homestead Way

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The title of the post says it all and yet it does not.. the past two years have been crazy hard on the farm and I have never felt like things have been less on top of. There is a … Continue reading →

Posted in frugal, Goals, homestead | Tagged buying things to last, Declutter, Saving money, sorting your stuff, trash or teasure | 20 Comments

No Buy November 2019

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

It is No Buy November and we certain need it this year.. I have done this challenge in years past as a way to remind myself to not hit that “holiday” splurge that is SO easy to get caught up … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Blogging, frugal | Tagged Changing Habits, Farmgal's No Buy November, Frugal eating, Green Living, No Buy November, Saving money | 16 Comments

Muck Boot Season is Here!

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Hello Folks, So I have decided to step into the modern world and create at least one proper pin for each post and I am slowly learning how to use the graphic system I choose to work with.. However having … Continue reading →

Posted in homestead | Tagged farmgal's Homstead, Muck boots, Mucking out a stall, Mud Season on the farm, Saving money | 16 Comments

No Buy Feb 2016 – Overview an final update

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

What can I say, this month has been filled with snow, rain, freezing rain, and the flu and yet another storm is coming down the pipes towards us as we speak-read. Its been a crazy winter month that’s for sure.. we … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged No Buy Feb, no buy feb 2016, Saving money | 1 Comment

Beef Barley veggie soup.. Canning

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Mom never used a pressure canner, in truth I still prefer waterbath canning myself but when it comes to safely making soups that hubby takes a pint to work and heats up barely, the pressure canner is the only safe … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Beef Barley soup, Canning, Cost effective, Frugal, homemade canned soup, pressure canning, Saving money | 31 Comments

Old vs new

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Where does frugal cross the line from saving to costing us more When the 21 year old dryer that came with our farm broke weeks ago, I just moved everything to the line drying.. which is used a lot but … Continue reading →