Tag Archives: Seed Saving

Gal in the Garden Series : Radish

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

German Giant Radish has been added to my radish growing this year for a couple of reasons. Ah Radishes, one of the fastest growing crops you can get in the garden. Lets talk about this amazing plant, you have summer … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Lets talk about Garden Seed Prices, shall we!

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

While it is true that i personally ordered in my main seeds (from OSC) a company that has been in my province for 125 years. They have proven to be a good company to work with, including during the pandemic … Continue reading →

Posted in At the kitchen table, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Seeds | Tagged Climate Change, Community gardens, Cost of seeds, Cutting costs, flowers, Food Production, Garden, Gardening, Grow what you eat, Grow your calories, Rising Costs, seed catalogs, Seed Saving, Seeds, Sharing seeds | 2 Comments

Rhubarb -Frugal Starts

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Just another day on the farm

I love rhubarb! In northern zones, this plant can be found tucked away on every old homestead, into a community gardens, tucked behind most churches back doors. There is a solid reason for the love, its one of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged 100 mile diet, building a new garden, canada, climate victory gardens, food, Frugal, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Growing from seed, rhubarb, Seed Saving, Seed starting | Leave a comment

Seed Saving for next year -Musquee de Province Pumpkin

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Just another day on the farm

Each year in the gardens there are the seed savers, most are standard, peas, beans, tomatoes and so on.. Squash and pumpkins be it summer or winter keepers get a bit more tricky as they can and will cross pollinate … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 day challanges, Garden | Tagged Garden, Gardening, grow what you will eat, Musquee de Province, Planning your garden, pumpkiin, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, recipes, Saving Seeds, Seed Saving, Seeds | 2 Comments

Amish Nuttle Bean Review

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

Amish Nuttle Bean Pbaseolus vulgaris is considered a Heritage Bean as well as being Slow Food’s Art of taste. Its said that it was grown and promoted by the Amish as early as 1802. However there is a bigger backstory on … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, Food Storage, seed saving, Seeds, Soups and Stews | Tagged 90 day dried bean, Amish Nuttle Bean, Corn Hill Bean, grow your own seed stock, heritage bean, Pbaseolus vulgaris, Seed Saving, shelling dry beans, Soup bean | Leave a comment

Are you planning on doing some landrace seed growing?

Posted on November 9, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

What is a landrace you ask? A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture hmmm.. I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, food | Tagged breeding landrace seeds, create your own landrace in the garden, creating landrace seeds, landrace seeds, Seed Saving, supporting landrace seed breeders | 1 Comment

Pumpkin Pie Seed Saving

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I often save seed from a number of plants in my garden. There are plants that I do not save seed from. An example would be carrots, I do not save carrot seed for a few reason’s, I have wild … Continue reading →

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When seed saving goes wrong

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Just another day on the farm

Two days ago on a one of my local seed saving groups one of our great members posted photos of her saved beans for seed that has lots of tiny holes in them.. Sadly she has a case of bean … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged failing at saving your own seed, reasons to save seed for a couple years at a time, saving seed year to year, Seed Saving | 5 Comments

Musquee De Provence Squash

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

This big squash came in on the scales at 22 pounds, it was one of my unknown, sort off, it came from a friend who started a few different heritage and she knew what she had started for me, and … Continue reading →