Tag Archives: Seeds

Gal in the Garden Series No Time to Waste

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

The events globally over the past week will be felt in ever widening ripples and one of them will be food costs, last year i was able to pick up a good load of smaller straw bales, the mini kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Eat what you grow, Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Hard times | Tagged False spring, Fast food in the garden, Garden, garden zone 5a, Gardening, Homesteading, micro zones in your garden, Plant when the soil can be worked, radish, Seeds, Spring garden, spring peas, Straw, temporary garden spaces, think outside the box, use what you have, vegetables | Leave a comment

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

Salad Greens and Seeds are starting to come in

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Just another day on the farm

As we have a large indoor seed starting setup area in the cellar (it was in the basement of the new part of the house) but has now moved to the Cellar which is the the basement of the old … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Seeds | Tagged 100 mile food challange, canada, catalog seed, Farm Life, food is life, Garden, Garden Zone 5, Gardening, Greens, Growing your own food, Homesteading, lettuce, Ontario, price increases, seed, Seeds, starting from seed, supporting your community, top dressing your garden beds, Top soil, vegetables, Victory garden, winter sowing | 4 Comments

Peach Babies and more

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

Trays and rows of peach babies are all popping up, remember to plant the tail side down when potting them up, i have held them as long as i could and i have them on a 10 on and 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Dreaming of spring, Farm dogs, Farmgal, flowers, food, Garden, Garden is calling, Garden seeds, Gardening, Gardening in Zone 5, Growing from pits, homestead, Peach pits, recipe, Seeds, Sib C peaches, Winter is here | 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

Jan Updates Frugal and Declutter..

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

The 2021 budget is wide and vast, some area’s are super lean, some area’s are like a fat cat that wants heavy cream and the good fatty fish.. Thankfully some are one off’s! Other area’s are unknowns.. Budget/Frugal or Fat … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged Declutter, Frugal, Frugal fail, Seeds | 5 Comments

Garden Planning 2021

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Just another day on the farm

I am going to be planting a ton of flowers this coming year.. We need some pretty and I want to increase the ability to have flower full of vases. It has been very interesting to work on our garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, gardening | Tagged buy your seeds early 2021, Garden, Garden planning, Planning your garden, prepare, Seeds, winter garden planning 2021 | 7 Comments

Seed Sales for November

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I am excited to announce that these Seed Sales from Mary’s Seeds. Mary’s Seeds currently offer’s over 500 varieties of Heirloom, open-pollinated, non-gmo & non-hybrid seeds. Mary has signed the Safe Seed pledge. This is a An affiliate link and if … Continue reading →

Posted in Seeds | Tagged Mary's Seeds, Seeds | Leave a comment

Traveling Seed Box

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

In my local big City and the outer area’s, there is the most amazing community of gardeners and lovers of all things green.. We have so many amazing grass roots groups that have grown up into amazing programs over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged community projects, frugal gardening, Gardening, grass-root programs, local garden groups, Seeds, supporting local garden groups | 4 Comments

Garden-Budget Plans 2017

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

Normally, I have a thousand dollar yearly budget for my garden-farm, this budget includes, seeds, tubers, plants, bushes, tree’s, tools and garden related training classes, seminars Most years I am under budget by a hundred to several hundred but not … Continue reading →