Tag Archives: Farm Life

Something yummy is rising up out of the earth at the moment..- Giant Puffballs..

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

They can get good size on the farm, typically them come in the cooler temps and in the fall rains back behind the big barn. I will point out that you should only use these lovely mushrooms if they are … Continue reading →

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Food Forest-Hiding in plain view..

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

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 →

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The next part of my Family Milk Cow Journey with Girl

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Girl will be two years old in July, and I am so very excited to annouce that yesterday, she was bred, we will of course have to wait a full month to see if she took? or if she comes … Continue reading →

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Garden Monday- Apples/Ontario, Sea of Blue and Plants Swap..

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Well, we all worried that this would happen, and here is the lastest news.. Sigh.. “A catastrophic freeze has wiped out about 80 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop  and has the province’s fruit industry looking at losses already estimated … Continue reading →

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The Double Dug W Potato Bed

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

While I have played around with growing Potato’s in towers, in strawbales and even in last years “sacrifice outside winter feeding area” the way we grow most of our potato’s is in our double dug 3 foot wide W planted beds. … Continue reading →

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Food Storage Friday- Garden Monday- This and That Post!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Wow, its been a crazy busy week, filled to the brim with great things but by the time I get done, I am crashing into bed and sleeping the dead LOL While this is offically a Food Storage Friday, its … Continue reading →

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Digging for my lunch! I’m having Burdock and Dandelion root with a dessert of nettle…

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Well, I had Girl tied out for grazing in the main yard and she was within reach of a old compost pile that grows stinging nettle, dandelion and Burdock root for me as a kind of spring wild kitchen garden … Continue reading →

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Small Wound Care

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Its bound to happen between having a older barn, barb wire fencing, and just general life, the barn critters will get some cuts and scrapes, now I know that some folks just feel that they will heal on their own, … Continue reading →

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O my, the driest winter in 63 years locally..

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Well, this past weekend, we were out and about on the farm, and around the local area.. Digging in my gardens, it was startling to see just how dry some of it is already.. then we did some work in … Continue reading →

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Garden-My $2 dollar “cold frame” Horse Trough

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Ok so I picked up this nice big metal water trough for $2 dollars as it was rusted though, now it was fixable if you had a welder but that was not what I wanted if for.. So the glass … Continue reading →

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