Category Archives: Gardening

Getting the yard and fields ready

Posted on May 6, 2017 by farm2011

It’s Saturday and it’s a perfect day! All the farmers are very busy today. It seems like in every field you can see dust fly and the farmers are just working very hard to get the crops in. And what … Continue reading →

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In the kitchen

Posted on October 26, 2016 by farm2011

When someone says that they spend a lot of time in their kitchen, well I don’t doubt them at all. But I think I truly could match anyone who says this because I know that I spend a LOT of … Continue reading →

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Bath Fizzys

Posted on October 19, 2016 by farm2011

Sometimes I take an hour lunch from work and head home. It’s just a nice break when it’s a busy morning.  So when I pulled into the yard today I was happy that my baking soda supply showed up. And guess … Continue reading →

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Our new yard decor

Posted on October 12, 2016 by farm2011

Remember when I said earlier that it’s supposed to get much colder this week? Well tonight is the night that it’s supposed to get down to the 30’s.  Yea, I’m not excited about that at all!  So out comes all … Continue reading →

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And so it begins..

Posted on October 1, 2016 by farm2011

The fall harvest has officially started at our farm and it seems just when we thought we were busy – well we’re kicking it up a notch now! The corn that Daryl is taking out of our fields is being stored in … Continue reading →

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More tomatoes

Posted on September 8, 2016 by farm2011

My brother asked if I wanted some more tomatoes and seriously can someone ever have too many tomatoes?  So of course I said yes, I would take them and I soon had a couple of plastic bags of tomatoes on … Continue reading →

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Leftover tomato stuff

Posted on September 6, 2016 by farm2011

If you remember, earlier I did a couple of batches of tomato juice and what that means in my kitchen is that I’ll have quite a bit of extra ‘stuff’ leftover when I pressed it into juice. And this year … Continue reading →

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Tomato, Tomatoes

Posted on September 1, 2016 by farm2011

I love canning. I love everything about it. I really enjoy getting the canning jars all cleaned and then seeing how many canning rings that I have to have. Will I need all small jar lids or maybe a couple … Continue reading →

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Trip to the local fruit/vegetable stand

Posted on August 27, 2016 by farm2011

Because we live in more a a rural area and having a large farmers market doesn’t really happen too often, I found myself heading over to a building that some local Mennonites own.  Now I’ve never been there before and … Continue reading →

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In the 4 week zone

Posted on August 20, 2016 by farm2011

Now normally I’m sure that you don’t plan your weeks around a 4 week timeframe – well that is unless you are a soaper!  See the whole thing about making soap is that you can’t just say that I’ll make … Continue reading →

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