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Winter Solstice ~ Yule at Our House | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. Winter Solstice Yule at Our House. December 23, 2014. The shortest day of the year…. mid-winter. From here, the days begin to grow longer. We usually celebrate with a more traditional meal and a Yule fire, where we burn the Yule log. (This was from a dead limb cut from the apple tree in front of our place in Lion’s Head.). This year we had a lamb roast, winter veggies and mashed potatoes. Weather...
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Aquaponics REboot | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. January 6, 2016. I left a short sprig of the tomato stem with a couple of good growing points on it rooted in the system. I’m hoping it will grow back. And I planted several cuttings that were rooting on the windowsill. I wonder which will grow (and produce tomatoes) sooner? Ah…. what to do with a green thumb in January? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. February 3rd, 2017.
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Holiday Update | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. December 29, 2014. We had a turkey dinner on Saturday evening…. complete with all the fixin’s. Yyuuummm…. turkey is my favorite meal. Even a pumpkin pie with meringue on top and mince tarts/mini pies. The egg dried for about 24 hours into a thickish layer (which has an oily sheen on top). Category : celtic celebrations. Winter Solstice Yule at Our House. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are commen...
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The Dark Season | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. November 3, 2015. It’s been almost a year since I last posted. We have continued on in much the same vein…. chickens, gardens, herbals and nature. There have been some changes to share. I also built a “compound” at the bottom of the hill to hide all our machines and containers inside. It is also where the burn barrel and the garden compost is located. GOOD NEWS: Marek’s is not transmitted t...
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. December 21, 2008. Celebrating Solstice and Making Butter. Snow, snow and more snow whiteout conditions, blizzards the weather people called the last one ‘snowmageddon’. I’m guessing we’ll have snow for Christmas. Tonight we celebrated Solstice the turning of… Continue reading →. December 15, 2008. I tried to… Continue reading →. December 12, 2008. Travels and Winter Driving. December 8, 2008.
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Heading for Solstice… | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. Heading for Solstice…. December 5, 2014. We are definitely nearing the shortest day of the year. Yesterday afternoon between 3:30 and 4pm I went out and took these photos…. More updates next week. Forecast is calling for a Chinook to blow through this weekend and by next Tuesday the temps are supposed to be up to 13c. Ahhhh…. Alberta weather! Category : chickens eggs. Hunkered Down for Winter.
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. July 6, 2009. I thought I’d give you the “play-by-play” on the construction of my chicken tractor. First it was the chicken tractor itself… constructed from cedar that I bought as slabwood from the mill. (A… Continue reading →. May 23, 2009. May 1, 2009. Mayday Thoughts and Reflections. March 16, 2009. March 1, 2009. January 13, 2009. Keeping the Wolf from the Door. I finally found someone local ...
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. December 22, 2013. Last night we had our Solstice meal (leg of lamb). We usually have either wild meat or something unusual (lamb, goose, etc.) and “older” feeling for our meal on this day…. After our… Continue reading →. December 6, 2013. And so it has begun countdown to Winter Solstice. December 6, 2013. December 6, 2013. Baby It’s Cold Outside. June 7, 2013. May 29, 2013. After about 20 minute...
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. June 13, 2014. It seems like summer SHOULD be coming, but it’s not very fast here. This week we’ve had frost about every second night and the tomatoes are growing VERY SLOWLLLLLLYYYYYY! I do keep… Continue reading →. May 24, 2014. May 24 Thanks for the Memories. May 18, 2014. What a Difference a Week Makes. May 13, 2014. May 5, 2014. Camping… More Snow. May 1, 2014. Well, I just realized that I r...
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Hunkered Down for Winter | Down on the Homestead
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Down on the Homestead. Down on the Homestead. Reconnecting with nature…. loving the land…… healing naturally. Hunkered Down for Winter. October 27, 2014. It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything…. just that I’ve been extremely busy. Getting a new Scout group started in Sundre and I’ve been doing a lot of the planning, not to mention a camping trip and this weekend a day hike. So…. what’s happening? The last of the calendula is dried, and. Stored for use this winter. 8230;and the pla. You are commentin...