Animals
- That Something In The Air Was....snow!
Yesterday was another snow event for us. Nothing like the blizzard two weeks prior...but, still, snow that layed and accumulated! Just when we were starting to see bare ground in some areas! Ah, well, it is winter, after all... so this is to be expected....
- Rainy Weekend Fun
A gift of 3 inches of rain this weekend gave me the opportunity totackle some indoor activities that are on my "to do" list.We will be having 50+ young adults camping on the farm after the wedding,so I decided that homemade pecan sticky buns would be...
- New Discoveries
Sunday brought a welcome relief from the bitter cold of the previous week.You know it's been cold when 32 degrees feels balmy!(Saturday evening when we were outside, it was 3 degrees.) This sunrise was the first sign that Sunday would be a warmer...
- How To Endure The Cold...and Make A Piecrust
Strong gusty winds ushered in a warm front...melting most of the ice, and then evaporating the moisture. The tail end of the winds brought bitter cold once again. Today's forecast is snow. Such is winter in this part of the country... changeable,...
- Weeding And Breadbaking
It seems that lately, at any given time, you can find me here.... still weeding the strawberry patch.I am 3/4 finished, and Hubbs started to mulchbetween the rows with lush, brown tanbark.Lovely. One month from now we will have delicious, sweetstrawberries.Berries...
Animals
The News....Short Version
Today's post will be short and sweet...
as it is too hard to type with the ugly finger.
I had several requests for a recipe for Amanda's "braided" dinner.
She did not use a recipe for this dinner, sadly.
Basically, she made a whole wheat bread recipe, let it rise, punched it down
and rolled it out.
Then she filled it with cooked chicken, parsnips, sweet potatoes(from last summer's garden)
and chard ribs
in a zesty honey mustard sauce that she created.
Slits cut in the two outer thirds of the rolled out dough were braided back across
the center, covering the filling.
Baked til golden brown.
Delicious.
Yesterday, I mixed up some sweet yeast dough
let it rise, rolled it out...
filled...
and made....
These (link here to recipe).
I frosted them with a cream cheese frosting.
YUM!!
As for Myrtle (on left), no babies yet.
She is huge and the babies are moving all over the place.
Any day now....
Chloe seems to be doing fine with respect to her sore foot.
She is barely limping now.
And.... pavilion construction is complete.
It will be stained a walnut brown once warmer weather has arrived.
Sorry for the brevity of this post.
I will be back to snuff once the throbbing has left my finger.
- That Something In The Air Was....snow!
Yesterday was another snow event for us. Nothing like the blizzard two weeks prior...but, still, snow that layed and accumulated! Just when we were starting to see bare ground in some areas! Ah, well, it is winter, after all... so this is to be expected....
- Rainy Weekend Fun
A gift of 3 inches of rain this weekend gave me the opportunity totackle some indoor activities that are on my "to do" list.We will be having 50+ young adults camping on the farm after the wedding,so I decided that homemade pecan sticky buns would be...
- New Discoveries
Sunday brought a welcome relief from the bitter cold of the previous week.You know it's been cold when 32 degrees feels balmy!(Saturday evening when we were outside, it was 3 degrees.) This sunrise was the first sign that Sunday would be a warmer...
- How To Endure The Cold...and Make A Piecrust
Strong gusty winds ushered in a warm front...melting most of the ice, and then evaporating the moisture. The tail end of the winds brought bitter cold once again. Today's forecast is snow. Such is winter in this part of the country... changeable,...
- Weeding And Breadbaking
It seems that lately, at any given time, you can find me here.... still weeding the strawberry patch.I am 3/4 finished, and Hubbs started to mulchbetween the rows with lush, brown tanbark.Lovely. One month from now we will have delicious, sweetstrawberries.Berries...