Saturday, June 30, 2018

Saturday , finishing up the month

The morning was spent running errands... bank, the butcher, and finished up end of month stuff at work. 

Then home to do the things we love.  We have begun to read after our dinner.  Dude  read Treasure Island out loud while I repotted my plants.  It was kind of funny listening to a land lock man read about pirates and the salty seas.  I grew up where Black Beard roamed and they will be celebrating the 300th  year of defending themselves from Spaniard pirates in August … all in good fun. They will reinact a pirate invasion like they do every year.


I separated my mother-in-law tongue plant. One plant became five and they are a good way to make a little money.


They are also known as Snake plants or Saint George's Swords.


They are great to put in your bedroom for better sleep converting CO2 to oxygen at night. They are super easy to grow and they multiply like crazy each year. 


It suddenly got cold (in the 50's) and began to lightly rain with winds howling. 



I finished planting basil for in the house ...since the hail storms keep destroying my herb garden this year. 



And made more bowl holders for the microwave while it rain. 


Later Norman told us the rain had stopped and it was time for a walk. 



The corn is bouncing back


But we could see where the water was rushing 2 weeks ago during the tornado that was nearby. 





It looks like the water came across the road and into part of the corn. 


We came home and tucked all the animals in … the baby turkeys. 



Our visiting turkey turned resident comes back every night. We named it Kerouac.


This is Mufasa, our one rooster... we hope!


The girls all came in for the evening. 



Prudence says, give me a kiss. 



Molly wants a few good scratches please. 


Everyone is tucked in and it is time to crochet.  I am practicing my Spanish watching Frozen on Telemundo channel  - smile.  I am not very good. 

peace 


Friday, June 29, 2018

Wilted salad

When I was a kid my mom would make Wilted Salad. At first I remember thinking...oh gross but once I tasted it, it became one of my favorites! 

This morning I boiled up some soft boiled eggs. While they were dancing in the water, I went out to the greenhouse to get lettuce. Last year we had an abundance of beets and cabbage. This year it's lettuce...all kinds. 


I began to fry up 3 strips of bacon.  Make sure you keep the grease on this recipe!

I sliced half an onion, half green pepper and three garlic cloves. 


Saute them in some of the bacon grease and drain on paper towel. 


Tear lettuce.


Add your veggies.


And sliced eggs and crumbled bacon. I ended up only using 3 eggs.



For the dressing mix 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup bacon grease, a hefty pinch of salt and pepper, and a large pinch of sugar.  (my mom adds garlic powder here but since I had sliced garlic I didn't this time). Stir it up while it is still warm. 


Pour over your salad.  Ohhh so good I almost forgot to take a picture! 


peace 


Thursday, June 28, 2018

Lettuce and spinach for breakfast? Sure!

It was sad walking out to the greenhouse and seeing the damaged apple tree. 


But nice to see a red tomato. 

Cut some spinach
Snipped a variety of lettuce …



Wash it up !


Add an apple and a big bunch of grapes...run it through the juicer. 

Breakfast !   Add a hard boiled egg on the side for protein.  It was surprisingly good, even Dude liked it!

peace

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Sunday Family Fun

Sunday filled with family and fun.  One of them main reasons for having a homestead , for us, was to have family get togethers on the weekend.  This has been one of those weekends. A son called to say he and his family wanted to come over.  We were also celebrating the St John the Baptist's Birthday. We got the food ready.

Menu: 
Celery snacks
Grapes
Cucumber and onion vinegar salad
Roast tomato and broccoli with oil and balsamic
Green beans
Roasted Lamb


Surprise Cake 

I baked a chocolate cake.  Hollowed out the middle with a drinking glass. Frosted each layer as I would a regular layered cake.


Filled the middle with strawberries, chocolate chips and walnuts. Topped with sprinkles.




Horses were worked in the round pen.  Their buddies, the lambs, watching closing by. 



Hugs all around. 



Guinea is still on her eggs.


Baby turkeys are in their new homes... I need to get some bedding. 


Then craft time while we waited for the lamb to finish cooking. Birdhouse painting. ...and lots of laughter!











The storms did come. We got a nice rain but farther to the north and south of us got pounding hail. 


We played old fashion games and went for walks. 


Father and son always have a great time. 


Then it was time to head home. 


So until next time...Smile! 


peace