Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2015| 2 Comments »
Today was a good day.
First Chicks. These two were hatched by one of our Muscovy ducks, so this should be interesting. So far so good. Aren’t they adorable?
First Butternut Squash. Thanks to the bees. I am so excited to finally have pollinators (Twenty thousand more arrive tomorrow)
First Tatume Squash
First Cuc
First Pepper
First of the Tomatoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Preserving Food, Vegetable Gardening on April 21, 2015| 2 Comments »
We’ve been eating carrots for month, from one of the garden beds, but with the weather warming up, I needed the space. This past weekend I planted my second bed of okra so that carrots had to come up.
I filled an entire refrigerator drawer with carrots. I tore off the tops, brushed (not washed) the dirt off and stored them until I had time to freeze, which was last night.
Then I just set up an assembly line …
Wash, Peel and Slice the carrots. You could also chop or dice.
Blanch for 2 minutes.
Ice bath for 2 minutes
Drain
Seal in food saver bags. You can use other freezer bags, but I have found veggies really do best with a very tight seal. I managed to get 9 sets of carrots.
I still have about half a drawer full of carrots. I decided to freeze all of the larger ones, and leave the smaller, more tender carrots for eating raw.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2015| 4 Comments »
This weekend we were out at our friend’s lease in Llano. It is a beautiful piece of property, and one filled with photo-ops.
As we were returning from one of our walks, we came upon this flagpole with an old wagon wheel. I snapped several pictures, and then noticed something in the background I didn’t like, the garage.
Instead, to the right you see an incredible old shed.
Then a zoom in of the shed.
What about a picture of the shed through the wagon wheel?
Now let’s try blurry wheel and clear shed. Nope, both blurry.
Another try. Almost there, but not enough of the wheel.
I’ve been shooting with a Canon G9 for the past several years, the only decent camera I’ve ever owned. The point and shoot has been good to me, but when my friend handed me her Canon Rebel complete with lenses, I was able to get the shot in seconds (I still need to get a copy from her). I will now be saving for a new camera!
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Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2015| 8 Comments »
Eric is in the process of getting a new shop built. I should reap some benefits, starting with 2 new beehives! I asked the concrete guys to please leave me the rocks that they were digging up.
They obliged.
It’s hard to see the scale, but maybe these next pics will help. The two of us, with the help of a dolly, moved several rocks to my front bed. We didn’t even put a dent in the pile.
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