tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36791237003914653932024-03-13T05:03:28.271-05:00Living and Gardening in the Ozarksgldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.comBlogger824125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-27291572779289731542019-04-23T15:51:00.002-05:002019-04-23T15:51:36.487-05:00Day Two of Outside Work!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am a happy gardener today. I have mowed the entire yard in a one day period (a 3 hour job) and today the real test: Using my ll.5 lb. string trimmer. Happy to report I used it for about l.5 hrs and got a lot done. Still a lot to go but I believe I can do it.</div>
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These are some pics of the areas I trimmed this morning.</div>
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This is an heirloom rose that a gardener on one of the Garden Web sites told me several years ago that must have a highly acid soil to do well. I have fed it religiously for a long time and look at that nice green color this spring! Very pleased with it.<br />
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First Clematis to bloom each year on the garden fence.<br />
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Long shot of the area with the first blooming clematis and the later blooming Harlow Care. That is a very pale lemon yellow<br />
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This is ugly but at least now trimmed in front of the compost pile, hoping the poppy coming on will help hide it.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-74969338376697563392019-04-20T13:44:00.000-05:002019-04-20T13:59:27.127-05:00Odds and Ends of Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today was a cool one. I only pick and choose the best days to be outside and this one wasn't one of them. A little too cool and way to windy for me.<br />
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We do finally have all the garden carts(3) up and operable. Had to repair a tire and buy a new one. Got all the mowers going. I got the Stihl trimmer going (bless the starter spray!). Still have not attempted the tiller and may not need it.....we will see how that goes.<br />
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The chickens pretty much took the winter off. I even had to buy eggs a few times which really aggravated me.<br />
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We had some patchy frost last night and thin sheet of ice on the bird bath. Should be our last but I never trust that April 20th frost free date! I have learned that lesson the hard way.<br />
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We have had a busy morning for us. I took some eggs in to the lady who cuts my hair. The shop is in the center where my little local store is located. I have decided that Walmart is now beyond my comfort zone so I shop there. We picked up a few (mostly) sale things and headed home.<br />
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Before we left, I toured the yard on my riding mower and took a few pictures.<br />
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These are the girls in the header picture. They are laying nicely now after their winter break,<br />
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I pulled up a handful of henbit. They keep all the green eat down in their chicken yard so I try to remember them when I mow.<br />
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Right next to their pen is the long garden fence border. I haven't cleaned it yet so ignore the various green stuff at the base of the Aloha rose. It survived our extremely cold winter in great shape.<br />
This has become a pass-along rose. It started with a cutting from my Grandmother to me on the old farm; from the old farm from a cutting I took to this farm. I have passed it to my <i>Iowa Sis and she has kept it going in her garden for about 20 years now.</i><br />
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These are part of the border by the front road. I have thinned the border so we have better vision of traffic when pulling out of our driveway.<br />
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<i>Thank you all for remembering me. I have missed blogging just because of you all.</i></div>
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This is April 18, and a cloudy cool day here. The good news is we have had a couple of very nice showers that were much appreciated.<br />
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Most trees have leafed out, some still in bud stage with just green showing. Apple tree is in full bloom, pears blooming, plum bloomed so early it may have been frosted on. Strangely my new apricot tree didn't bloom or I missed it. I don't get out as much these days.<br />
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I have had some health heart related issues that have slowed me down. I am just going to have to learn to adjust and live with it. I hope to still be able to do some things that I love. I won't be putting in a big garden this year. I was able to mow some and began weeding the kitchen flower bed. I work in short spurts now.<br />
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We sold our black Angus cows late last summer for several reasons. Neither of us could stand looking outside and not seeing cows. So...........we bought a few cows, younger and a different color.<br />
They are Charolais crosses, some Red Angus and Simmental. I took a picture yesterday when they came up to the fence to check me out on the mower and I couldn't resist.:<br />
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These are young first-calf heifers bred back to calve this fall. They had last year's calves by side and we bought two heifers that were also bred to calve this fall. This is a much smaller herd and we hope to be able to handle them and maybe expand slowly.</div>
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This is all for now.....it has been a long while since last I posted and I have missed it and all of you.</div>
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First let me wish all you Mothers out there a very Happy Mother's Day! Mine as usual was very quite. I got my usual calls from both our son and daughter and our oldest granddaughter also called.<br />
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The early morning was cloudy and breezy and I worked outside almost three hours.<br />
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So far I have planted lettuce, Chinese Cabbage(three kinds), spinach, two kinds of Asian eggplants (the long skinny ones purple and lavender striped), potatoes that are up about a foot tall, all the tomato plants (I have lost track of how many), two kinds of sweet peppers and two varieties of pole beans. I also broke my rule on sweet potatoes and planted 6 Beauregard's in a short row by the east end of the garden.<br />
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This is the month for iris and early clematis.<br />
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I was afraid I had lost all of these pretty pale blue or lavender ones but these survived on the north side of the miscanthus. I call it Barb's iris after one of my sweet neighbors who died shortly after telling me to please come get some. Sure glad I did.<br />
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My one red iris that I have been planning to move for 3 years now...............<br />
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I enlarged this because I just noticed the alba roses are beginning to bloom (the pink in the background) and I hadn't even noticed....I did smell something wonderful but thought it was the locust tree that is blooming. Note I have just cleaned the front of the bed.......I am moving slowly along. The iris is Fragrant Lavender and smells like grape soda.<br />
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I am finally braving a photo of me at work. I wish I could Photoshop about 50 more pounds off but alas it is much harder than that! Working on that too.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-21197326570835412172018-05-12T16:21:00.001-05:002018-05-12T16:21:30.251-05:00This and That On the Farm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have been having some abnormally hot, windy and dry weather here; does not bode well for the season ahead.<br />
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I am not feeling very ambitious this morning but I did manage a walkabout in the yard and took photos. I will try to keep them in order of the walk so you can get an idea of the layout of things, if not, I hope you just enjoy seeing my little domain.<br />
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Beginning with the allee in front of the house: This was created some years ago when an arborist told me the trees along the street were mostly hollow and would be dead at some point and I should start new ones. I did and it is a mix of threes and shrubs with a flower plant or two thrown in.<br />
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Have I mentioned we are having the screened porch enclosed as a sun room? We are already enjoying it more than the screened version. Another reason is the cats (I raised the mama and her 4 babies out their) completely destroyed the screening.</div>
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This shows how it will look eventually.</div>
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This is about midway through allee in front of new office.</div>
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We are walking west now at the corner of the front of the house heading around it. To the right is the earth berm at the foundation where I have started a hosta bed for ground cover along with the vinca major vine. I think most of the hostas survived the winter.</div>
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I have been working outside part of each day trying to catch up. It is going very slowly but I am making progress.</div>
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How many kittens are there? It is not that we didn't have enough cats to begin with....I think 7 last count....before these surprised us!</div>
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-82215208006718292292018-05-07T06:33:00.001-05:002018-05-07T06:33:38.327-05:00Catch Up Time Again.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is now 6:07 in the morning. Been missing from the blog for a while. Lots happening on the farm in the Ozarks.<br />
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First, the weather has settled in and it is going from very cool spring to summer temperatures....up to 80° with the accompanying severe storms in some areas. We have escaped so far and we are grateful. We have been lucky to receive almost an inch of rain per week.<br />
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The most wonderful news is my dear Sis and her husband from Iowa came for a two-day visit! I was shocked when she called told me their plans. For a couple of years now she has told us they wouldn't be traveling this far again. It is a 6-hour trip. <br />
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We had the best visit. She is a cook (as I have mentioned) and a gardener. One day we cooked a new chicken recipe together; never cooked a meal together before and one morning as we were touring the yard, she said "get me a pair of gloves and get the tools together. Let's clean a flower bed!" I tried to talk her out of it but she persisted. We completely cleaned the Kerria Bed. She has severe macular degeneration and gardens (weeds) mostly by touch. What a picture we made: her crawling around on her knees and me chopping with a hoe (I can't bend down because of my right knee). It reminded me of pictures of Grandma and her sisters all garbed up to go gooseberry picking in the wilds of the Ozarks (a bluff above the James River if I remember correctly) so I had Max take some 'candid' photos of us. What a laugh. I sent copes to her and threatened her life if they ever appeared on Facebook..........she promised me. We both treasure them. I was wearing a very loose gardening apron (which I may never don again!) and the wind was blowing very strongly. I look like a gray haired 9-month pregnant old lady.<br />
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Same old; same old. Grass is finally growing with the warmer temperatures. We have had to graze some hay fields but at least we didn't have to buy anymore of the very expensive hay.<br />
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Here are the cows we keep up close in the west lot: The Jersey is my temporarily retired milk cow and the horned one is her daughter. Not sure if the darker red one is Willow my permanently retired milk cow who hates me. The black heifer's heritage escapes me at the moment.<br />
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My cooking has been uninspired except for the honey-garlic chicken recipe from Facebook or Pinterest (not sure which) that Sis wanted to try. Everyone liked it a lot except for my DH who isn't very open to new dishes (to say the least). Yesterday was bread baking day (you know I love those days). This was a mixed recipe. I had about a cup and a half of white wheat flour and oatmeal flakes. I ground this fine using the food processor and then used a mix of bread flour and AP flour, a mix of olive oil and butter, honey for the sweetening. and it turned out nicely. It toasted well which is a prerequisite for me.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-65225162723646828012018-04-22T09:38:00.001-05:002018-04-22T09:56:56.767-05:00It's Raining!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's not a heavy rain, but it is steady. One half inch so far and more promised.<br />
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I weeded the strawberry bed yesterday and it needed moisture badly. I may still water if this rain isn't enough. Speaking of weeding............what a job, but I got it done! The plants are not very tall but are loaded with white blooms. I am keeping my fingers crossed that our frosts are finished.<br />
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I have the tomato plants and cabbages hardening off on the screened porch (the carpenter still is a no show to enclose the porch.)<br />
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I also mowed the east yard for the second time. <br />
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The red bud is now blooming and the lilac is still looking good. That small bed in the lower left has a viburnum just leafing out, jonquils that are done and daylilies coming on.<br />
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and my favorite tree because of the apricot colored peeling bark, betula nigra. When it leafs out the bark won't be so noticeable but then it completely screens the front of most of the house from the road.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-67140997629168111232018-04-18T15:33:00.001-05:002018-04-18T15:33:12.675-05:00A Change of Plans.......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
....on several levels. Today was to be Max's work day with a young neighbor boy (19). I usually fix lunch for all of us the day he works. So, yesterday I made a loaf of banana bread and this morning I made hamburger buns.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstp-5EPIanScBmG26F9xeUZYraMLwLRDu_Kc2kbBci9tYEk6tWgjGgUIvzbKf0qiSJ8TOAawTh_A42aW_rPk0zpv_vQ9fIJvXUT2IqVjyMYpldrxQKj6hxNrbrlkoB8GF3XIryrZzPNNN/s1600/IMG_1177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstp-5EPIanScBmG26F9xeUZYraMLwLRDu_Kc2kbBci9tYEk6tWgjGgUIvzbKf0qiSJ8TOAawTh_A42aW_rPk0zpv_vQ9fIJvXUT2IqVjyMYpldrxQKj6hxNrbrlkoB8GF3XIryrZzPNNN/s320/IMG_1177.JPG" width="320" /></a>By the way this is an excellent recipe if you want buns to be very soft almost like store ones. These are what my DH likes so it will be added to my files. It is from King Arthur Flour recipes as <a href="https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/beautiful-burger-buns-recipe">Beautiful Burger Buns</a>.<br />
Received a phone call; helper not coming, Friday instead.<br />
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I had planned to work outside. Went out early and it was mid-50's and blowing very hard. Not pleasant; there will be another, better day.<br />
OK. So changed plans. We went for more bird seed instead. I wasn't going to feed them in warmer weather, but I miss seeing them out the window over the sink.<br />
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I moved the Chinese cabbages back to the screened porch and also the tomatoes. I was able to keep them out of most of the wind. Just brought them back in after several hours out. It will be near freezing again tonight.<br />
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I did my tour of the yard earlier (in the wind) and will share a few.<br />
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This is a flowering crabapple in the east yard. It is just a couple of years old.<br />
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I still have several clumps of daffodils blooming. These are out by the front ditch near the road.<br />
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They are mixed in with these in the same location. the green to the left is a very thick stand of old-fashioned lilac that are loaded with buds. I wanted to thin them but my Sis wanted me to leave them alone and see how they do this year. The regrowth is due to a very severe pruning a few years ago.<br />
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These next two are just to show I have been doing some work! This is the bed outside the kitchen. First one is cleaned off. ( I planted 10 Asiatic lilies on the edges and a circle of oriental lilies around the base of the bird feeder (skinny black pole just off center)<br />
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This clump is almost finish. They are in the front yard near a very scraggly forsythia and a self-seeded burning bush.<br />
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One more showing the two spirea prunifolia plenifolia near the shop.<br />
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You can tell by the very spotty grass that I am not a grass person. The previous owner was and I am ashamed of myself that I have let this go.</div>
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The weather turned gray, windy and just 49 degrees; it is now raining.<br />
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I decided to not go to the milk parlor and finish cleaning and prepping the planting materials.<br />
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Instead baked a pumpkin pie, the first dessert baking I have done in some time. I tried a new technique for me, blind baking the pie shell. I have never done that but have not liked my bottom crusts for some time. They didn't seem done enough. This new technique worked and I will be doing it from now on for custard pies; maybe even fruit pies. Not having dessert for a long while made us really appreciate this one!<br />
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March 29, 2018<br />
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Another cool, dark, rainy day in the Ozarks. So far, we have had 3.75 inches of rain.....much appreciated but now I want warm sunshine. We are never satisfied are we?<br />
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Mama Pea and I can carry on an egg-bragging. I don't have any waterfowl but my heirloom girls are really doing great. My Dominique's are beginning their third laying year and are surprising me with the output. I still wish I had a really dark egg layer like Marans...if I ever run across them............I may have to have a couple.<br />
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Another catch up post.<br />
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We have had more up and down weather, actually 86° one day and down to freezing the next. I am ready for that pattern to settle into a slightly normal pattern.<br />
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I did manage to get some outside work done. Partially mowed the east lawn around the first of the month.<br />
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Planted a 20 foot row of potatoes and cleaned more henbit from flower beds and garden fence row. The hard freezes don't faze it at all. I try to pull and toss lots of green weeds to the hens every time I get a chance. I even turned them into the garden proper one day since I have no seeds planted.<br />
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In the background is my Gravely with the garden cart serving as a yard tractor. I load up all tools and other necessary things to go to the work area. It saves me lots of steps and I need all the help I can get.<br />
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Growing under plant lights on the back porch:<br />
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Several varieties of tomatoes, three kinds of the fluted Italian ones that I have never grown before.<br />
eggplant (the long skinny purple and white striped)Listada de Granda, red and yellow cheese peppers,<br />
three kinds of Chinese cabbage, garden heliotrope, another variety of heliopsis to grow beside the plain yellow one I have had for years at the east end of the garden.<br />
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My plant light stand fixtures are slowly dying. I don't know if they are 'fixable' or not. I am sure it is the ballast. The replacement fixtures are almost $90 so I won't be doing that (I don't think).<br />
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In bloom:<br />
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the redbud tree is showing pink<br />
my hybrid lilac 'Isabella' (not fully yet)<br />
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Several varieties of daffodils<br />
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These are growing outside the milk parlor (aka, potting shed and anything else that needs shelter while doing. I have heat and water in there.<br />
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The forsythia have finished and the ordinary lilacs are budded but not blooming. <br />
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My next outdoor project has to be chainsaw pruning before things get fully leafed out and I can't see what to do.<br />
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Max and his helper were going to do some fence repair but it is just going to be in the 40's so we are canceling until a (hopefully) warmer Wednesday.<br />
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<br />The last two breads have been oatmeal bread, recipe from King Arthur flour but using my mixer technique.<br />
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Still not doing desserts for us. I did make Ina Garten's Oatmeal and Raisin cookies for the neighbor's visit and then he didn't come down.....drat, now we will have to eat them.<br />
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It's a very good recipe and I have added to my files as a favorite.</div>
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Well, I have gone almost a month without posting.....shame on me.<br />
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It is spring in the Ozarks, still not past a danger of frost but settling in much warmer. We are dry but are hopeful heavy rains will visit us next week.<br />
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I haven't mowed yet and grass in the yard and field is coming along very slowly. I hope heavy rains will correct that.<br />
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I have been busy trying to get ready for gardening season. I sorted my seeds according to what needs planting under lights now and next month. I checked and have enough potting soil to fill all containers. I might actually get that done this weekend.<br />
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I have re-tilled my tiny little garden plot that I now call the cat's favorite playground and litter box. They run and bounce on the soft soil and roll around in it. They are fun to watch. I may not find that so amusing when I plant seeds.........may have to use temporary covers of some sort.<br />
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Next job was getting my dedicated rose bed started. I have almost sworn off roses because of Japanese Beetles and RRD (rose-rosette disease) but they are so irresistible that when Lowe's had a rack of them out front I couldn't resist! They know how to market them! I bought 6, let's see if I can remember them: Olympiad, Medallion, Mr. Lincoln, Tropicana, Queen Elizabeth, and Love. (I actually did it). I have copper markers by each one knowing that in a week or so I won't remember.<br />
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I will to under plant the roses with some perennials. The plan(hope) is having them in one location will make me take better care of them. I will also have to walk past them going to the garden almost daily which will be a good thing. Most are chosen for fragrance.<br />
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This was before I pruned the rose, Aloha and below is after:<br />
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I pruned most of the clematis the two needing it the most are the Type 3 that should be cut down to 18inches or so each season.</div>
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I am getting back in the habit of taking a very early morning stroll about the immediate homestead. Max will be happy to note that I am also letting the girls our to graze!<br />
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He had warned me that the Light Brahmas are prone to fly up on him............that would unsettle me to the point of flight! However, they didn't bother me at all. He said it was because I was not carrying any feed with me (which I will now never do).<br />
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They immediately began pecking on the ground around my feet. I found out later that DH had scattered some bird seed to call them in last night.<br />
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Once that was cleaned up they spread out. Note there is still some standing water in the run.<br />
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I was near the small group of cows that we keep near for feeding grain and whatever.....I have lost track of the reasons.<br />
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Cattle this time of year look mangy. This is due to lice which will disappear as soon as the sun starts shining on a regular basis. They will also loose the longer hair and slick up and look much prettier.<br />
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This is most of the group at one of the new (expensive) bales of hay we had to buy.<br />
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We have a few with horns due to the introduction of the Jersey genetics. At some point we will have the heifers dehorned and sell or butcher the horned bulls. See the new baby. He was born to a poor old, crippled cow that will not get better but she still bred and calved. We will hopefully not get her exposed to a bull again and sell her. I am embarrassed for anyone to see her. The dark red and lighter one to her right are the retired milk cow and the temporarily retired milk cow, the Jersey.<br />
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I think that is her baby next to her with the horns.....she will get dehorned.<br />
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First the clump of daffodils that were the first to bloom,<br />
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I saw another lonely little clump back by the gas tank, but most are in the bud stage.<br />
I like how Mother Nature mulched lots of things with windblown leaves. I never ever rake leaves.<br />
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Some perennials are sneaking through the mulch but I fear for my new roses. They are dark black.<br />
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The above is daylilies in Kerria Bed<br />
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Sedum near smokehouse<br />
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Variegated sedum in Kerria Bed<br />
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This is a new salvia I planted late last fall.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-8404561769721574422018-02-28T05:43:00.000-06:002018-02-28T05:43:49.802-06:00Skunks Are Back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Every spring for about three years now we have had a mama skunk burrow under the back foundation and have her babies.................sometimes the smell that gets into the house is really strong. I have lost count of the cans of Febreze air freshener we have used. Well, drat! she is back. I have worked over the area trying to keep her out. We laid down heavy wire mesh and fastened it down with 6 inch landscape pins,have used pieces of fire wood and various other stakes and things. It seemed to work last year. Max has laid down three bales of straw over it all next to the foundation.<br />
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Not to be outdone,she went behind the straw and in the 6 inches between the foundation and the first layer of heavy mesh and behind the straw bale dug down a sort of slide- in hole. Two days ago I worked on that, didn't help. Yesterday I did some more and it seems to have worked. I could hear her digging....I need to check in daylight to see if she made it through. They never give up. I am convinced it is the same skunk.</div>
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Office is finished except for some decoration. The carpenter took last week off..........working somewhere else. I may call him today. He still hasn't finished the back porch area outside.</div>
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We have had some pretty heavy rains over the last week and it rained lightly yesterday afternoon and is misting now. I am ready for it all to dry up and let the ground get workable. Things have really greened up and I have one tiny daffodil in bloom. It looks very lonely out there by itself.</div>
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I added this just because......Little Tommy followed me around while I was taking photos.<br />
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Chicken yard was hazardous; I nearly fell because of the mole runs. They were running like underground steams and I buried in one. DH told me it was because I didn't know where to walk hinting that I don't do the chickens often! He is right.<br />
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This is the west calf lot with water standing in every low place.<br />
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The kittens all followed along. I didn't know they would wade!<br />
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The west yard, another mole run hazardous area. I see I will have to pick up sticks before mowing.<br />
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Not much interesting going on but we decided the last sourdough bread was going to the chickens.....not be making that recipe again. (to be honest, it wasn't a fair test, as usual, I made a few modifications that may have caused the heaviness.). I never feel it is a waste because the chickens will eat anything!<br />
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We both thought it was the darkest cake ever but it was very moist and tasty.<br />
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We are getting lots of good eggs. I am very happy with these girls. I thought they wouldn't lay before the longer days of spring and summer but we are getting more than enough for our needs and I have accumulated about 5 dozen for others. <br />
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Another cold front has arrived bringing a very light misty 'freezing' rain. It is 22° now and will get down to 18 tonight, not too bad if we don't get anymore ice.<br />
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Busy, busy day yesterday. First of all DH told me we were getting low on hay and needed about 100 more bales....so I spent two day or more searching via the internet and finally located some not too far away. Then the communication began (nothing is ever simple), about each person's schedule. DH located some that could be delivered soon. So we took that too, way too expensive for beef cows but they have to be fed. Our late fall drought set everyone back about 2 months on grazing days so hay is almost non-existent here now.<br />
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Then the carpenter did finally come and he was here almost all day. At 1 pm, the insurance agent arrived to discuss new policies combining autos and farm owners. He was here two hours....meantime our local surrogate grandson(who will be helping with the hay hauling) stopped<br />
by. I offered him lemon cake and milk. While he was eating the carpenter came in the kitchen with a question and so I offered to make his lunch. He accepted. So now within l0 minutes of the insurance agent arriving I am making a grilled cheese sandwich (also lemon cake and 2 glasses of milk). <br />
Amidst all this the phone rang several times regarding hay and my Sis whose refrigerator died.<br />
Agent arrived, now have three people under foot. Kolten left, carpenter went back to work and I spent two hours talking about insurance, not my favorite subject! Max was busy unloading hay and coming in a couple of times for decision making. <br />
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All is now quiet on the farm and I am loving it. Max is doing chores and then going to the neighbors and setting out a bale for him. His tractor wouldn't start this morning. <br />
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The good news is I discovered this strange man who is doing the porches is very skilled in simple furniture. Here are the two examples so far.<br />
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We will stain them golden oak and finish with several coats of polyurethane. I have decided to let him do it. I may change my mind if the weather stays bad.</div>
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I think I will have him build a long, narrow table for my kitchen. My antique table is 45" square and is too wide for the space. I have to make people move if they are seated in front of the stove. He said 30x60 would be a standard size and he is excited about building it. I think he enjoys that kind of work more so than the rest and seems very proud of it. I was really surprised when I saw what he had done. I have lots more ideas about various projects inside for him.........</div>
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I tested the new Bosch Universal mixer on making an angel food cake and the lemon sponge cake using the leftover egg yolks. While they turned out, I wouldn't try to fold in the flour in the tube shaped mixer bowl again. I think I should have dumped the egg whites into another round bowl and proceeded. This cake didn't turn out nearly as high. I think I deflated the egg whites some in the folding process. I am not in love with this mixer..........yet. You think I could find room on my kitchen counter for another appliance? Max will not be pleased.</div>
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Yet another cat has slipped in the back door as Max was leaving and is hidden somewhere. I will probably have to let his Momma in to find him. </div>
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We got down to 6° and had about l inch of snow on when we got up this morning. It has slowly warmed up and lots of the snow has melted.<br />
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The carpenter did show up and got a lot done. At least I can now see what the finished room will look like. He will be back Thursday and Friday and finish both jobs. This is Antique White. I like it enough, I will use it on the living room (plan on having him paint the inside house for me).<br />
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Showing the vinyl strip flooring, he and Max picked out the grey tones and I like how they look next to the marble entry just inside the door to the living room.<br />
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The next picture just shows the dining room wall side with the window for heating access. He will build movable shelves (sort of a table ) that will be in front of the window and go wall to wall.<br />
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<span style="color: #001004;">First I want to share the Scottish Shortbread Cookie recipe I have been making since 2005. To give credit where it is due, it is from Allrecipes submitted by Linda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b0110;">Sourdough Bread venture: Bread turned out great. I used l teaspoon of regular yeast but won't use any next time and see how that works. This rose nicely within l hour. I have never tasted sourdough bread and just assumed the 'sour' wouldn't be something I would enjoy in a bread. Wrong! There was just a hint of sour and we both really liked it.</span></div>
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<u></u>I used the discard (2 cups worth) and made King Arthur's recipe for pancakes/waffles and made some of both. Very, very good. I have frozen the leftovers for later toasting.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-74978118280962140232018-02-04T11:40:00.000-06:002018-02-04T11:40:04.152-06:00Tentative Success with Sourdough Project (Maybe)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Not much news since last post. Another cold front has moved in......typical of our weather,<br />
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Carpenter canceled yesterday but did show up this morning and is prepping to paint.<br />
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<b>I may have jumped the gun on the sourdough starter complaint. Yesterday after feeding around 5 pm, I decided to give it another trial day. This morning around 2:30 (yes, am) it had doubled! a first. So at my regular feeding time, I took out the half cup and fed and by a few hours later, it is bubbling happily. I saved the excess amount (about l full cup).</b><br />
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The other cooking project was for our granddaughter in KC. She told me she was feeling neglected. Her study partner and friend got a package of cookies from her Gram. So this morning Gram baked a tray of Scottish Shortbread and will ship them to her tomorrow.</div>
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What a day or I
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week was getting the farm truck inspected and licensed. They closed
the office we are used to going to. Found we like the new place even
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Max
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this week, the 31<sup>st</sup> was our Mama cat’s surgery . Went
smooth as silk; she never fussed at all! I was very proud of her.
She is doing well. She is even letting those 3-month old babies
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The big news was my computer died! It was too old for the Geek Squad to fix. I did have enough sense to ask them to remove my hard drive. So now my son can retrieve anything lost for me. I may have mentioned he is a computer/electrical engineer…..and extremely conservative (tight!) so I had him pick me out a tower at Amazon and he picked a refurbished one for $204 and another one that I had picked out for $349. He laughed at me when I asked if the refurbished worried him and told me he would buy if from me if I wasn’t happy with it.</div>
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I took
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It came
today (with Windows 10) so there is a learning curve. I do have it
up and have downloaded my FTM software and Quicken and have
successfully backed up those files! I feel like I can finally
breathe. It seems much faster to me than the older computer with
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Carpenter
hasn’t showed all week but will be here tomorrow to work on my
offfice. Slowly things will start smoothing out, please.</div>
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new flour and water batch going and one using milk, flour and sugar.
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Carpenter just called and begged of for today..............I will not get upset; I will not get upset.<br />
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This shows the wider windowsill I asked for....like it very much. I have one coat of paint on and need to do more.<br />
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Good morning from the Ozarks.<br />
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Supposed to be another nice day here before rain moves in again. We are not fussing about the rain since we started winter very dry.<br />
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The carpenter is working....he has the wood beadboard paneling up but not trimmed yet.<br />
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Also I may have solved my bird feeder issue. We used to have an old Elm tree that we used for bird feeders but our many storms ruined it and made it dangerous to leave so we had it removed.<br />
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I found this on Amazon and we set it up yesterday evening, also the new feeder at the kitchen sink window. I wanted something there that I could see all around. I hope this isn't to wide for that.<br />
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So far, the birds aren't flocking to the feed. Max thinks it is too old and mice have been at it in the garage. I think we will toss it to the chickens and get fresh seeds on our next town run.<br />
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Well, I have done it. Three days ago I began a sourdough starter. I am using King Arthur's directions. Kris, I am shut out of your blog so couldn't read back on your technique. This is looking good and growing nicely. I may try a couple of KA's recipes using the discarded portion of the starter. It all sounds interesting. I do hate tossing out that not quite ready starter. Of course, there is always the chicken flock. They love scraps of all kinds.<br />
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I have already made a mistake for day 3. I was not discarding all but the l/2 cup. I just took out the 1/2 cup (thankfully didn't toss it yet) and fed the remaining which was maybe two cups......I fed my 1/2 cup and now have the correct thing going. I am still letting the larger amount grow. Who knows what I will end up doing with it.....this is a fascinating new venture.<br />
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We got a wonderful 2 inch rain overnight. We may get caught up before spring comes. No storms, just a gentle steady rain. It is very warm, unseasonably so, but we will enjoy it while it lasts.<br />
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Yesterday was break-making day. I decided to do the Hodgson Mills white bread. I always use unbleached while flour, King Arthur preferred brand. This bread calls for three rises and I normally do them. This time it took a lot longer that the hour rise of each. I didn't set the timer and got involved (with the computer). The dough had risen over the sides of the bowl and was hanging down almost to the counter! It had a bit of a yeasty, sour-dough smell but I made up the three loaves, baked and it was great. I could still detect a bit of sour-dough flavor but we enjoyed our sample piece and it toasted beautifully this morning.<br />
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They are my usual lop-sided shape. I keep meaning to make the loaves smaller so they don't pop open on one side.......<br />
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The new chickens are still laying nicely for us. I now have 2 dozen colorful ones in the fridge.<br />
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She is (it think it is a she) one of the barn kittens a passing Mama Cat had in our barn. As soon as they were weaning age, she took off leaving the babies behind. She seems to be special friends with our Tommie (bottle raised) which is a little worrisome. Time will tell.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">That brings to mind my warm weather project that I hope will be next. I want a trellis type wood cover over this area. I think to roof it with fiberglass greenhouse panels. I have already talked to the carpenter and he seems to understand what I want and says he can do it. This will keep us dry bringing in groceries and give a sheltered spot for pots of plants out of direct sun. I am getting distracted here...........</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Several days ago I made a new recipe of cookies I got from Allrecipes posted by julie. It was for White <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/15482/white-chocolate-chip-oatmeal-cookies/">Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the front porch/aka my office:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This faces the south. I have painted the house up to standing on the ground height. No more ladders for me! The carpenter, a man of many skills, can pressure wash and paint whole house which we will probably do this spring. It is steel siding but the finish is coming off, as you can see, after probably 40 years or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sure hope my new shrubs survive the carpenter and the extreme cold! You can barely see one in the snow on the far left foundation.</span><br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-90052643905518622662018-01-18T06:41:00.000-06:002018-01-18T06:41:09.170-06:00News From the Kitchen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our warm up has been slow to arrive: 10° here this morning, but up to 38° this afternoon.<br />
I am ordering a heated pet warmer this morning....maybe that will bring on a heat wave. Poor DH has been having to clean and refill the myriad cats water twice daily. This should save him some time and steps.<br />
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I have always wondered about making mayonnaise but read a lot of things about it being very tricky and many reported disasters or talked about having to re-do it. What really got me interested is our Son who has been very serious about eating only 'real' foods and zero processed food has tried it with sorry results.<br />
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I found an extremely simple and fast recipe by Martha Stewart that, for a change, didn't call for any exotic ingredients.<br />
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https://www.marthastewart.com/340597/basic-mayonnaise<br />
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I tried my larger processor but the blade didn't touch the small amount of egg yolks so I switched to my mini one and used the two tiny holes in the top to add the oil. It worked beautifully and I was delighted with the end result. We don't normally even like mayo, but this has a tartness to it and DH and I both liked it a lot. We had some on a sandwich yesterday.<br />
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<i>I</i> suspect the larger processor would work if I just started drizzling the oil raising the level of the ingredients.<br />
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It only keeps a week in the fridge so I will probably be forced into making a cake!<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-55911400917037965952018-01-16T11:33:00.000-06:002018-01-16T11:33:12.009-06:00UpDate on Life on the Farm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />Well, first let me tell you, it is cold! -4° this morning. This is unusual for us but we are surviving. We got 3-4 inches of snow yesterday which isn't that unusual and actually helps insulate foundations and plants form the horrible cold.<br />
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Sun is shining but it is still just 4 °.<br />
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We are both perking along. Max is still doing his cow chores and I am pretty much staying inside do my inside chores. I am still making bread. This is the last baking. I am doing English Muffins next. <br />
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This is KA's recipe for Oatmeal Toasting and Sandwich bread. I doubled the recipe to get two loaves. It makes such nice,large loaves we cut one slice in half for a serving.<br />
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Did anyone spot my new mixer in the background? I wore out another Kitchen Aid,this time their pro 600 watt model. This new style takes some getting used to but I think it makes a better loaf of bread. Supposedly it cuts out one rising so that when you finish kneading it in the machine it is ready to make into rolls,loaves or what you want and let rise and the bake. I did that one time and it worked beautifully. Some bread purists think you should do the second rise just for flavor....I may not be able to taste the difference but I am still doing the extra rise. It is a Bosch Universal Plus. I see now they have a smaller version; I maybe should have got it for just the two of us.......too late! <i>It was cheaper than the Kitchen Aid.</i><br />
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<i>I am happy to report the new chickens have begun laying and we are delighted. I thought we would have to wait until much longer day lengths for eggs. </i><br />
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This isn't one day's production. We are getting between 5 and 7 almost daily. My favorite is the dark brown one. The yolk is the same color but I still favor the dark ones. Not sure which hen but I am thinking the one with the pretty brown speckled wing, a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. <br />
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Not much else to report. Max is now eating almost normal foods, but still is very careful with chewing hard things or even steak. <br />
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One new thing that I am happy about is we have hired a local man (who turns out to be the same one who did the screened porch) to enclose our never used porch off the living room (south and west facing) to make a small office area for me. I will finally be able to get the desk and computer out of the dining room.<br />
He is moving very slowly due to other jobs and also because of the weather. We anticipated this and since it does not disturb our living space at all, we are OK with the slow pace.<br />
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This is the work so far on the front enclosure.<br />
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I hope this belated post finds everyone well and happy. Best wishes from the cold Ozarks!</div>
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The weather here has been extremely dry and hotter than usual which makes for very dry soil.<br />
The fronts come through but seem to split over our area and go north and south and leaves us with a few drops.<br />
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I have been watering the new hostas and also the three new shrubs I finally picked for the front foundation berm. I saw these at the oral surgeons' offices and did a little detective work. I took pictures on the phone and sent them to the greenhouse that did the landscaping. They were immediately recognized as Canyon Creek Abelia. I had an abelia so I was sure it was a variety. This one is much prettier than mine and a better fit for the location. I haven't mulched them yet but will soon.<br />
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Max is doing well. Finally catching up (a long way to go) on clipping pastures. Our only dependable worker (former neighbor) is helping a couple of times a week.<br />
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I decided I needed chickens. My girls, Domineckers, will be three next spring. They are in their first molt and are not laying well. We get 1 to 2 eggs daily and that is not enough. I found a couple of small flocks through Craig's list. One was at Bolivar, Mo. Funny thing is the closer we got to their place, I began recognizing it as where we bought chickens a few years ago. She had<br />
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were) and one was a Splash Wyandotte (forget the color). We bought them
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Then a lady at Strafford, Mo., had 5 young laying hens. She needed the pen space for her huge flock of guineas. She called the white ones Light Brahmas, I think the speckled ones are Silver Laced Wyandottes. I will post better pictures of them later. This one is blurry. <br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-70390038596132583072017-09-15T15:56:00.000-05:002017-09-15T15:56:13.114-05:00Surgery Over!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
and are we glad, especially my dear husband. It was much more than either of us anticipated. He swears they did not completely knock him out and the pain on a scale of 1-10 was a 12! His jaw and throat are a deep reddish purple today. The pain is controllable and he is still using ice packs which is helping. He is a mad patient! Be interesting to see if he says anything on our return visit. I may 'inquire' about it.<br />
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I did chores yesterday but he took over this morning.....chores are not labor intensive these days.<br />
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I fed Jewel and her calf and here they are. The first was yesterday and the other was when her baby was just a few days old. Time flies.<br />
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I finally had a normal (for me day) yesterday after chores and did what I love to do most: baked bread.<br />
This time I went back to my Oat Bran, whole wheat and honey bread (recipe from Hodgson Mills).<br />
It makes a lovely, soft bread and I think the addition of oatmeal or oatbran gives a special tasty flavor.<br />
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Made two loaves and one for buns.<br />
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Poor Max still can't chew. I made him vanilla ice cream and chocolate pudding.<br />
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The Aloha rose enjoyed the cool weather (like all roses do) and one branch is almost 7-feet tall. At last the blasted Japanese Beetles have disappeared for now.......<br />
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Thank you all for your prayers and best wishes for Max. Bless you all.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-5082440339472442972017-09-13T09:46:00.000-05:002017-09-13T09:46:30.568-05:00Catch Up Time Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been a busy time for us here on the farm.<br />
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Most of it is just normal, daily routine things.<br />
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New eggplants from the garden encouraged me to try a new dish. Very simple: diced onions, eggplant sauteed very soft then add (fresh, if possible) tomatoes at the last and cook down until very thick. I added a mix of pastas to the pan. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese....I loved it. I also just sauteed some in avocado oil and liked that very much too. I don't have to salt these types of eggplant because they have no bitterness.<br />
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The yellow tomato I think is Kellogg's Breakfast or they sent the wrong seeds. It is very sweet and tasty.<br />
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The green is chopped fresh basil from the garden.<br /><br />
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The beans are still producing and we picked and processed another half bushel. I am done!<br />
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We bought a bushel of apples for sauce. Max refuses to eat that from the store! We picked half each of Golden Delicious and Grimes Golden. I have just worked up half and will chop and freeze the rest for a later date.<br />
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Today is Max's oral surgery. We are a little nervous but it is unavoidable. Keep good thoughts for us.<br />
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gldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645803822598151817noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3679123700391465393.post-71087891692655642082017-08-30T11:49:00.001-05:002017-08-30T11:49:16.228-05:00Beans, Beans and More Beans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Good Sunday morning.<br />
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As you can see I did get the beans picked. Even though it sprinkled rain....that is another beauty of the hoop-house method. I stood inside and never got a drop on myself.<br />
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This is the Trail of Tears beans, first picking on just one cattle panel. They are pink blooms and are black seeded. <br />
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I can pull them off in handfuls. Couldn't use my left arm but the right worked great.<br />
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Harvest, maybe two gallon. I cooked a quart for dinner and will freeze the rest today.<br />
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This is the third harvest from the Kwintus/Early Riser beans. I vowed not to pick anymore, but Mom's influence of "waste not; want not" is indelibly imprinted on my soul. DH came along about half way done and helped. (a First!).<br />
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The first is inside the Kwintus hoop house which is three panels. The bottom is harvest in the top of the apple bushel box. We haven't started them yet.<br />
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We broke the others yesterday while watching Midsomer Murders through Netflix on the TV in the living room. DH helped with that too. Will wonders never cease......<br />
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I freeze all my beans but think the Trail of Tears would be good canned. They stay very firm after cooking and do no get 'squishy' like some beans.<br />
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This is now Tuesday, August 29.<br />
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Happy to report we finished with the beans. I now have 19 quarts in the freezer.<br />
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I started on the apples and just did enough for a cobbler and l quart in the freezer. There is no rush on them. I plant to do a few each day until they are done. I save the cores and peelings and cook them for juice for apple jelly.<br />
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I haven't done anything outside since the fall but will try to get a few things done this morning.<br />
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