Fruit Trees - gardening - Cobbler

We are still waiting for the promised storm...just want the rain, no storm please.

I see others were not so lucky last night.

It is very hot and very windy today.

I milked early around 7:30 and that went quite well. I am running out of storage for the milk....I am thinking mozzarella soon!

After milking I finally got some lettuce seed planted with a few radishes to mark the row. I planted Lollo Rossa, Cimmaron, and a French one. I stretched a piece of polyspun over the planting and weighted it down with bricks. This will keep the cats out and if we get a hard rain, protect the seeds from being washed up or beat into the ground............I hope.

DH helped me and we planted the half-price Liberty apple tree with a deep stake (steel t-post) and the RedGold nectarine tree (with a stake) all in the orchard.

I still have a Stanley prune plum, a Black Gold Cherry, and a Harlayne apricot (I never give up on those delightful little things) to plant. The apricot is such an attractive tree I thought about the yard, but then knew it shouldn't be out by the road where it would be a mighty temptation or where I might want to leave a ladder standing. I think I will do another row on the West side of the new garden. The trees will receive some shelter from the north winds from the existing buildings and they won't shade the garden. I learned from planting 10-foot corn on the East side last year. It took until noon for the sun to hit the tomatoes.

We came in early because the winds were so strong they almost blew me down a time or two. I heeled in the fruit trees in the kitchen garden and we put away all tools so we won't get caught dashing around in a storm.

I made a blackberry cobbler this afternoon, once again, using my frozen pie crust. I made it rustic style and just folded the bottom crust over the fruit; no top crust.

I almost waited too late to get a picture.


I accumulated 3.5 pints of very thick cream and made 1.5 lbs of butter that I froze in 1/4 lb. packages and then stacked in a container. This should help with measuring it for cooking.

Random Bird Picture



She is one of the oldest girls in the flock.

Baking Day - Friday March 25, 2011

It was 32° yesterday morning and the high 48°. We got a very nice rain early in the morning.

I told you I might just cook all day; I did!

We were almost out of bread. I made 4 loaves of French and 3 of 7-Grain. I apologize for the fuzzy photo...don't know what happened. That is why you should always take several shots....hoping one is decent. I was in a floury mess and didn't pay attention.

I had them scheduled so when one was finished baking the next was ready to put in the oven.
I made these 100% by hand, no mixer involved.

From Food

The French Bread is ready to form; the 7 grain is ready for the first rise.

When I rested up after that, I made a cheesecake. This is Tyler's Ultimate Cheesecake recipe. So far it has been fail proof. I will probably make a blueberry sauce for serving. I have a can of wild blueberries I bought somewhere.



7 eggs today.