We are cooler now. Lots of frost this morning and frozen birdbath! It was also very foggy. The daytime temps run in the high 50's. Not too bad for March. We have chances of rain for several days; we hope it happens.
I finally re-tilled the garden that I had already tilled so that part is ready to plant. I have ordered strawberry plants from Stark Brothers, Surecrop. I will plant them in the 'kitchen' garden that I have just tilled. I have tried for two years to get strawberries started again and failed.
This is the east end of the garden. The strawberries will go next to the fence.
Note: The bird feeder is still not upright! My helpmate has just been too 'busy'!
I have not started any seeds inside yet. I hate to have leggy plants and here I don't set out most plants until May 10. I should plant spinach, lettuce and some other cool season things very soon even if I have to water them in.
I made the angel food cake and the lemon sponge cake to use up the yolks. We ate the angel food and I froze the other one.
I still have quite a build-up of eggs. I plan to take a couple of dozen to the beauty shop this afternoon and I have told a neighbor to stop by.
I made a successful batch of yogurt but failed again with the mozzarella. I looks like my microwave is cooking the curd rather than just heating it. It will be usable in some cooking or diced over salads but that is all. I need to do more research. I made very nice mozzarella a couple of years ago. I don't know what is going wrong.....this is a different microwave. I may try the hot water method next. I just boiled the whey to make more ricotta. I hope it turns out. The last one did. It was the first successful ricotta using the leftover whey. It made maybe a cup of ricotta cheese.
I also went out to the Milk Parlor and skimmed the cream from the extra milk and ended up with a little over l quart. I made butter again. I am freezing it.
I did my first yard walk about a few days ago and found these little beauties.
There were 3 or 4 more clumps in various places (surrounded by groundcover (aka, dead nettle and henbit)).
The others are just miscellaneous pictures:
The curious chickens. It is hard to get a 'portrait' because they swamp you; even stand on your feet,
but I managed these,
This is clear of weeds only because the bird feeder is hanging above and the birds scratch on the ground getting dropped seeds, more daffodils with buds,
I can't remember what these small bulbs are planted at the edge of the golden agastache bed.
I wonder what the draw is......these two cats are now hanging out near this bed (bird feeders are located here). I think we are down to just three now. Ahhhh, life in the country with varmints, probably coyotes.
I finally re-tilled the garden that I had already tilled so that part is ready to plant. I have ordered strawberry plants from Stark Brothers, Surecrop. I will plant them in the 'kitchen' garden that I have just tilled. I have tried for two years to get strawberries started again and failed.
This is the east end of the garden. The strawberries will go next to the fence.
Note: The bird feeder is still not upright! My helpmate has just been too 'busy'!
I have not started any seeds inside yet. I hate to have leggy plants and here I don't set out most plants until May 10. I should plant spinach, lettuce and some other cool season things very soon even if I have to water them in.
I made the angel food cake and the lemon sponge cake to use up the yolks. We ate the angel food and I froze the other one.
I still have quite a build-up of eggs. I plan to take a couple of dozen to the beauty shop this afternoon and I have told a neighbor to stop by.
I made a successful batch of yogurt but failed again with the mozzarella. I looks like my microwave is cooking the curd rather than just heating it. It will be usable in some cooking or diced over salads but that is all. I need to do more research. I made very nice mozzarella a couple of years ago. I don't know what is going wrong.....this is a different microwave. I may try the hot water method next. I just boiled the whey to make more ricotta. I hope it turns out. The last one did. It was the first successful ricotta using the leftover whey. It made maybe a cup of ricotta cheese.
I did my first yard walk about a few days ago and found these little beauties.
There were 3 or 4 more clumps in various places (surrounded by groundcover (aka, dead nettle and henbit)).
The others are just miscellaneous pictures:
The curious chickens. It is hard to get a 'portrait' because they swamp you; even stand on your feet,
This is clear of weeds only because the bird feeder is hanging above and the birds scratch on the ground getting dropped seeds, more daffodils with buds,
I can't remember what these small bulbs are planted at the edge of the golden agastache bed.
I wonder what the draw is......these two cats are now hanging out near this bed (bird feeders are located here). I think we are down to just three now. Ahhhh, life in the country with varmints, probably coyotes.
