Posted on 05/14/2022 4:44:23 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Boy, so do I....we are tired of the rain and cold temperatures. I think the Bluebirds have had to delay nesting because of the weather.
Last year I saw a Bluebird in a tree and rushed to get specific Bluebird houses put up. They finally decided between the 4 boxes. We used a camera to spy on the babies and happy to say I have at least seen them on one of the boxes this Spring. So, original parents or offspring have returned.
I know where these came from. A member of my garden club has been attracting Bluebirds for years...feeding them those special worms. She lives maybe six miles away and I’m sure the ones from last year were offspring from the garden club ladies efforts.
1.Rhubarb kuchen bars....
crust....1cup butter, melted/1cup sugar/2eggs/1 Teap. vanilla/2 cups flour.....mix well and spread on a jelly roll pan
Filling"....4 cups rhubard, cut up in small pieces/arrange on crust
custard topping:4eggs beaten/1 1/2cups of sugar/1Tablespoon flour/1 3/4cups cream...pour over pan, sprinkle with cinamon and bake 350degrees for 30-35"
this really is tasty....
2. rhubarb chiffon pie...
cook 2 cups rhubarb with 1 cup sugar til soft but not completely done
mix of 1 Tablespoon knox gelatin soaked in 1/2 cup cold water and add to rhubard mix../let cool
when partially firm beat with mixer til fluffy
fold in 1 cup whipped cream(cool whip) and fold into baked pie shell....let cool....delicious.
if you don't have the reddish type rhubarb, like I don't, I add a small touch of red food coloring and it comes out as a nice pink pie....
Love a good haiku
Hey we have that in common
Along with others
Heaven will be unlimited straw bales for our garden beds, a year-round growing season, limitless composted chicken and/or mule manure and a gentle, soaking rain every few nights from 8pm to Midnight.
Oh, and an Angel to do the heavy digging, lifting, weeding and harvesting!
Now I can’t decide: Behave myself in hopes of a future Garden Angel in Heaven or keep saving for my very own Cabana Boy here on Earth? Decisions, decisions! ;)
“Of course, I coat them with butter before serving.”
I’d eat my left foot if it was coated in butter! ;)
I’ve often wondered who was the first person to look at an Artichoke and say, “I’m gonna EAT that!”
They once thought tomatoes were poisonous.
Eat Snails? Oysters? How about Mushrooms? A Turtle? Corn Smut? LOL!
This is her in full bloom and full glory. I took the ATV up there for a closer look. The cows usually eat the lower apples when ripe. The upper apples are impossible to get at, due to her height. That tree is easily 40' tall!
Couldn't ask for a more beautiful blue sky as a back drop:
Butter lover here too. My dad used to butter his steaks.
That reminds me. I should can some butter. Did some years ago just to try. It’s controversial.
Being from New England, naturally we ate lobster - with butter. Butter/vinegar mix actually. Cider vinegar of course.
Who was the first person to look at a lobster and say, that looks yummy?
Exactly! I’d run away screaming, LOL!
Mrs. Augie and I made it safely home from our week in injun territory. It was mostly hot, windy, and miserable while we were out there. So windy, in fact, that the boat spent more time parked in the campground than it did in the water. Boating in knee-high chop is not my idea of a good time. There was one day that the lake was calm enough to take the grandkids for a boat ride after school let out.
The tomatoes/peppers/cabbages/squash/cukes that I set out in the garden survived the week with minimal attention. I have more tomatoes ready to put out, and need to get cages up on the first batch that went in. The row of pole beans I planted last weekend are up and looking good. It’s time to plant the summer squash/canteloupe/okra.
I finished up mowing the grass yesterday before it rained, and all of the camping gear has been put away, so I should be able to find a bit of time this week to give the garden some proper attention.
Without thinking, he pitched his apple core onto that spot and sent you tree full of apple blossoms!
Thanks Cherry! Kuchen for me!
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Pricey!
Little Jeremiah just did a thread discussing making ghee, which is stored in mason jars and will last for a long time.
Right up there with Yoder’s Canned Bacon, another controversial item to home can. Currently unavailable and pricey when available.
That very well could be how that tree ended up there. The apples are small and very tart.
The Heifers are back in that pasture; Farmer Dan brought them over, yesterday. They will ‘summer’ with us until fall when they go back to their farm/barn to be bred for next year’s crop-o-milkers. The first place they explore is the very top of that hill. I’ll find a picture of them up there so you can see them in comparison to that apple tree.
A lot of that pastureland is straight UP, so from that distance it looks like they’re standing on the roof of our barn!
I had 12 cans of Australian Cheese, but after 4 years used them all up. Not that great. Primarily intended for places without refrigeration like the Mideast. I think I would rather reformulate powdered milk and make my own cheese. (Either Mozzarella or Yogurt cheese are fine if I have to do it myself.)
I had a few cans of Yoders to try them but at something like $12 a can at the time which made me to decide to not stock up.
The tomatoes are too large to cover any longer. I did put the covers back over the lettuce 1/2 of that row and the row without any tomatoes. (It stormed over the weekend.)
(From Mid March)
This garden is in a sheltered area with a fence and a road to the north. It is on a hill top so less affected by cold. . I used a light weight insect barrier which provided enough protection and day time heating to promote growth. There are garden fabrics that provide additional frost protection down to 26-27 degrees. (Search Agribon garden fabric.)
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