I don’t really like washing individual leaves so I do the thing where you change the water over and over.
Then I poor the water in this bucket.
And then I transfer the water to these big tubs. Most of that water is rain water. I’m currently using the water to water the plants in my coldframes. Potting soil requires a lot of extra watering because it is so light and fluffy. I live in an arid climate, but also I would rather not pump the water out of the ground more than is needed and fill up my septic system faster than necessary.
Henny Penny, April 29th 2010 |
Posted in gardening, homesteading
Fried parsnips, onion, garlic and a little olive oil. I like mine charred a little.
Henny Penny, April 28th 2010 |
Posted in recipes
If you are a homeschooler, than you know what box day is; a much anticipated event.
We have 8 school days left. Wahoo!
Henny Penny, April 27th 2010 |
Posted in homeschool
This is the first chick that hatched.
These are the first 3. Another egg has hatched since.
The chickens were golden sex links. So the new chicks are basically muts. I also have black sex links so those would be black sex links crossed with golden sex link. Basically a 4 breed mix.
Henny Penny, April 24th 2010 |
Posted in chickens, homesteading, poultry
6 Turkeys
Stockings
Dickie
Stripe
I didn’t get very many pictures of the Turkeys because they are not as novel to us. We had so much fun observing the ducklings after having only chickens and Turkeys for 3 years. The ducks are about 3 days older than the Turkeys. They also are more active. It’s rather funny because Turkeys are sleepy and slow and the ducks are very lively. The ducklings play in the water with their bills. They also get their feet and tummies in the water. I can’t wait to set up a little swimming dish.
Henny Penny, April 23rd 2010 |
Posted in homesteading, poultry
30 lb. box of loganberries
They taste like raspberries only a little less sour.
This was listed under cobbler, but it’s really more like a coffe cake.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 cups raspberries
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×9 inch baking dish.
- In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in butter, milk, vanilla and egg until smooth. Fold in raspberries. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes, until top is firm.
Henny Penny, April 22nd 2010 |
Posted in recipes
I’ve spent six days digging grass. Saturday and Sunday I spent all day digging grass. 4 wheel barrow loads of grass roots. I am almost finnished digging grass in half the garden. I have a new strategy brewing.
What a difference 1 week makes.
This will be the 3rd summer of asparagus. This is the healthies it has looked.
We didn’t have any babies this year so we purchased 9 yr olds market goat. His name was Josh. Daughter decided Josh was a good name for a goat. He looks extra cute, being the only baby.
Henny Penny, April 21st 2010 |
Posted in gardening, goats, homesteading
It’s hard to want to thin enough when there isn’t a lot there.
I won’t complain when the kid’s don’t want any. Baby green lettuce almost tastes like candy in the spring.
Henny Penny, April 16th 2010 |
Posted in gardening, homesteading
Most of the eggs looked empty when I candled them. 3 seemed to have a good sized chick. I had one temperature spike up to 106 degrees (way too high), after transporting the eggs home from a baby sitter. I was nervous about transporting but didn’t want the eggs to go 3 days without turning while we were out of town.
1 chick pecked through the shell. They are suppose to peck an airhole and then rest and let their lungs acclimate for 8 hrs. The chick peeped all day and then the next day was dead.
We opened up the shell to look, and the chick had not fully developed. The last thing to happen before hatching is the chick’s intestines migrate from outside the body to inside the body. Our chicks intestines were still outside its body and its eyes were not fully developed. We examined 2 other eggs that had a partially developed fetus about 1 inch big. I have 1 more egg to examine.
NEW BATCH
I started a new batch of eggs. I’m hoping for better results. I think the rooster is doing a better job this time. I have some where around 15 eggs and am on day 12. I candled the eggs last night and all were developing nicely. I only had 2 empty eggs that I threw out. I was able to see movement in all the eggs that showed a chick. It’s very exciting to see the chick moving around in the egg.
Henny Penny, April 14th 2010 |
Posted in chickens, homesteading
