Picking Blackberries
Baking Cookies
and Making Bread
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Ducklings and Garden Update
Ducklings- I 'm amazed how fast they grow. I think the duckling with all black head and the one with all yellow head are both girls. I am unsure what the other is, I am hoping a boy.
It's hard to believe just two weeks ago they used to swim around together in their water bowl.
Garden- So far I have made a few salads and one crock pot dinner with potatoes, zucchini, onions, and green beans which all came from my garden.
As you can see my leeks, carrots, bean (right) and potatoes (left) are doing good.
I have lots of green tomatoes and finally they are starting to turn red!
My daughter helped me plan some fall crops. We planted kale, red cabbage, and purple cauliflower.
What fall crops do you plan?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Cherry-Rhubarb Crisp
When I canned cherry-rhubarb pie filling, there was one jar that didn't fit in the canner. So I put that one in the frig and made cherry-rhubarb crisp with it. Here's the recipe I used.
Cherry-Rhubarb Crisp
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
3/4 cup Oats
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Melted Butter
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 qt jar Cherry-Rhubarb Pie Filling (recipe from Simply Canning website)
1. Preheat oven to 350*F.
2. In a medium bowl combine first five ingredients until crumbly.
3. Press half of mixture into a 8" or 9" square pan.
4. Spread pie filling evenly over bottom layer.
5. Top with remaining mixture.
Cherry-Rhubarb Crisp
1 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
3/4 cup Oats
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Melted Butter
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 qt jar Cherry-Rhubarb Pie Filling (recipe from Simply Canning website)
1. Preheat oven to 350*F.
2. In a medium bowl combine first five ingredients until crumbly.
3. Press half of mixture into a 8" or 9" square pan.
4. Spread pie filling evenly over bottom layer.
5. Top with remaining mixture.
6. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes or until it is bubbling around the edges and it looks a darker brown. It won't become crispy until it cools.
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| You may notice there is a little missing in the left hand corner, I had to try it when it cooled to make sure it was good:) |
Monday, August 20, 2012
Raspberries, Cherries, Rhubarb Oh My!
Finally all of this seasons raspberries, cherries and rhubarb are gone. I canned until after 10 o'clock last night. Here is what I made.
Raspberry Syrup
Cherry Jam
Cherry-Rhubarb Pie Filling
Sweet Rhubarb
So far I have canned 110 jars of jams, jellies, syrups, and pie filling this summer. My garden is just now getting to the harvesting stage. And later this fall I will have an abundance of apples and pears to process. So far 2012 has been a good canning year.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Scavenger Hunt Sunday
1. Forest
This is the forest on our land.
2. Morning Light
The sun waking up.
3. Touch
Winter snow touching summer flowers.
4. Newspaper
The reason I buy the Sunday newspaper.
5. Coffee or Tea
Tea please.
Friday, August 17, 2012
SHHHHH! It's Nap Time.
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