They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
The thermometer in the shop where we were keeping the pumpkins, squash and onions read 30 degrees after the propane stove failed. While the pumpkins and squash might be salvagable, the onions are almost certainly lost. As soon as they thaw they are going to turn into a nasty slimy mess. I suppose then we… Continue reading Preserving the Pumpkins
As I mentioned in a previous post, our winter squash is beginning to mold and storage, so we are having to accelerate our use of it. Early this week we steamed a pair of butternut squash after cutting off the rotten ends, and got quite a good amount of squash off of it. Left the… Continue reading So Yummy!
We had a wonderful squash harvest this year, but now we are having trouble keeping it. Pumpkins and winter squash are suppose to be harvested before the first frost, and allowed to cure in warm temperatures (>80 degrees) in the direct sunlight for a week or two before being put into storage at 50-55 degrees… Continue reading Moldy Squash
Hey y'all! It's getting towards the end of Advent. Or rather, it is getting toward the middle of the third week of Advent. Unfortunately, due to the vagaries of the calendar, we don't get a fourth week of Advent this year. We basically get 24 hours, from sundown next Saturday until sundown on Sunday. This,… Continue reading Christmas Cookie Extravaganza
For supper today we had country style ribs from our pigs, cooked in our own barbecue sauce (ours, meaning Kathleen made it and canned it, not that we grew it ourselves), with butternut squash and green beans from our garden. Helping herself to some raw garlic (from our garden) which she chewed up and swallowed.… Continue reading Our Food
Last week we went "Shopping" in the shop, and Seppi picked out a nice, Seppi-sized pumpkin, because he wanted to make Pumpkin Muffins. Monday morning, bright and early, he brought his pumpkin upstairs from the garage, to make pumpkin something. Right now. He seemed oblivious to the fact that one does not simply cut the… Continue reading I want pumpkin something… Now!
We invited these fine fellows over for supper tonight…
Seppi wants to make pumpkin muffins, so he went "shop"ping for pumpkins. In the shop. Where we keep our pumpkins. Isn't that a nice shopping bag? Thanks, Grandma Ann!
Yesterday Mommy woke up with a fever and aches and chills. You know, the whole flu-like viral syndrome. Same thing Evie had earlier in the week. We had plans to get the turkey stock from Thanksgiving canned, as well as put the last of the carrots in the freezer, but Mommy was not feeling up… Continue reading Last of the Carrots
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family! With yesterdays turkey carcass simmering on the stove with onions, carrots, celery and bay leaves, the house is filled with the smell of fresh turkey stock. Later today I will be straining and canning this up for use later use in soups. The… Continue reading Gobble Gobble!
Little Farm in the Big City 