Category Archive: food
It is quilted now and ready for binding. I’m really hoping to finish this tomorrow as well as transplant tomatoes and get some laundry done. Then there are meals to make for the weekend. Why do these other things get in the way? I guess it’s all a matter of priorities.Day of gardening
The potatoes are now 3 feet tall and growing rapidly. Some are starting to flower, both in here and in the hillside garden.
All the tomatoes are tied up and weeded, the ones that aren’t will be moved outside Sunday when we have some help. One tomato plant was a gift, the others are all volunteers and some are flowering. On the left is Chinese cabbage, kale beets, and lettuce. In front and in the same bed as the tomatoes are a dozen sweet potato plants. There are peppers in the back middle row and left row. It is time to take most of the lettuce and out and replant.
In front are several zucchini plants, and there is cabbage and lettuce as well as started celery. There is also cauliflower and broccoli near the back and 4 cucumbers. I still have carrots, basil and cantaloupe to put in here. It just takes time to get it all done. We spent today mostly tying up tomatoes, fertilizing, and weeding. My, those weeds are on steroids, they grow so rapidly
And when that was done, this was DH’s reward for his help (which of course was started right after lunch).
Bed, bath and Beyond trip
A threadbare sheet which has been replaced
with a set of this color (actual color is more champagne). I do not like buying sheets, so until they give up, we keep using them. When they give up, they get repurposed.
Why is it when one finishes off rooms, they just don’t get totally finished. At least this happens at our house. So today, we purchased switch covers for 3 rooms. It really does make the rooms look better. We were short these 2 screws, which we intend to pick up tomorrow.
This is a lamp my father made in the late 1930s. Somehow, the finial was lost in moves
so today, that was replaced and it is once again a working lamp.
I like to wipe my feet right before getting into bed (maybe because there is always dust or sand or ??). So I purchased a small rug to go on either side of the guest bed.
And a nice little waste basket to complete the basic furnishings of this room.
Then there was a little matter of towels and a rug for the bathroom. Again I used blue. Ewalda, I’m ready for you with your favorite color – blue.
No we did not get to everything on the list done. We did retrieve the sewing machine and with my birthday coupon, I got 3 packages of needles, which I can always use. The big garden was fertilized, but the greenhouse did not get my attention except to pick a large bowl of greens. They are crisping now and tomorrow morning, I will clean them again. Parsley, cantaloupe, and sweet Williams were put in the seed starting tray.
The chairs will be picked up Friday as we have to go over there for an eye exam, the alpacas are going back to the 4H area tomorrow, and I will mop the entertainment room/kitchen floor. I should have time to fertilize and water the hoop house. Then I have a dinner to put together and cleaning the kitchen after I make the food. Mid afternoon, it is off to the airport to get my brother who will be visiting from Florida for 2 days. However, sewing will have to wait until Wednesday, or Thursday or Friday, after he leaves.
Yes, we did Yoga this morning and walked my 10,000 daily steps as well. So I should sleep well tonight.
A pink day
This little 36″ square quilt is now quilted and bound. It will hang it in our room for a bit before a baby gets it as DH likes it. And it’s nice to be appreciated. Several of my readers also liked it. It’s a strange thing – one never knows what someone will like – this is not one of my favorites.
This morning I decided to dye two shirts that I really like, but are a bit tired. However I forgot to check the fiber content and because they had 40% poly, they didn’t take the dye. So I popped some fleece into the kettle in three increments so that I will get a heathered affect. It is dry now and sometime in the future, will get combed and spun. It is off my first female Cormo sheep so will be soft.
Then there was a matter of someone needing a large patch and this is what I found for her.
Sometimes one just needs a dessert and we still have 6 packages of frozen strawberries in the freezer, so shortcake was made.
And because my brother is coming in Tuesday evening and I don’t want to look totally unprepared, we ran off to Lowe’s and purchased a shade and a curtain rod, both will be put up on Sunday. I still would like to get a rug and may do that on Sunday as well.
Circus Critters flimsy finished
I am so happy to get this top finished as there was so much applique. It is one technique with which I’m not very good. I’m not ready to quilt it just yet.
This morning, I picked and washed leaf lettuce, kale, endive, romaine, and Chinese cabbage for a wonderful salad. There were three gallon bags full.
This is hummus that I made this morning. The basic recipe is
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1 can (I used a home canned pint) garbanzo beans
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1/2 teas garlic salt
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3 T lemon juice
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1 t Braggs liquid aminos
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enough liquid to be able to blend it.
Today I added roasted peppers and hot sauce which made it redder. You could add various other ingredients to personalize it.
I love walking past the table and seeing the flowers and cards. I know the flowers won’t last long, but I’ll keep them here as long as possible, and then I’ll still have the memories.
Circus quilt and lamb update
Applique goes very slowly, so this much is done. Will work on the other blocks next week.
This is the quinoa salad for Mother’s day lunch. It has tomatoes, broccoli, orange pepper and seasonings.
Aren’t they just the cutest little lambs.
Mom is very black and dad is all white. So I don’t know from where these spots came, but sometimes we don’t know everything in their background.
They were born last Sunday and will be nursing for some time yet, however, they were eager to try the weeds that I gave mom. They are so tiny that I need to fix an outdoor place they and mom can get some greens where they don’t get run over by the big sheep.
Blue/grey socks finished
I started the day by removing the 4 quarts of granola from the dehydrator trays and putting it away. Now there is at least a minimal breakfast for those hot days when I won’t want to cook or for an evening meal.
Then it was off to the chiropractor. Even though I’m done, it helps if there are two people in the car as we can use the express lane, so I went along and worked on the knitting in transit.
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Besides there is a Whole Foods store there and I love looking through the store. I find things I don’t find in other grocery stores and their produce always looks so good and fresh.
And before the day was over, these socks that I thought I was setting aside are finished. They are done in Elann’s superwash “Sock it to me collection” style “puzzle” I used #2 needles, cast on 64 stitches and knit 6, purl 2.
Tomorrow is my day to catch up on house cleaning and work in the hoop ouse.
faded blue socks and salads
Since my eyes still aren’t cooperating enough to do much sewing, I’m still working on knitting and gardening. This is Elan’s “Sock it to me” color puzzle. I am using #2 needles and the pattern is K6, P2.
I keep seeing photos of salads in pint jars. So I made enough for us to last until Thursday or Friday, depending on how hungry we are. It is nice chopping all the veggies at one time. It surprised me how much salad can go into a pint. We each had one for supper and my guess is there will be times we will share a salad, depending on how filling the main meal is. In these jars, I started with a couple walnuts, then cuke (though I won’t expect a cuke to last more than 4 days), carrots, celery, red and orange peppers, cauliflower or broccoli with lettuce on top. Then we just turned the jar over into our salad bowls and added dressing. Oh, how convenient! If you look up “salad in a jar” there are many ideas.
Tomorrow at 8, I will have surgery on the other eye. Then in a month, they will check my vision and give me corrective lenses as needed.
For those of you in flooding Texas, our prayers are with you. I know when you asked for our rain, this isn’t what you meant. (It was 88 and beautiful here today)
FOOD
The runs to the feed store are getting more frequent with more mouths to feed.
These were careful attendants, making sure that the food was put away correctly. And the sheep are also watching from the other side of the car – behind the fence.
I did buy a couple herbs as shown here. In these trays, I have several vegetables as well as some flowers. They are ready to be transplanted to larger containers, but not yet the garden
And some 20 cauliflower starts as everywhere I went, the seed had sold out. I must order some though as I will want to plant more. I have a some lettuce, potatoes, and cabbage on this side. Just enough to get buy until the bigger crop comes up.
Cleaning
Do you remember these sweet potatoes that I put in water. Today I was able to take the starts off them and put them in the water. There are probably 12-15 starts in this jar
Today, I mopped all the floors upstairs, then we went to our chiropractic appointment and to Whole Foods, where we wandered, looking for new products that didn’t have oil. Now that is challenging. We found some Engine 2 crackers and pizza crusts, but not much else. However, since we were there and I am behind in starting seeds, we picked up some cauliflower, broccoli and other starts – about 1 in all. Most started cups had about 4 starts in them if I am careful when I transplant.
Every so often, messes get to the point that I can no longer think. Today, I was at that point.
No more walking room, so they went on the cutting table and I mopped the studio floor as well.
I can now walk through the room,
However, I needed to take care of all these scraps in the boxes.
Just as these weren’t all created in a day, they will not all get taken care of in a day. I will leave the larger pieces by color, cut some of the smaller pieces into various squares and leave the strips for a strips quilt someday
