It's so nice knowing most anything we buy in the store can be made at home, especially those things that take few ingredients and are super easy. One of the best things about sourdough are all the "discard" recipes. Yesterday morning I fed my starter because I was going to start sourdough sandwich bread last night, then I was too tired so I pulled out 30 grams of that, fed it again this ...
Getting Packages
With almost every order I place, and wait and wait for its arrival, I get more apprehensive about ordering anything. Maybe Vince is collaborating with the post office to lose my my packages so I will stop ordering! I have a package from Fat Quarter Shop that is taking forever. I think it's been over a week since it was mailed and it's been sitting in Kansas City without moving for three days ...
The Stove
This is kind of a rant but I'm also laughing about it. I've been noticing with the stove that when I have oil in a skillet, it isn't level. A month or so ago, I asked Vince to bring a level in and we put it on the stove top and everything seemed to be level. I changed skillets and the oil was never level but worse on the left front. Yesterday morning I had butter in a skillet to cook eggs ...
Natural Pesticide
This seems too good to be true so . . you know I'm apprehensive but I'm going to share it anyway, simply because I am so desperate to get rid of squash bugs. In this video, the guy talks about using Jerusalem artichokes to make a liquid "pesticide". Again, I can't say that it works but I do have Jerusalem artichokes growing. I'm not sure how long it will take before mine get tall enough that I ...
Jar Info for Canners
There are more and more options available for jars, lids and rings. I've been a long, long time Ball jars user and for years have bought them from Walmart or farm supply type stores. Azure Standard now has jars. You do have to have a drop location near you, you do have to be available to meet the truck at various times when it will be at your drop and most of us have to add 8.5% for shopping. It ...
The Last of the Seeds
This afternoon I worked in the greenhouse and I think I planted the last of the seeds I wanted to start. I either don't have or can't find my green bell pepper seeds that I saved from last year so I'll buy a couple of bell pepper plants from the nursery. Last year I put out my little starts as soon as we had passed the last chance of frost (if anyone really knows the last chance of frost) and ...