Tuesday I had about 20 zucchini. I had been saving them for several days and then picked everything left on the vine. I've never been happy with freezing or canning zucchini or yellow squash for future use so this year, I shredded all the zucchini to make zucchini bread. You may remember that about a year ago, I debated for months about whether to buy the Breville food processor, finally ...
A Visit From Old Man Winter
Sunday our high was 92. Tuesday night our low was supposed to be 32 but, as I've mentioned before, it's always a few degrees colder at our home since we live in a little valley. I had been saving zucchini and Tuesday afternoon I picked everything, knowing those plants would not survive the night. When I got up a bit after 5 a.m., it was 24 degrees outside. By the time I thought to take ...
Hot Honey Chicken Cutlets
Over the weekend, I had watched this video where she made several chicken dishes. The Hot Honey Chicken Cutlets looked so good! Yesterday I made it and it was super easy! I didn't have the Frank's Buffalo Hot Sauce (thought I did!) so I used some homemade hot sauce, which is very similar to Sriracha and a little hot for Vince's liking so I added less hot sauce and more honey. We're having ...
Spiders
If you don't want to see pictures, don't go any farther. I'm posting a photo of some cayenne peppers I harvested recently so the spiders don't show up. We've had a garden spider in one of the Witch Hazel bushes for at least three months. I've named him Donovan but I really don't know if he's a boy or a girl. I remember that he was here the first part of July because I saw him, then there ...
Garlic Is Planted
Yesterday I got the garlic planted. I think/hope our daytime highs in the upper 90's have ended and, though it isn't as cool as I wish for mid-October, I had to get the garlic planted. The downstairs garage where I store it has been rather warm with two canners going almost every day and I'd be very sad if the garlic went back before I got next year's crop planted. After pulling out what I wanted ...
Halloween Projects Finished
These two were shown recently but I had a few things left to do on Stitchy Witches. Yesterday I painted the box and did a small bit of distressing, glued an extra layer of chenille trim and now these are finished. The two little scarecrows from the greenhouse came out to get in on the action! As always, there's a water hose in my picture! Didn't even notice it til I looked at the photos. If ...