Chicken Coop

So, the girlies have some frill on the outside of their coop! The baskets were purchased last year on our long weekend get away.
The metal what nots have been found around the place, except for my barn hoe which I do use and bought new 20 years ago.
The wreaths obviously are homemade with the greens till hanging from them. The twisty bush stands near the back corner of the barn and is somewhat reluctant to give it up, but I got a bit out of it.
The little plack over the front of the house states this, "The rooster may crow, its the hen who delivers the goods!" and a few stencils are added for some country flare. When the coop was built many years back with my daughter her pal and her brother and their dad, they forgot to paint the inside of the window. I stamped with some brown paint a sun, moon and stars. Why did this take place you ask, well, in posts past you have read that the big bush was taken out and the rock garden extended. While sitting on the deck it drove me nuts looking at the plain brown wall, hense a little bit of play and voila! I love it, now it just needs a country star and a tiny weather vane! Hey my anniversary is coming up! And we are taking a trip "reel" soon!

Blue Bells& Flox

beautious flowers springing forth in the garden.

Stuffed Peppers!

Stuffed peppers for supper!
Cut the tops off the peppers and dice the tops well. Clean out the peppers of seed core and wash thoroughly. Dice one yellow onion, saute with the diced pepper. Take one package of turkey sausage, remove from casing, add to the onion pepper mixture, cook until
crumbly and done. I actually use a potato masher to expedite the crumble. Add one 12 oz can of stewed tomato, I use my own from the garden. While doing this have a recipe of rice cooking, 2 1/2 cups water to 1 cup rice. When the rice is done mix everything together. Spoon into the peppers. Take a hunk of cheese, either motzerella, monteray jack or provolone and stick it into the middle of the pepper mixture. Bake about 45 minutes to 1 hour till the pepper is tender. This recipe should make 4 or 5 nice sized peppers. Serve with a hunk of crusty bread. Yummy, enjoy!

The Stone was rolled away!

This morning I sit and ponder the Easter celebration. I know that the holiday is just that for most, eggs and bunnies but that is not it at all. It is the fact the Jesus the Christ, Yeshua, came and lived a life that I can live, died a death that I don't have too, the second death, total separation from God the Father, Yahway, and rose again to show that He is the victory over sin and death. Yeshua, my Lord and Savior, my Advocate and Judge, my Redeemer lives. Yes this is the weekend of the Passion and I acknowledge it as so, but it is not a once of year acknowledgement, it is daily, hourly always! It is my every breath, my every waking moment. Jesus Yeshua my life! Thank you, and with that may my life be a wtness to who you are and what you have done and will do not only for me but each one who will stop and ponder the true meaning of Easter!

old chair!

 

So another quickie project for a neighbor and friend. A new cushion for an old old chair.
Sweet and dainty, though it will probably fill a corner in a room with little use in a country home getaway. Sewing sewing sewing, whats a person to do...sigh

Quiche!

 

 

As the magazine cover shows, this is a yummy quiche!
I did change the crust from a filo crust to a sesame seed pie crust. Then 1/2 cup of feta crumbled, a large container of spinach saute'd with onion, 1/2'd cherry tomatoes and the custard was 3 fresh eggs from the coop and 1 cup of 1/2 &1/2. This actually tasted better cooled than piping hot. The flavors had time to settle and meld together. I would make it again with a few changes.

This years Garden! '09

This was last years photo to show the mint and how prolific it was!


Today was the day to really get a start on the garden! I went out at 10:00am and came in at 5:45pm, with only a 1/2 hour break for lunch, plenty got done! I made the mistake many years ago to plant one little pot of mint! Well, it took over the perimeter of the garden, each year having to pull the runners that find their way into the beds. This year was no different, but I dug up most of it and filled a full size garden cart with roots and runners! Argggghhhh! It was backbreaking to say the least. I also prepared most of the long bed with composted manure and the first bed is not only prepared but planted with 2 types of snap peas, rhubarb chard and fordhook chard as well as lettuces and mesclun mixes! A job well done I must say! Also new fencing was put on one side of the garden since the chickens learned to step over the other. Looking good, though my muscles are rebelling at this point! Tomorrow it is supposed to rain, so the tomatoes will be started inside as well as eggplant and peppers. I have encouraged many of my friends to start a garden, even a container garden. It is rewarding and you not only save money, you know what your eating. Have at it!