so yeah, i'm the special one who didn't check before starting,)as i am completely aware that you're supposed to do...)but,there was not enough margarine to make a full pie crust. so,because i already chopped all of the apples that we had(stupid,stupid,stupid...),i thought that i would simply make a bunch of little apple-tart-type things...wrong again!! essentially,they started melting,or doing something crazy/messy all over when i checked on them in the oven...so,basically i added more cinnamon/sugar and put them in a bordered dish,making a sort of apple crisp-casserole,if you will. we will see if it turns out at all,at all.
about another smarty-pants of tomatoes today.
maybe i could make some creepy halloween decoration with all of the dead mice/moles/voles that the cats keep leaving outside the door...i'm sure that it would smell amazing...
i had this idea about jam making,that involved decorating the jars,but i can't really explain it without hand motions and actually explaining it, because there are a lot of,"and then it goes like thiiiis's" so you all will just have to let me know who wants jam,then you will see...but it involves me being an amazing old-lady!
the nasturtium have started to seed and it's weird,totally not how i was expecting...like aliens...
i also brought in about 80% of the lettuce that is left/i'm not waiting to go to seed,and with the million(yes,1 ,million) nasturtium,i can have an intense salad later...
it's such a windy/cool/fall-y day. i heart.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
//she could be a farmer in those clothes.//
clearly i'm a lazy, lying asshole,and i spent all day yesterday cleaning/awaiting the propane delivery/not really doing anything useful or productive...
today will equal
-garden
-more 'harvesting'
-pie making
-more cleaning.
we got the catalog i requested for greenhouse materials,yesterday...
how cool would it be to have a greenhouse? too bad it costs a lot.
i'm very set on getting an herb garden going indoors soon...the cats being my number one adversary.
it feels very fall and i like it.
today will equal
-garden
-more 'harvesting'
-pie making
-more cleaning.
we got the catalog i requested for greenhouse materials,yesterday...
how cool would it be to have a greenhouse? too bad it costs a lot.
i'm very set on getting an herb garden going indoors soon...the cats being my number one adversary.
it feels very fall and i like it.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
lists where nothing gets crossed out...
letting tomato sauce cool before i freeze that shiiiiit.
yesterday was full of cleaning and random useless projects because it was (and is still) raining.
i'm not going (i probably will get bored and end up doing it) out there,in the rain, to check on everything.
as soon as october happens, then i can carve pumpkins for halloween(according to my own stead-fast rules)...there's one that i have deemed unworthy of jack-o'-lanterning and will make into a pumpkin pie...speaking of which,i think that we have enough apples left to make aother apple pie,so maybe i'll do that later,instead of venturing out to the garden in the rain...
how do people feel about jalapeno jelly? i've always been weirded out by it,and still am,mostly b/c of the jelly-y texture, but i tried it at the windmill place that mom & stan brought me to,and i liked the flavor,despite still not really liking the texture,but i might just make a little guy,seeing as our jalepenos are out of control,and i don't want to lose them all to winter...
yesterday was full of cleaning and random useless projects because it was (and is still) raining.
i'm not going (i probably will get bored and end up doing it) out there,in the rain, to check on everything.
as soon as october happens, then i can carve pumpkins for halloween(according to my own stead-fast rules)...there's one that i have deemed unworthy of jack-o'-lanterning and will make into a pumpkin pie...speaking of which,i think that we have enough apples left to make aother apple pie,so maybe i'll do that later,instead of venturing out to the garden in the rain...
how do people feel about jalapeno jelly? i've always been weirded out by it,and still am,mostly b/c of the jelly-y texture, but i tried it at the windmill place that mom & stan brought me to,and i liked the flavor,despite still not really liking the texture,but i might just make a little guy,seeing as our jalepenos are out of control,and i don't want to lose them all to winter...
Friday, September 26, 2008
pizza,booze fruit-leather f-ups.
yesterday we went to a coffee shop that is about 8 miles from here, right smack in the middle of nowhere. they had soymilk. it was interesting.
also tried my hand at making fruit-leather w/the dehydrator. fyi,brushing the trays w/oil is a must...woops! now i have to figure out how to get the wasted blackberry sludge off...i'm thinking that i'll just soak them and cry about the waste...
last night was a pizza night,since 'kitchen nightmares' was on,and gordon ramsey means pizza...right? we made the tomato sauce out of some of the tom. sauce that i had frozen a week or so ago...we also used a lot of hot peppers from the garden. yay. it was really good...the first time in awhile that we bothered makking the ricotta-like "cheese" to put on it,and it was pretty good,despite our lack of vegenaise and doing some pretty random substitutions.
we got a new home-brewing catalogue yesterday. do we want to make wine or beer? both take about a month...
today's projects will include: more tom. sauce,retrying fruit-leather and purhaps the 'harvest risotto' that we've been talking about trying.
also tried my hand at making fruit-leather w/the dehydrator. fyi,brushing the trays w/oil is a must...woops! now i have to figure out how to get the wasted blackberry sludge off...i'm thinking that i'll just soak them and cry about the waste...
last night was a pizza night,since 'kitchen nightmares' was on,and gordon ramsey means pizza...right? we made the tomato sauce out of some of the tom. sauce that i had frozen a week or so ago...we also used a lot of hot peppers from the garden. yay. it was really good...the first time in awhile that we bothered makking the ricotta-like "cheese" to put on it,and it was pretty good,despite our lack of vegenaise and doing some pretty random substitutions.
we got a new home-brewing catalogue yesterday. do we want to make wine or beer? both take about a month...
today's projects will include: more tom. sauce,retrying fruit-leather and purhaps the 'harvest risotto' that we've been talking about trying.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
a lot about jam,not so much about tomato sauce.
just went out to the garden(it's a lot warmer out there than it is in here,(yay for the summer,but i'm freezing right now)to see if there were more tomatoes. we have just under the necessary amount to do another batch of tom. sauce,for freezing.
this morning i threw a couple of containers of random stuff that i'd dehydrated last week,that apparently,i failed to dehydrate enough,so there was still moisture and therefore...mold(ew).
brought in more seeds from the dill plants. contemplating having a year-round herb garden,since trees that were too big/shady at this time last year are gone,therefore not killing plants that i set in windows. though,i still haven't figured out a cat deterent,yet. just this morning euronymous ate,and then threw up part of a flowering plant that i brought in b/c it's pretty and the frost that is now always a possibility,will killinate it.
have yet to bring in the seeds from the lettuce or broccoli...gonna give them a week to get good and seedy.
a couple more peppers.
one,yes one, tomato that was fully ripe...
hella acorn squash,but i brought one in yesterday that is scheduled for risotto(i'm thinking of adding an apple,cinnamon and cloves,to give it a more fall-y feel.) so the others can wait.
everyday i pass the pumpkins and can't wait to carve them/make pie! but it's too early.
still contemplating making blackberry jam out of the ones that i froze from this summer. it's a very small amount and think that i want to wait,get another berry so as to be able to make an adequate amount,(or a pie?!)(besides,we still have the jam i got from the farmer's market 2 weeks ago,plus 3 things of grape jam that i just made last week...) we need more toast...or crackers,or something. still in need of a much bigger pot for jam-making and homebreewing...
the rest of the day will be spent cleaning/brainstorming/x-files watching.
this morning i threw a couple of containers of random stuff that i'd dehydrated last week,that apparently,i failed to dehydrate enough,so there was still moisture and therefore...mold(ew).
brought in more seeds from the dill plants. contemplating having a year-round herb garden,since trees that were too big/shady at this time last year are gone,therefore not killing plants that i set in windows. though,i still haven't figured out a cat deterent,yet. just this morning euronymous ate,and then threw up part of a flowering plant that i brought in b/c it's pretty and the frost that is now always a possibility,will killinate it.
have yet to bring in the seeds from the lettuce or broccoli...gonna give them a week to get good and seedy.
a couple more peppers.
one,yes one, tomato that was fully ripe...
hella acorn squash,but i brought one in yesterday that is scheduled for risotto(i'm thinking of adding an apple,cinnamon and cloves,to give it a more fall-y feel.) so the others can wait.
everyday i pass the pumpkins and can't wait to carve them/make pie! but it's too early.
still contemplating making blackberry jam out of the ones that i froze from this summer. it's a very small amount and think that i want to wait,get another berry so as to be able to make an adequate amount,(or a pie?!)(besides,we still have the jam i got from the farmer's market 2 weeks ago,plus 3 things of grape jam that i just made last week...) we need more toast...or crackers,or something. still in need of a much bigger pot for jam-making and homebreewing...
the rest of the day will be spent cleaning/brainstorming/x-files watching.
COME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME,STAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO...
reasons that i am doing this:
-to stop babbling about the dozen projects that i always have,and to record any mistakes,success,bad ideas...
-to stop taking up space in my personal blog,that is largely unread...
-to feel like i'm 'doing something,anything.'
reasons that you should continue reading:
-you like me
-you care about or are interested in reading about troubleshooting various project-y-type things that one who has not grown up rurally,but now lives in the middle of nowhere, finds herself doing.
-you like cats
-learning is fun...?
you should:
-introduce yourself,or let me know if you read this,so there is the possibility of networking,or sharing ideas or whatever.
-give me feedback. i can take criticism. i'm a pretty big douchebag as well. we can all be stupid hippies and grow together.
-to stop babbling about the dozen projects that i always have,and to record any mistakes,success,bad ideas...
-to stop taking up space in my personal blog,that is largely unread...
-to feel like i'm 'doing something,anything.'
reasons that you should continue reading:
-you like me
-you care about or are interested in reading about troubleshooting various project-y-type things that one who has not grown up rurally,but now lives in the middle of nowhere, finds herself doing.
-you like cats
-learning is fun...?
you should:
-introduce yourself,or let me know if you read this,so there is the possibility of networking,or sharing ideas or whatever.
-give me feedback. i can take criticism. i'm a pretty big douchebag as well. we can all be stupid hippies and grow together.
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