Wheat…. Fields of Wheat….

Posted on by April 20, 2009

My Wheat Seed Arrived!!!!

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And I can tell you already… I probably have WAY too much wheat for my moby homestead!  HAHAHA…

Does this stuff keep?

I’m giving one of my Moms some and we’re going to compare it’s growing and all.  (That sounds weird I suppose… one of my Moms?  Well, I have a few substitute moms and I’m not sure what ever to call them…   SubMom?  That sounds wrong.   Extra Mom?  Mom?  Other Mom?  Hmmmmm….. )

But I’m sure that I will have more of it left then I can plant.   I imagine it might keep… Probably in the freezer or something.  I’ll have to do a little reading.

I’m going to put in a pretty big plot of wheat…  like about 20 foot by 10 foot?  Something like that.   I just want to see if it will grow good and all.   It would be so cool to grow my own wheat, decorate with it and then to have enough to mill into a little flour and make a loaf of bread from start to finish.

Henny Penny would be proud.

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Fresh Pasta, anyone?

Posted on by April 20, 2009

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After reading Jenna’s book… Made from Scratch….  it’s got me on a cooking from scratch bent and I just had to try the fresh pasta recipe in her book.  It seemed so easy.   And it was.  Mixing it up… just like 2 cups of flour and 3 eggs.  That’s it.   Just mix until it has to be worked with your hands and then knead it a little bit, get it into a little ball and pop it in the frig for a little chill and rest.   I’m about to go and roll it out and slice it up for noodles for chicken and noodles… can’t wait.  And with yummy potato salad as a side, how can anyone go wrong?

I’ll report later how it goes.

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Bad Bad Weasels…

Posted on by April 19, 2009

The ferrets were naughty little weasels today.

They found my two boxes of seedlings that we just planted… and proceeded to do what all good fuzzy woozels do when they find dirt.

They DIG.

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They tore up the chives and lavendar plants I was starting… they hadn’t sprouted yet, but well, now they are all torn up and who knows what might grow and not.  Durn little weasels.   Ah…. free ranging weasels in your home is not something that you want all the time.   We had JUST let them out and within 3.5 seconds they had found these two little simple boxes and started to dig in the first one.   Luckly Maggie came upon her little devil children and stopped them before they got to our pumpkins!!!

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I had to find a new spot for them, way up high and in my room where the little urchins are not allowed.   Bad bad bad little ferrets….

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