The O-Zone

Strawberries!!!! Yes, I’m shocked too. I played around with a biscuit recipe and we will find out if it’s good, later today. I was going to make a cake but realize it would have gotten too soggy with strawberries on top, so a shortcake is a better idea.

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The only thing ripe, so far, is strawberries. Today Dan picked a large batch of them. Then once they were all cleaned off, I divided them into small batches in a quart measuring cup, added a quarter cup of sugar and mashed them up with a potato masher. Then I put the mixture into a […]

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Yesterday was rainy with thunderstorms forecast. We got the rain, lots and lots of it. Our garden was so happy! Our little friend was enjoying being out of the downpour and keeping everybody else away from his “flower” under the eaves. It was raining very hard when I took this picture from inside the house […]

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This is really the first good picking, and it’s all thanks to floating row covers! The Robins are bummed but really they can find all sorts of other things to eat besides our strawberries! We should be able to harvest a little bowl full of these beauties every couple of days for a while. Next […]

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Yesterday we took a drive down the San Poil River to look for birds, in particular Yellow-breasted Chat, White-headed Woodpecker, Common Loon, Bullock’s Orioles, Canyon Wren and Rock Wren, as well as anybody else that might make an appearance. Basically we went from the very top of Ferry County in the north to the very […]

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Just being able to have something fresh from the garden is so wonderful! Toasted some of our homemade bread, add tobasco sauce. And breakfast is served. Wish you were here. Then I made cookies. And I’m making a batch of cheese cushions. The rolls are rising in the oven at the moment. It will be […]

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Yesterday evenings storm clouds that got all ruffled came over the mountains to the west. Whew. Mish was tired of having to cower under the covers of our bed. He’s spent hours hiding in there, lately. He’s a fair weather kitty with no appreciation for the beauty of cloud formations.

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It’s only the 23rd of May and everything is planted in the garden. Only a couple of things haven’t come up yet – basil seeds and rosemary seeds have yet to germinate. Even the corn is starting to come up!! That’s exciting. So today was all about the weeds. The potato plants were completely covered […]

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Mishkin has reached the old age of fifteen, which is getting up there. And he’s done it without learning a thing.

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All the pepper seeds germinated except for one pot with purple jalapenos. I replanted the seeds for that yesterday. And now we wait some more.

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