Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2023
Yesterday a doe showed up with her day old fawn. She parked him in wildflowers next to the garden and wandered off to do some serious munching. We didn’t see her go back to pick him up but apparently she did because she was back today, baby in toe. The pair was outside the window […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2023
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.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2023
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2023
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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2023
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 […]