The mornings of September start cool and hazy.
The fields began to dry and the colors change from green to golden.
I began cleaning garden beds, and making list of chores that need to be done before our gardens go to bed.
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Seed saving
Cilantro when gone to seed becomes Coriander–
or a lot more Cilantro!
I will fill a jar for the spice cupboard and store the rest in my seed drawers for Spring planting.
Let’s hit the ground running!
Or maybe just snooze for a bit longer!
2 favorite things–Rosie and vintage grain sacks.
Especially when they have been mended so carefully by a farmers wife so long ago.
You can’t make this stuff up!
It has been a hectic week!
Rosie started the week with vet visit–a bug was in her cornea,
requiring sedation, eye scrapping, and a fitted contact lens that I have to keep checking to make sure it is in place.
Eye drops 4 times a day!
Mama Duck hatched 10 adorable baby ducks! Yes, 10!
Anyone want a duck?
The week ended with a daughters car caught in a flash flood and 5 inches of water needed to be sucked out and dried!
Catching my breath and rolling up my sleeves.
The garden holds more tasty produce just waiting to be brought into the kitchen.
TGIF!
Apple Spice Granola
Apple Spice Granola
3 1/2 Cups regular Oats
2 1/2 Cups puffed Rice
1 Tbls Cinnamon
3/4 tsp Salt
Pinch of Nutmeg
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Applesauce
1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
Up to 1 1/2 Cups chopped nuts
Up to 1 Cup dried fruit
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients–and mix well
Spread onto baking sheet ( I like to use parchment paper)
350 degree oven–bake for 30 minutes.
Use a large spatula to turn the granola and add nuts–then bake for an additional 15 mins.
Don’t over bake–and don’t turn or stir–you want some larger chunks of granola.
Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet.
Add dried fruit of your choice.
Store in an airtight container–up to 2 weeks!
Ours never lasts that long!
That was rude of me not to post the recipe yesterday–please forgive me!
Granola
After a trip to the grocery store, and seeing the price of granola–
I came home and made a batch of homemade.
I have been snacking all day on this!
Sunrise
August is a busy month for the garden, it seems everything needs attention and harvesting at once.
Weeds just wait for me to turn my back.
Not to mention the greenhouse and fence need a coat of stain and paint!
Objects Of My Affection
I love linens.
Many of my treasures come from local thrift stores, such as this souvenir towel.
Linen is such a sturdy fabric, and becomes softer each time it is washed.
Summer time picnics are the perfect time to use these towels as oversized napkins.
Roll them up and tie with a Chive.
Tuck in a flower from your garden.
Miss and match for each guest!
Eggs in the morning
Though it is Summer, I have been waking very early.
Tiding up in the morning from kids who stay up later them me, has become my ritual.
Washing the eggs collected the evening before.
I can see from my small kitchen sink window, the scratching chickens in the coop.
The ducks waddle by on their way to the next great rain puddle to bathe in.
Flame grazes in the pasture, raising her beautiful head to listen to a truck drive by on the gravel road.
Jimmy, our sassy little donkey is never far from her side.
I love sunrise on a Summer morning.
Gotta run, Rosie is at the front door for her morning treat!
Cosmos in the greenhouse
down to earth digs 