tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68505797924344899822024-03-13T03:06:57.712-07:00a Brick houseLoving our everyday adventure in a Brick house...Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-29070476360910216402024-02-02T15:47:00.000-08:002024-02-02T15:47:49.882-08:00Pumpkin Pasta Sauce<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8VqFTn0_KV91lrozrTGtZDM42xVIKbMtXA-Hl8Tsn3Rnx3i6N7WwEUj2q02dIhRQELVonMRIIEEPa7hAZ7NOM-MutauXcbi2o-ptLfB7flO9U4tN3rwbFvulmBQ5Z1IrB1dbT7ELs9TP4nmb16sQo7f4rtZ_jwd3JHM2RSgHQku5uheD1MdfXKMXf8I/s4032/PXL_20240125_232123686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8VqFTn0_KV91lrozrTGtZDM42xVIKbMtXA-Hl8Tsn3Rnx3i6N7WwEUj2q02dIhRQELVonMRIIEEPa7hAZ7NOM-MutauXcbi2o-ptLfB7flO9U4tN3rwbFvulmBQ5Z1IrB1dbT7ELs9TP4nmb16sQo7f4rtZ_jwd3JHM2RSgHQku5uheD1MdfXKMXf8I/s320/PXL_20240125_232123686.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ingredients:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 8oz package cream cheese or Neufchatel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cloves minced garlic (or garlic powder)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 cup heavy cream</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/4 cup milk</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">3/4 tsp salt </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/4 tsp cinnamon</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">black pepper to taste</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cups cooked pumpkin or pumpkin puree </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">cooked Italian sausage (optional)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Directions:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Place all ingredients except sausage in a pot over medium heat. Stir occasionally, heating until cheese is melted and sauce is combined. For a smoother sauce blend with an immersion blender at this point. Add cooked sausage if using. Pour sauce over cooked pasta of your choice. Garnish with more parmesan if desired. Enjoy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Notes:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I found the sauce to be very thick. You may want to add more milk for a thinner sauce.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The original recipe says you can use a whisk if you do not have an immersion blender, but I have not tried this. <br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-57350227237667179112023-08-19T19:00:00.001-07:002023-08-27T00:04:17.861-07:00Food Preservation Challenge Week 3 - getting food on the shelf from our suburban garden<p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>It's week three of the Every Bit Counts Challenge! The goal is to preserve something, no matter how small, each day in August. You can see what others are doing by searching #everybitcountschallenge on Instagram or YouTube. Keep reading to see what we were able to do in this week of the challenge and follow along with us over on Instagram @abrickhouselife as I post day to day. </span><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgks1sOtkqoRNuIZ3umfXO87SgYIyj626gUcRvpITFdFEWbIrhpa2uyvSvG4HAC_p12WEYWtCcUYpW604TXH0y41nrdUX6YAsnyzDCqEnV5oqxuR5CFoyjG8gPhE0UsUmBKjX9EMBTcZyIvZ40JZMS0f2mZdpWU-y4NSxHyblWKmCZRmIG13RXnqn696Og/s4160/IMG_20230819_111639884.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Beans in suburban small space garden" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgks1sOtkqoRNuIZ3umfXO87SgYIyj626gUcRvpITFdFEWbIrhpa2uyvSvG4HAC_p12WEYWtCcUYpW604TXH0y41nrdUX6YAsnyzDCqEnV5oqxuR5CFoyjG8gPhE0UsUmBKjX9EMBTcZyIvZ40JZMS0f2mZdpWU-y4NSxHyblWKmCZRmIG13RXnqn696Og/w300-h400/IMG_20230819_111639884.jpg" title="Harvest from the bean teepee next to the driveway" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Harvest from the bean teepee next to our driveway</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Day 14 - <br /> Food preservation on the couch π Snapping beans is all I got to for day 14 of the #everybitcountschallenge . We picked more than a pound in the garden today, so excited to have some extra for the freezer this year.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWy54GTM8OoaDD3ufXjXLPAsZFfCo7dMSadBfHN0D5UbRUtS9uoLcEj2SvhJyRRa6T8iziKdpRqpzwhFtzgh0vi8cZybl6zKaN7hes07yW12MgDkyYPGlu4eNMD_wmCYceZabb48cXDxxEWlKv2dl_wF9Kn2Nls5nSWs8F5GUK2YxUNnfsYhiQUi1JdDk/s2592/IMG_20230814_213919722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge bean preserving" border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWy54GTM8OoaDD3ufXjXLPAsZFfCo7dMSadBfHN0D5UbRUtS9uoLcEj2SvhJyRRa6T8iziKdpRqpzwhFtzgh0vi8cZybl6zKaN7hes07yW12MgDkyYPGlu4eNMD_wmCYceZabb48cXDxxEWlKv2dl_wF9Kn2Nls5nSWs8F5GUK2YxUNnfsYhiQUi1JdDk/w400-h300/IMG_20230814_213919722.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 15 -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My big project day for this week and I did pickle relish. I got some extra cucs from the farm market so I could fill the canner with a double batch instead of two small ones when we get enough from ours.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8y3_ouJ4APeKmUxFBYaX8RzzRaKIU6VBuLKZnjBHC6T4yvfm3bNlCvjtk-yJe4E-VA5jf8FfSzawe499quzhnUx0-5nT6VlMwarFKB2EfORl6gnEJo_62Y5gdAMy1KpX8OVKFqjuh2UTnzGlmVZH2FjB54gZ_WKlUcERFd12CWpK6KuCnDgktzAewxg/s4160/IMG_20230815_215750020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge canned pickle relish" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8y3_ouJ4APeKmUxFBYaX8RzzRaKIU6VBuLKZnjBHC6T4yvfm3bNlCvjtk-yJe4E-VA5jf8FfSzawe499quzhnUx0-5nT6VlMwarFKB2EfORl6gnEJo_62Y5gdAMy1KpX8OVKFqjuh2UTnzGlmVZH2FjB54gZ_WKlUcERFd12CWpK6KuCnDgktzAewxg/w400-h300/IMG_20230815_215750020.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, I shredded the whole amount of onions I had and it was more than the recipe called for. Packaged them up and put in freezer for adding to quiches, etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5N_zjQdLg-1vXofqmEJJx48QSwhEEiu7Plzd4zGch8MQ1zlsabkHXmFxJvC771l97NKsufHEAMxu_IpqTZUt5Wswkgh2AoJ354BuC_U3bt6VApqmddVqVYO28vKuRjpFtc447YghGMoLukfajqSdbBtMNbxqBJ_mxuqyZG8nYSAoaDGkQDUqdEJWaUg/s4160/IMG_20230815_113353431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge freezing onion" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5N_zjQdLg-1vXofqmEJJx48QSwhEEiu7Plzd4zGch8MQ1zlsabkHXmFxJvC771l97NKsufHEAMxu_IpqTZUt5Wswkgh2AoJ354BuC_U3bt6VApqmddVqVYO28vKuRjpFtc447YghGMoLukfajqSdbBtMNbxqBJ_mxuqyZG8nYSAoaDGkQDUqdEJWaUg/w400-h300/IMG_20230815_113353431.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tomorrow it's off to work so we'll see what else we get done π€</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 16 -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, it really was the "bits" of the #everybitcountschallenge yesterday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some extra onion chopped at dinner and the remnants of a ham from earlier in the week - both in the freezer and probably destined for a quiche or something.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxWGmMaqR8Y9DRJ6gY7Cw9Iax_E_Yu5InrjvDE6sXf6QjgJ7fXYzj5wdL1NKybb1R-LXzu1K5OXs58bf9XX0ep7hhi43CbDqBO9t_M9fnCgh02fnUw9ReMFNVofcCxFhTik5mrSNLSZWZV41-6FldEaza7TGaxHwZCfYAhSErzopG8cGoPEHXFl71RgE/s4160/IMG_20230816_165809609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge freezing onion and ham" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPxWGmMaqR8Y9DRJ6gY7Cw9Iax_E_Yu5InrjvDE6sXf6QjgJ7fXYzj5wdL1NKybb1R-LXzu1K5OXs58bf9XX0ep7hhi43CbDqBO9t_M9fnCgh02fnUw9ReMFNVofcCxFhTik5mrSNLSZWZV41-6FldEaza7TGaxHwZCfYAhSErzopG8cGoPEHXFl71RgE/w400-h300/IMG_20230816_165809609.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, a few green beans. Not much, but it counts! Last year we only got one quart of beans in the freezer so aiming to surpass that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TSy1LCStKju_r6yI78pPUBVVhjeZROZOLGNQaj5781VC36CAdX_bT4TjX2jgb8sdVSoLvCkcB4KBEOrKwVJymn0vNCdgl8Wrb0OcHOI_3mKU3_BDTzrs5VkjXv0DrfIkvxUGVod7Ia3LUA6geLxTBP9ZJJ_tYdzJjIR-X7nD-bfy06zkjS5VhG3daBc/s1080/IMG_20230817_080745_014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge freezing green beans" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TSy1LCStKju_r6yI78pPUBVVhjeZROZOLGNQaj5781VC36CAdX_bT4TjX2jgb8sdVSoLvCkcB4KBEOrKwVJymn0vNCdgl8Wrb0OcHOI_3mKU3_BDTzrs5VkjXv0DrfIkvxUGVod7Ia3LUA6geLxTBP9ZJJ_tYdzJjIR-X7nD-bfy06zkjS5VhG3daBc/w400-h400/IMG_20230817_080745_014.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 17 - Kept the small humans alive. Does that count towards preserving the human race or something? But no, no food preservation that day, haha.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 18 - Grabbed a bunch of green stuff to put in the dehydrator because it was fast and I didn't know what else to do (kale, oregano, green onions, and thyme).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPO4D5hhJZ9tO1FS8g731nTyVSuzzN7Kn1n7O1bDlZPpGOPpbwWmjoDN38IZTGFdQtWZCK7b8kFik2N0LTxj0zUz07jNXwua4p0zDrRlfLkWEuXVjYIwID-2ZLbKr6v6furzuN6XXuXR02psH-498ij8tbRT5GvTDKJdDA9vS0LW-ohG6tvgedyPWvE8/s3072/IMG_20230818_224153_257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge drying herbs" border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPO4D5hhJZ9tO1FS8g731nTyVSuzzN7Kn1n7O1bDlZPpGOPpbwWmjoDN38IZTGFdQtWZCK7b8kFik2N0LTxj0zUz07jNXwua4p0zDrRlfLkWEuXVjYIwID-2ZLbKr6v6furzuN6XXuXR02psH-498ij8tbRT5GvTDKJdDA9vS0LW-ohG6tvgedyPWvE8/w400-h400/IMG_20230818_224153_257.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you have an oregano that you love? Started some this spring - I sort of chose the seeds at random...and wow, is it spicy! Definitely not what I was expecting π€·</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 19 - Taste the rainbow! ππ</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lZ0dMve3TdyZ75FspkiHaGkX4AAD1Yb-WY56KcPzWO_NU1nDuNSjI_OtOkQ8OGxbJhGxoxU2R1pXzdvO8oYAC-yZESZQj7p9ISp3VhAJxkWAKjHRHi6-0VdbgyU40SUp_gIXVgjPKLes0abuLE5hNNNmYP89JP9qR2UfB3si0l2OxAwSgj6qqJQmSdg/s4160/IMG_20230819_165546304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="#everybitcountschallenge garden harvest" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2lZ0dMve3TdyZ75FspkiHaGkX4AAD1Yb-WY56KcPzWO_NU1nDuNSjI_OtOkQ8OGxbJhGxoxU2R1pXzdvO8oYAC-yZESZQj7p9ISp3VhAJxkWAKjHRHi6-0VdbgyU40SUp_gIXVgjPKLes0abuLE5hNNNmYP89JP9qR2UfB3si0l2OxAwSgj6qqJQmSdg/w400-h300/IMG_20230819_165546304.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">More couch food preservation...and more beans into the freezer. One child had informed me this spring that we had beef and noodles with asparagus "every Sunday ALL winter". Since I know how many bags of asparagus were in the freezer I know that this is statistically impossible... but perhaps having some beans will help. If nothing else, we've had a good bean year this year π</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hoping to start the salsa on Monday. Enjoy the day of rest!</span></p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-28029870497439908052023-08-05T15:00:00.001-07:002023-08-06T03:27:43.782-07:00Food preservation from our suburban garden in August - #everybitcountschallenge week 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This spring and summer the fruit in our garden has been doing great. The veggies though seem to be a little slow and are only just now coming on in earnest. I need to think about getting some of that produce into the pantry! Enter Jessica from Three Rivers Homestead - each year she runs a challenge on Instagram and YouTube to preserve something, no matter how small, each day in the month of August. You can see what others are doing by searching #everybitcountschallenge. Keep reading to see what we were able to do in the first week of the challenge and follow along with us over on Instagram @abrickhouselife as I post day to day. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The garden seems like it's been a slow start in some ways this year. I've been feeling behind because something in the back of my mind was telling me this needed to be done before school starts... but realistically things will be coming in until October at least. It doesn't have to be done all at once. This encouraging harvest was what we found when we got home from vacation... I see pickles in our future π₯π</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just in time for the #everybitcountschallenge (find out about that at #threerivershomestead ) to begin. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIh0gMTbo3VYvt3GTdk3veMdRuplYvoQPNnBBC1Q9HlrRCGaffqryW3f0yV0v9ehf9oDu_aGtUNLNdPsFLe_RjMlUFhP5iIEXeafngPlfvPKzMIPhCWW4AtxB2bj7JHAuEXqvKrRcZClr4oCTQMH5lX28ZXIAPx32yusdNQQtxeGENvvnCHpD2rzuOcVI/s4160/IMG_20230730_165432934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Preserving garden harvest from suburban garden" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIh0gMTbo3VYvt3GTdk3veMdRuplYvoQPNnBBC1Q9HlrRCGaffqryW3f0yV0v9ehf9oDu_aGtUNLNdPsFLe_RjMlUFhP5iIEXeafngPlfvPKzMIPhCWW4AtxB2bj7JHAuEXqvKrRcZClr4oCTQMH5lX28ZXIAPx32yusdNQQtxeGENvvnCHpD2rzuOcVI/w300-h400/IMG_20230730_165432934.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day #1- Shredded zucchini gifted us from a neighbor (same one that gave us the <a href="http://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2023/07/why-is-my-rhubarb-green-and-what-i-did.html?m=1">green rhubarb</a>... what a blessing they have been this year) and put it in the dehydrator. Baby doesn't like the sound of the food processor and screamed the first bit. Was able to finish it later when he fell asleep in the stroller on the deck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 2 of the #everybitcountschallenge - </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pickles! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's all fun and games until the baby wakes up π Seems like he's not feeling so good today and wasn't content unless held... Tried to follow the African mama's and wear him on the back since he's getting so grabby to be worn in the front with all the hot things on the stove. He wasn't so sure.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l3GVEsR0PQI3OEMfKl-prAG35xjsD_CNI2K9BIfMIxqNr-sB-Orbd-5a5tlpf7k6NVcbhfvpyF1TmVwQ-oKbmaunHtII2PxwLQKx8RuVLHtt3LnUotCyfOfLphbFfL01OX-bMfIUxdXQisRJ0xhmi4NvWJ0IhdHQdpL4gvmw1uMZ7_IG6DO10uVAWRo/s2592/IMG_20230802_105433946_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Garden preserving while baby wearing" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l3GVEsR0PQI3OEMfKl-prAG35xjsD_CNI2K9BIfMIxqNr-sB-Orbd-5a5tlpf7k6NVcbhfvpyF1TmVwQ-oKbmaunHtII2PxwLQKx8RuVLHtt3LnUotCyfOfLphbFfL01OX-bMfIUxdXQisRJ0xhmi4NvWJ0IhdHQdpL4gvmw1uMZ7_IG6DO10uVAWRo/w240-h320/IMG_20230802_105433946_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Glad that I'm only trying to do one big project today. Cucumbers were half from our garden and half from #speyersfarmmarket ...let son #2 get some of the pickling cucumbers for fun βΊοΈ</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVeu01ew-awBOH-6rEBgRORHgxLCrFc6yLikO1QYaaujNGcoC8yq5Sthh_YVudT7PwjEBT1WZo2Lt5tA-C8sYbloqrK-sMycFquKkgcTTBEbT6RmQ2bMvuPRwSRVOLwt0vQMdeW6i0wFfHRVeUwicy-d2eLnVkdCUX0lGkdXC0CTKTGJVIacAPdVVIww/s4160/IMG_20230802_094701570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVeu01ew-awBOH-6rEBgRORHgxLCrFc6yLikO1QYaaujNGcoC8yq5Sthh_YVudT7PwjEBT1WZo2Lt5tA-C8sYbloqrK-sMycFquKkgcTTBEbT6RmQ2bMvuPRwSRVOLwt0vQMdeW6i0wFfHRVeUwicy-d2eLnVkdCUX0lGkdXC0CTKTGJVIacAPdVVIww/s320/IMG_20230802_094701570.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 3 of the #everybitcountschallenge -</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second round of shredded zucchini in the dehydrator (I had shredded the lot and kept it in the fridge until I had time to refill the dehydrator). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xYk687wZ86vA_5GXqsFeyL-vigiK-lhBewgDH6V3fQVcJt3X1xvyRhn4lufGWXha3xxvHaVj1zUAEfEX2UHKDnp_hjD4BxshAy-5djctiRwW3gxXyBVq6H1g5lPQYsli7B68GoiHActKpItUpj_8dT5Buvox5k53mYf9Cgz-rdZ0DdH9g8IZH6vJDIc/s4160/IMG_20230803_083744670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xYk687wZ86vA_5GXqsFeyL-vigiK-lhBewgDH6V3fQVcJt3X1xvyRhn4lufGWXha3xxvHaVj1zUAEfEX2UHKDnp_hjD4BxshAy-5djctiRwW3gxXyBVq6H1g5lPQYsli7B68GoiHActKpItUpj_8dT5Buvox5k53mYf9Cgz-rdZ0DdH9g8IZH6vJDIc/s320/IMG_20230803_083744670.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Harvested beans for fresh eating so all the ones building up in the fridge I snapped, blanched and froze. For us this is about one meals worth. And the magical transformation from purple beans to green beans π</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSGEmJ6I1NeZdFa6O9_WgtrJ49Q9IHG5M9chgI20wjGTgW-iZEqMDsqXmhQlkGWynOAbuM-83cxkXASyhRZf1XTsd49LS6OFLPstH9DSzQqB2bPkDoKqVYZDuGS04-jt3zRQK2iVvaZ-OeYXoog1U40GKukKbmohoRRN4grpyvw8ydO-bpjzWXp4sHHg/s4160/IMG_20230803_162248327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSGEmJ6I1NeZdFa6O9_WgtrJ49Q9IHG5M9chgI20wjGTgW-iZEqMDsqXmhQlkGWynOAbuM-83cxkXASyhRZf1XTsd49LS6OFLPstH9DSzQqB2bPkDoKqVYZDuGS04-jt3zRQK2iVvaZ-OeYXoog1U40GKukKbmohoRRN4grpyvw8ydO-bpjzWXp4sHHg/s320/IMG_20230803_162248327.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWQd9p1WVxTzUJApY_DyciVmGZyMtOG9P3oqzZgaMkYT2K-aiQiKz6yA0MHGzgpaIuy5d351q0h_YFg0Fn7_8PQdWJnfS9-gXypq5lnc2EO5lrURDdMo10RYSyeqo5a7sJ2P0fxve1uOxl9B1Jdz_f5hv6YNNWsqn_n8yfNsMdKH0WtE33ty9gOewol8/s4160/IMG_20230803_162359314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWQd9p1WVxTzUJApY_DyciVmGZyMtOG9P3oqzZgaMkYT2K-aiQiKz6yA0MHGzgpaIuy5d351q0h_YFg0Fn7_8PQdWJnfS9-gXypq5lnc2EO5lrURDdMo10RYSyeqo5a7sJ2P0fxve1uOxl9B1Jdz_f5hv6YNNWsqn_n8yfNsMdKH0WtE33ty9gOewol8/s320/IMG_20230803_162359314.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQ4OA1HBJ5AgPVHPWVHlDPE8iMhSE1bcJxKEH7CfrvlRNjyULmAq2eHb-siIePuooKOw6upjlQTF8Tli4zCBlQHVJS57a12FuPVzBt7FLpEwLGWHYMJ9qS4kEPso081bW70gW9V8SQqX6Gm4RLo4p9DnX8TsNBb2E90ovL1AiJcV7phYo2d5abi4FXsc/s4160/IMG_20230803_164741379.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQ4OA1HBJ5AgPVHPWVHlDPE8iMhSE1bcJxKEH7CfrvlRNjyULmAq2eHb-siIePuooKOw6upjlQTF8Tli4zCBlQHVJS57a12FuPVzBt7FLpEwLGWHYMJ9qS4kEPso081bW70gW9V8SQqX6Gm4RLo4p9DnX8TsNBb2E90ovL1AiJcV7phYo2d5abi4FXsc/s320/IMG_20230803_164741379.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also brought in some coriander, aka cilantro seeds. Anyone do anything with these besides grow more cilantro?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 4 of the #everybitcountschallenge -</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a work day that didn't go as planned I wouldn't have preserved anything if it wasn't for the challenge. Thanks to the accountability I did get the last bit of shredded zucchini in the dehydrator.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWjdSMNFAYU55ypPazy_aP43yEkWFgLOg0o5hLOXZn9_BLKrjlFD9AtyRB0b_33nGzVn9Y9mFSqPRWpk_6rvdVkkhOmvdY1i24dmTNZELyNENJ2VEiOudyS5eK8dWf5xS0SWYRcFQyzaLsG7Zon_mHq7kqSYWbwSsOzeMnx5cFTomHeL5i48I64NEsbs/s4160/IMG_20230804_170400817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Dehydrating zucchini" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWjdSMNFAYU55ypPazy_aP43yEkWFgLOg0o5hLOXZn9_BLKrjlFD9AtyRB0b_33nGzVn9Y9mFSqPRWpk_6rvdVkkhOmvdY1i24dmTNZELyNENJ2VEiOudyS5eK8dWf5xS0SWYRcFQyzaLsG7Zon_mHq7kqSYWbwSsOzeMnx5cFTomHeL5i48I64NEsbs/w300-h400/IMG_20230804_170400817.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">One thing I do love about the dehydrator is how small things get. If I were to put all of that zucchini in the freezer it would be bags upon bags, and I just don't have that kind of space. Dehydrated however, it will all fit in about four reused pasta jars and will be taking up zero space in the freezer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I was chopping things for dinner I cut up extra onion to start the batch of fire cider. Hoping to finish that as my project tomorrow, but it's another work day so we'll see if it happens or not. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 5 - Another working day and I decided the stress of making something happen in the short window of time I had available wasn't a good option. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will be back on Instagram on Monday to hopefully finish that fire cider. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What are you preserving this week?</span></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-82345087195873590392023-07-28T02:00:00.001-07:002023-07-28T02:00:00.140-07:00Raspberry White Chocolate Cream Cheese Scones<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">My mother in law used to get packaged scone mixes sometimes. I remember her putting different flavors of them in our stockings at Christmas time. One that we all enjoyed was a raspberry white chocolate mix. With raspberries coming in from the garden now seemed like a perfect opportunity to try our own, and it came out great!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHSKFjRICl1njVY_ZmMmd1TffJTSLiCFbf4xjo5ZX9HpC06WWEXM9oNNDGjY7V-1lp5jFCmSfp1SWuUOqAG5uXBEihchN8p7VKGnjVZ6ms_WoqveTMV89hzJuHOkdIB6gAPDfLKrX87P-6T0HR5vy3Zki1hQW_8N5WSZgGXCSsf-d58ghrL9JxjnuwWc/s4160/IMG_20230723_074334335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Raspberry white chocolate cream cheese scone from homegrown raspberries" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHSKFjRICl1njVY_ZmMmd1TffJTSLiCFbf4xjo5ZX9HpC06WWEXM9oNNDGjY7V-1lp5jFCmSfp1SWuUOqAG5uXBEihchN8p7VKGnjVZ6ms_WoqveTMV89hzJuHOkdIB6gAPDfLKrX87P-6T0HR5vy3Zki1hQW_8N5WSZgGXCSsf-d58ghrL9JxjnuwWc/w400-h300/IMG_20230723_074334335.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a basic scone mix recipe clipped from a magazine years ago. It has been the basis of many scone variations as you can easily switch up the mix ins for something different (it is the same base as the <a href="https://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2015/12/cranberry-orange-scones.html">Cranberry Orange Scones</a> I posted previously). Cream cheese isn't something that was in the original recipe, but I found that it came together just fine and I think it was a good addition. My only regret is not making a double batch :)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycRK4WyLNcKtLHR-ADxDVDzKl8IalIgFGgxRlTiV9Ytqlu9kc4vzUG5-Fkh6g5spZZxcpgRbYCL5-GL0AGbctfAKzhz2Wv26th3ZOqU6pLuHRdMTkbdLh4CZbN9e7GJ-9t0g9O4k-XJeVQDF5pWK7GZrDUfJ__nf1baRgDkwvV4q_4Ovfuwxu56TaQyQ/s4160/IMG_20230723_073520398.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Scone pan with homemade scones from recipe" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycRK4WyLNcKtLHR-ADxDVDzKl8IalIgFGgxRlTiV9Ytqlu9kc4vzUG5-Fkh6g5spZZxcpgRbYCL5-GL0AGbctfAKzhz2Wv26th3ZOqU6pLuHRdMTkbdLh4CZbN9e7GJ-9t0g9O4k-XJeVQDF5pWK7GZrDUfJ__nf1baRgDkwvV4q_4Ovfuwxu56TaQyQ/w400-h300/IMG_20230723_073520398.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Raspberry White Chocolate Cream Cheese Scones </span></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adapted from <i style="font-size: small;">Classic Scones Master Recipe</i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">found in Eating Well Magazine</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsQvjAIMGyuL7rgH3huxS2QD7K2acTGmmWBQIl7XU5EOM_WFtb2kFw-ufs8cEtk6kUkDRvcZwXKlRhTDbjPRzvMJlCUnf_lAMDAXhSlIaOJjZatJhRkY5FwlHTyR4ant6KZb3WkkRF_tXkTUATlPY-pgXw9KnFZ3hcOQYJ_pErcASrXIhVw6SYd5-yJA/s4160/IMG_20230723_074321905.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="fresh raspberry scone" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsQvjAIMGyuL7rgH3huxS2QD7K2acTGmmWBQIl7XU5EOM_WFtb2kFw-ufs8cEtk6kUkDRvcZwXKlRhTDbjPRzvMJlCUnf_lAMDAXhSlIaOJjZatJhRkY5FwlHTyR4ant6KZb3WkkRF_tXkTUATlPY-pgXw9KnFZ3hcOQYJ_pErcASrXIhVw6SYd5-yJA/w200-h150/IMG_20230723_074321905.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Ingredients</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 3/4 cups flour</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/4 cup sugar</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">5 tablespoons butter</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 cup milk</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 egg</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 ounce cream cheese or neufchatel cheese</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/3 cup white chocolate chips</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">2/3 cup fresh raspberries</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">coarse sugar (optional)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Directions</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease scone pan if using.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender. Add cream cheese, cutting in with pastry blender slightly. Do not over work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Whisk egg and milk together and pour over dry ingredients. Mix until the dough just comes together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Gently fold in white chocolate chips and raspberries. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Form into two discs on parchment lined sheet and cut into wedges. If using scone pan simply scoop into divided sections of the greased pan. Sprinkle with coarse sugar if desired.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Bake at 400 degrees for 18-24 minutes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Allow to cool slightly and enjoy warm from the oven!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Notes</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Makes 8-12 depending on size. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">- The fresh raspberries won't hold up well to much mixing, so just barely fold them in. If they do break it will still taste good, but the raspberries will just be smeared throughout.</span></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-81828344870324572532023-07-25T05:00:00.001-07:002023-07-25T05:00:00.139-07:0015 Minute Morning Routine<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mornings can be hard. Especially with a wide range of ages in the house, including an infant, you never know for sure who is going to be up when and what state of mind they will be in upon waking. While I may have grand aspirations of the goals I am going to achieve, the reality is that sometimes even the basics are just difficult. Those precious quiet moments can be quite few and some days it feels like I have to choose between sleep or a shower or my quiet time, let alone exercise.</span></p><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This winter however I listened to an audiobook called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/168-Hours-Have-More-Think/dp/159184410X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2FUHJACXBLFZD&amp;keywords=168+hours&amp;qid=1689496706&amp;sprefix=168+hours%252Caps%252C225&amp;sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b34cc6d22873053bd356aeeb21cbbdc6&camp=1789&creative=9325">168 hours</a>">168 Hours</a> by Laura Vanderkam. It was one of my middle of the night reads while nursing our babe. Two big takeaways from it where: #1- you don't do things, not because you don't have time but because they aren't a priority. This really made me pause and think about the things I just "don't get around to"...am I willing for those things not to be priorities? #2 - I underestimate the power of fifteen minutes and also the compound value of those minutes over time. For example, if I do something for only fifteen minutes once a week this doesn't seem like much but if you continue doing it every week for a year that ends up being twelve hours over the course of the year. Doing something for fifteen minutes doesn't seem significant, while doing it for twelve hours does.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shortly after listening to that book I saw <a href="https://youtu.be/fe45_jxLWww">a video from the Minimal Mom on YouTube</a> about her 5:00 a.m. routine. The routine is based off of a power hour - doing high priority items first to kickstart your day. This hour is split into three 20 minute increments: exercise, devotion/meditation, and self-improvement. I like the concept but knew that life is too unpredictable at this moment for me to realistically dedicate an hour every morning to a routine. If a baby wakes up halfway through then the whole thing is pretty much shot. I am also much more inclined to not do it because I won't start if I think that I don't have an hour to finish it. Since I had just read 168 Hours it occurred to me that perhaps I could simply shrink the segments to a more manageable size. Instead of doing 20 minutes segments could I do 5 minutes instead?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the surface it might seem that doing something for five minutes doesn't have much value. When you add it up though, if you do five minutes for six days that is half an hour a week. That's two hours a month and <i>twenty six hours</i> a year. What's more, I am more likely to do something if I know it will only take five minutes. If a child comes downstairs part way through I can easily have them wait for what they need because I know it is going to be literally two minutes. And a half hour a week that I <i><b>actually do</b></i> is more effective than twenty minutes a day that I <i>don't do</i>. So here is the way I have broken down my fifteen minute routine and how that is working for me in this season of life.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First five minutes - Exercise</span></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is mostly things I can do right in my kitchen while I have the kettle going - stretches, body weight exercise, etc. Pinterest has a lot of great ideas! By the time my five minute timer goes off my kettle is usually hot. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second five minutes - Scripture</span></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This summer I have been listening to the book of Titus. While reading a whole book of the Bible might seem daunting, there are actually a lot of short ones. Many of the epistles can actually be read aloud in five minutes. The Bible App or similar will even read it to you. I can listen to the whole book of Titus while making my coffee or getting my breakfast around.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Third five minutes - Breakfast</span></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ok, I haven't actually timed how long it takes me to eat breakfast, but eating it is what I do next. I never understood people who say "I forgot to eat breakfast [or lunch or...]" until I became a mother. Making sure I have some fuel in me before starting the day is a big help.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So it may be only 15 minutes, but nourishing my body and soul has certainly helped to get the day started right. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What routines do you have to get your day going?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support of A Brick House!</span></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-55308718390801051572023-07-16T05:00:00.013-07:002023-07-16T05:00:00.144-07:00Why is my rhubarb green? And what I did with it (rhubarb cinnamon jam recipe)<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until very recently I thought all rhubarb was red. Then this spring our neighbor shared some from their patch that, while ripe, was almost entirely green. Come to find out there are a wide variety of rhubarb types that range from that deep crimson red all the way to green. The flavor is not much different to me. <br /></span></p><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj76QUKXlWkzB_7KSjyROFw_8BoAkKY-Kp0qtQhwzHjb_ZRo7ZHS_SgqQhAeZxbNwTzbN60YaH7mZ7pRpeWa97XP0nFZpxQ5MFXgrlfel8wZmux2DnQMTbe8gfWGjLp_AJ2zN-ryE72Ton7MPoJeE02ihE0doOzr-_dkLIdufwjIcYsGzw5PvVERHAsvE/s4160/IMG_20230711_133057927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="green rhubarb cinnamon jam for canning" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj76QUKXlWkzB_7KSjyROFw_8BoAkKY-Kp0qtQhwzHjb_ZRo7ZHS_SgqQhAeZxbNwTzbN60YaH7mZ7pRpeWa97XP0nFZpxQ5MFXgrlfel8wZmux2DnQMTbe8gfWGjLp_AJ2zN-ryE72Ton7MPoJeE02ihE0doOzr-_dkLIdufwjIcYsGzw5PvVERHAsvE/w320-h240/IMG_20230711_133057927.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can use rhubarb the same regardless of color, just be prepared for the green to look less appetizing once cooked. When I made this jam I accidentally spilled some on the floor and it looked rather like something that most people wouldn't want to talk about at the dinner table. Appearances aside though, the flavor is great and my husband is loving this jam. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgJl9Iua6D2egodVCtyWd845k3uxhJSgoseK7m4CsEoaKzyu--dmPOtJFCqIHGB5CJoVU9n5WS7Jh3vt_FZJUtEnC_NZ2_G4pemQefM25dn1yotpWpJ-Dn67CUh0XdQMrwrWv-s1XnHgMcl8UfofeTBPGMk-FO9VOQ5ok5Ujv9niPFzO5__xSGdKSyOU/s3815/IMG_20230711_133205660~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Rhubarb cinnamon jam with green rhubarb" border="0" data-original-height="3815" data-original-width="2791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMgJl9Iua6D2egodVCtyWd845k3uxhJSgoseK7m4CsEoaKzyu--dmPOtJFCqIHGB5CJoVU9n5WS7Jh3vt_FZJUtEnC_NZ2_G4pemQefM25dn1yotpWpJ-Dn67CUh0XdQMrwrWv-s1XnHgMcl8UfofeTBPGMk-FO9VOQ5ok5Ujv9niPFzO5__xSGdKSyOU/w234-h320/IMG_20230711_133205660~2.jpg" width="234" /></span></a></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made it with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pomonas-Universal-Pectin-1-Ounce-Container/dp/B00I332VS0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BF28GQWUDHL6&amp;keywords=pomonas+pectin&amp;qid=1689491430&amp;sprefix=pomonas+pe%252Caps%252C400&amp;sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=7a9d903ca614c52230f95b36ac04dfc4&camp=1789&creative=9325">Pomona's</a>">Pomona's Pectin</a> so it doesn't have quite the high volume of sugar that many jams have, allowing the tartness of the rhubarb to come through. It is definitely a recipe I will be keeping, and perhaps next time I'll use red rhubarb so that it looks a little nicer. On the whole though it's hard to argue with free rhubarb! I am so thankful our neighbor shared some so that we had enough to try out this recipe. Is your rhubarb red or green? What are your favorite things to do with it? Show us how you are using it over on Instagram by tagging us @abrickhouselife.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3mOWtkfSvISy82BbSfgDQoL7H1Qs2gj9OIKP0Wr0S5Q1MkYahNo_fF2aLDeQnadO2NDT1Gr2fUHU8Gub7nsQQUHVBhH_HenNN6MnzWvAOYDIkTPYK8ILQelogpm0FQwRxQxhgs-T6lglt1Hr9JNt-9Dw_Hgkdh-5GG01Sg98o89DxuN8-iO4_KKpt7M/s4160/IMG_20230711_132638425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="canned rhubarb cinnamon jam" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3mOWtkfSvISy82BbSfgDQoL7H1Qs2gj9OIKP0Wr0S5Q1MkYahNo_fF2aLDeQnadO2NDT1Gr2fUHU8Gub7nsQQUHVBhH_HenNN6MnzWvAOYDIkTPYK8ILQelogpm0FQwRxQxhgs-T6lglt1Hr9JNt-9Dw_Hgkdh-5GG01Sg98o89DxuN8-iO4_KKpt7M/w320-h240/IMG_20230711_132638425.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rhubarb Cinnamon Jam</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adapted from <a href="https://www.onehundreddollarsamonth.com/canning-101-rhubarb-cinnamon-jam-recipe/">onehundreddolarsamonth.com</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yield: Approximately five 1/2 pints</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5 cups rhubarb (chopped)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 cup water</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 Tbsp lemon juice</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cups sugar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 1/2 tsp <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pomonas-Universal-Pectin-1-Ounce-Container/dp/B00I332VS0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BF28GQWUDHL6&amp;keywords=pomonas+pectin&amp;qid=1689491430&amp;sprefix=pomonas+pe%252Caps%252C400&amp;sr=8-1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=7a9d903ca614c52230f95b36ac04dfc4&camp=1789&creative=9325">Pomona's</a>">Pomona's Pectin</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 1/2 tsp calcium water</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prepare waterbath canner along with clean jars, lids, and rings. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Place rhubarb and water in a pot on the stove and bring to boil. Cook until rhubarb is tender. If desired, puree with immersion blender for a smoother texture, or leave chunky. Measure cooked rhubarb to make sure you have at least three cups.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Follow Pomona's directions to mix pectin into sugar completely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Add lemon juice and calcium water to rhubarb and bring to boil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Add pectin and sugar mixture to rhubarb and return to boil, combining thoroughly. Remove from heat once boiling and ladle into warm jars. Wipe rims with a clean damp cloth and apply warm lid, tightening with ring. Process 10 minutes. Turn of heat and allow to rest five minutes. Remove from canner and allow to cool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once cool and sealed remove rings and label jars.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enjoy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of canning - did canning orange marmalade save me money? Find out <a href="https://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2022/04/orange-marmalade.html">here</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support of A Brick House!</span></i></div><div><br /></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-24831267253736032932023-07-08T20:25:00.001-07:002023-07-10T18:42:21.560-07:00Summer salad with berries and feta<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This winter I was craving salad. Perhaps you can blame it on being pregnant or perhaps simply that winter veggies are different from eating salad fresh out of the garden. Either way, I was so excited when we finally got enough greens this spring to make salad. This is one of my go-to "recipes" because I love the feta and the sweet dressing. I also love that it is so versatile since you can switch it up with whatever kind of fruit is in season. </span></p><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSF9yBDvU_LppgdwrY8HpqZr2dhBl4nGyZgai-WLEq8AoIXonu-E99vb46nQpyyFCVm_fQBKzHOnC44jPKXs5kbJJ3gmPkgiAS25ohWgFV8KzU2yGSqENb-iR0EXxWC7n6bgjNa3DkidGKWRiJXi94d9ryOsw95HtYChq7ME_swI9q7NSWdq2CMJqwA4/s4160/IMG_20230705_172812429.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Easy summer salad with berries and feta in portable mason jar" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSF9yBDvU_LppgdwrY8HpqZr2dhBl4nGyZgai-WLEq8AoIXonu-E99vb46nQpyyFCVm_fQBKzHOnC44jPKXs5kbJJ3gmPkgiAS25ohWgFV8KzU2yGSqENb-iR0EXxWC7n6bgjNa3DkidGKWRiJXi94d9ryOsw95HtYChq7ME_swI9q7NSWdq2CMJqwA4/w300-h400/IMG_20230705_172812429.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start with whatever kind of greens you want to make this salad. Next add the nuts of your choosing. I often use walnuts, but almonds are good too. After that, choose whatever kind of berries are in season, especially red berries.<br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is great with fresh strawberries or raspberries. Cherries or blueberries can also be good. When there aren't fresh berries I often make this salad with mandarin oranges and dried cherries, so that way I can have it in the winter too.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next add crumbled feta cheese and a poppy seed dressing. At this point I have not looked into making my own dressing, but I am sure there are some good recipes out there. Do you have a poppy seed dressing recipe you like?</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2neESHfAIfb3B7zHbVzj8Hs7ba9tSS5T3Y_OLmh2JANtLjvfZXsBQvO6lLazrK6QuGEffiv-gi33e13uZS6MMKCk1qOaB63xVXRcbAlteoDdZzUb0vOzc_OkEoGuk1abExrRYKiD2h60M0ONuFaNr_1OvcDU1XAcqYZMGUGen19al84gQy06gumhjek/s4160/IMG_20230705_172805493.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mason jar summer salad with berries, feta, and poppyseed dressing" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2neESHfAIfb3B7zHbVzj8Hs7ba9tSS5T3Y_OLmh2JANtLjvfZXsBQvO6lLazrK6QuGEffiv-gi33e13uZS6MMKCk1qOaB63xVXRcbAlteoDdZzUb0vOzc_OkEoGuk1abExrRYKiD2h60M0ONuFaNr_1OvcDU1XAcqYZMGUGen19al84gQy06gumhjek/w300-h400/IMG_20230705_172805493.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My kids don't especially love this salad, so I often make it for myself at home or for my husband to take in lunches for work. The thing about taking salad in a lunch box is that I don't like when the lettuce gets weird from hanging out with the dressing for a few hours or overnight. One trick that has been a game changer for me is to make the salad upside down if you're not going to eat it immediately. What I mean is that in the portable container you put the dressing first, then the ingredients that don't get weird like the nuts, cheese, and fruit. This creates a barrier between the dressing and the greens. Then you simply add the lettuce on top. The dressing stays away from the lettuce and everyone is happy. When you are ready to eat it just shake with the lid on to mix it all up and invert onto a plate (or eat right out of the container). Easy peasy. This trick works for other kinds of salad also. </span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAFH9iK8cE3gx2tm_N-D5S4Sxjfv4IAvzePHMuFj6tJTlBswhJlO2tunQMpgOrtwUu3uHXA7zmscJ2tPRW2aLGrENicSZSfVSsd0stuArsrPXC9iozBMfqdlCTJxuaCopY9rmudC2XG5NYTtWEpJMxJAAkW4C3GLTNWcx4oxx7Srk9eRhjLkcIi2AUWU/s1080/IMG_20230417_120910_268.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Salad greens growing in garden" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAFH9iK8cE3gx2tm_N-D5S4Sxjfv4IAvzePHMuFj6tJTlBswhJlO2tunQMpgOrtwUu3uHXA7zmscJ2tPRW2aLGrENicSZSfVSsd0stuArsrPXC9iozBMfqdlCTJxuaCopY9rmudC2XG5NYTtWEpJMxJAAkW4C3GLTNWcx4oxx7Srk9eRhjLkcIi2AUWU/w182-h182/IMG_20230417_120910_268.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Berry Feta Salad</span></h3></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Greens (fresh from the garden are even better :)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chopped nuts</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whatever berries are in season</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Crumbled feta cheese </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Poppy seed dressing</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enjoy!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you try this recipe please show us how it came out and what seasonal fruit you're using by tagging us over on Instagram @abrickhouselife</span></div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"> </div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-42013567197231447932023-06-27T08:13:00.001-07:002023-06-27T08:13:33.612-07:00Small space garden ideas for an urban garden<p> </p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Small space garden ideas for an urban garden</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gardening is one of those things that grows and grows. Not only do your plants expand, but you are also curious to try new things. Another thing that has grown is our family - as our family has grown we are able to eat a lot more and are now in a position of trying to grow more to feed, or at least supplement the feeding of, all these people. But we live in town with limited space. We also have active boys that need yard space to run around in. How do we balance space for the garden with space for running around? These are some of the ways we have tried to maximize our space in the past and present. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gardening with containers</span></h4></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even when we lived in apartment we were able to grow some things in containers. This may not have been much, but it brightened our patio and did provide some edibles. My father-in-law built me what was essentially a free-standing fence that planter boxes could rest on, several high, which took advantage of the vertical space. Now that we have a yard we are doing less of this, but we still have some things in pots. We are also experimenting with a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/GreenStalk-Patented-Strawberries-Vegetables-Terracotta/dp/B07QF29RB6/ref=sr_1_8?crid=6HLSZ651G9PC&amp;keywords=green+stalk&amp;qid=1686554617&amp;sprefix=green+stalk%252Caps%252C93&amp;sr=8-8&amp;ufe=app_do%253Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e44a02474bd1612528f8d74fc81723e5&camp=1789&creative=9325">Greenstalk</a>" target="">Greenstalk</a> this year to see if that will be a good option (Amazon Associate link).</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HsAlEWpL0ROKcZqlbrEJiW3ejFLUOkMuEII7tZj1xXGDt7YEmHL6PCpVtdf5MPdcx2IGTeo8WcSfzxBaMyKCHU9pbPoRcC0VsDkgN_qBwjFD1ilIltE-IKUPyX7PLY1Q9SCftDWtacOQhN8PPXeql6MgfZOpLjqnxJOWrh4NPexCm86Ad8bHoeCbZCo/s1080/IMG_20230531_120937_000.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Greenstalk vertical garden planter in small space garden" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HsAlEWpL0ROKcZqlbrEJiW3ejFLUOkMuEII7tZj1xXGDt7YEmHL6PCpVtdf5MPdcx2IGTeo8WcSfzxBaMyKCHU9pbPoRcC0VsDkgN_qBwjFD1ilIltE-IKUPyX7PLY1Q9SCftDWtacOQhN8PPXeql6MgfZOpLjqnxJOWrh4NPexCm86Ad8bHoeCbZCo/w400-h400/IMG_20230531_120937_000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small space gardening in the edges</span></h4></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> At our current house we have a long narrow driveway. On the side opposite the house it has a strip of what was originally grass. Over the course of time we have turned all of this grass into growing space. Most of it is flowers, but we have several columnar apple trees and have most recently made space in the last little bit for a few annuals like a determinate tomato, purple basil, and cages of climbing beans. Depending on how you do it these can also look decorative and add nice visual interest. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVOgxg45PBo8R_2FQhEvT4esLEVn1q_bzx14armV-CPKZHADzXQFA0dRDNKp7zOjm-s0FjIjNu2lx3wvMHWDOgbfj2nxaW43Z4UAFJCw9OVZvfiVgyKEJvgPEn7CeSqIorWX_ZlDvjhBWpzCmxE5qAzY5sYaqeGaRmhKOsHdN0ZhSubvZSN9AtSsqxM0/s4160/IMG_20220524_134453095.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVOgxg45PBo8R_2FQhEvT4esLEVn1q_bzx14armV-CPKZHADzXQFA0dRDNKp7zOjm-s0FjIjNu2lx3wvMHWDOgbfj2nxaW43Z4UAFJCw9OVZvfiVgyKEJvgPEn7CeSqIorWX_ZlDvjhBWpzCmxE5qAzY5sYaqeGaRmhKOsHdN0ZhSubvZSN9AtSsqxM0/w300-h400/IMG_20220524_134453095.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9g0tJyErHPvrjrAWP5knny3mLXQCMrffD1QYVChWZSa1VrqJaR3_TNGRfaWbzIHMKOWxbDa7mQyHdb_nZnq_NC-z8Tm_VNL69aUxdqa4g4RAGkskzPRu5Dyf_WB87bxdhAPEsNJcqjsuSia-dKPWNFwpYG1Eg5-knLmArKHW2laltx35cB9V2YHpDBM/s4160/IMG_20230625_191111934.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Small space garden bed along a driveway" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9g0tJyErHPvrjrAWP5knny3mLXQCMrffD1QYVChWZSa1VrqJaR3_TNGRfaWbzIHMKOWxbDa7mQyHdb_nZnq_NC-z8Tm_VNL69aUxdqa4g4RAGkskzPRu5Dyf_WB87bxdhAPEsNJcqjsuSia-dKPWNFwpYG1Eg5-knLmArKHW2laltx35cB9V2YHpDBM/w300-h400/IMG_20230625_191111934.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another edge that we have made use of is the dirt pile. My husband built a three-sided box to put extra dirt in for refilling garden beds, pots, etc. Mostly we just take the dirt in and out, but it is never completely empty so last year I built a makeshift trellis over top and we planted the edge with climbing beans. Now it is not only a storage space but a food space as well. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OfeRl3CC6T1bE8vVc02z1jZbtgNFngBkkWUeYDqrRJNSScwBCsWiGmlJ7zfhwxZETIKLMU_h84Ekciuosynq410IoEuczzFzvzZhfuDJ_o6cNZyR3WDRXWdi-SmBt9JJs-fQRx9Prfa5Nzz5zIodBkqhZz-0le6BS_Of_zIzRF_ZiUjsENkMEIJ63so/s4160/IMG_20230614_124620746.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="climbing beans in a small space garden" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OfeRl3CC6T1bE8vVc02z1jZbtgNFngBkkWUeYDqrRJNSScwBCsWiGmlJ7zfhwxZETIKLMU_h84Ekciuosynq410IoEuczzFzvzZhfuDJ_o6cNZyR3WDRXWdi-SmBt9JJs-fQRx9Prfa5Nzz5zIodBkqhZz-0le6BS_Of_zIzRF_ZiUjsENkMEIJ63so/w300-h400/IMG_20230614_124620746.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Utilizing small garden spaces by going vertical</span></h4></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year we are trying climbing Trombosino squash to see if we can
train them to grow along the fence. They are in a pot but with the vines creeping across the fence they have a very small footprint for what will be a pretty large
plant. This idea would also be great for vining cucumbers, pole beans, climbing peas, etc.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9guaen8_8Ac3h2SZY3u8B-Yp3gtVw6YU8x1zPD0oW95v4_18tStHmf1GWVThD3lVYg5rNuX_fySeTG5heX1qXaM9NZQjGsNGVQh6kDYwb4SDeOBNXAOT9tRw_XguD3Mmsn0y7PqOyW0HOwl9rEr4jriDBsHGt1iY130mw0fa-LqpTIyx-BJ8FNgEi38s/s4160/IMG_20230614_124717696.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Climbing squash along a fence in a small space garden" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9guaen8_8Ac3h2SZY3u8B-Yp3gtVw6YU8x1zPD0oW95v4_18tStHmf1GWVThD3lVYg5rNuX_fySeTG5heX1qXaM9NZQjGsNGVQh6kDYwb4SDeOBNXAOT9tRw_XguD3Mmsn0y7PqOyW0HOwl9rEr4jriDBsHGt1iY130mw0fa-LqpTIyx-BJ8FNgEi38s/w300-h400/IMG_20230614_124717696.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These varieties that climb or go up instead of out can help maximize your space. One way we have done this in addition to those who already mentioned above is putting our tomatoes on stakes. We had previously had issues with our tomatoes being too close together because they don't like it. I think it has to do with the circulation and airflow. But regardless, they weren't happy. I heard about this method from MIgardener and we tried it out last year (you can see how they do it in this video -> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02JxU49a1F4">MIgardener on YouTube</a>) We were able to get a lot of tomatoes in our space and they were still happy because they had the airflow.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rcw3IMje42pKjp95bVXKCxSVHnuhe4AdlURdGDeqn3pXlhsJwFz36fog0Z6NT5KYkYQucZzFjG9xkaG2oo92ZLRe01OaVf1_RZQRTUC1a2N4tE2z3o_Li0ABVwCWYBDkfw9ZVqPqdp6W-rSOdHrsEDKL9vJNfG4CAg25p4kQKdbzgQldMs07IZi3uuI/s4160/IMG_20220712_172712419.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="trellised tomatoes in a suburban garden bed" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rcw3IMje42pKjp95bVXKCxSVHnuhe4AdlURdGDeqn3pXlhsJwFz36fog0Z6NT5KYkYQucZzFjG9xkaG2oo92ZLRe01OaVf1_RZQRTUC1a2N4tE2z3o_Li0ABVwCWYBDkfw9ZVqPqdp6W-rSOdHrsEDKL9vJNfG4CAg25p4kQKdbzgQldMs07IZi3uuI/w400-h300/IMG_20220712_172712419.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h4></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><h4><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maximizing garden space by layering (AKA "food forest")</span></h4></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though we are far from having a forest in our yard the idea of layering is perfect. The aforementioned apple trees along our drive provide shade which has been a great place to grow lettuces. A peach tree in the garden was taking up a fair amount of space, but not at the ground. We were able to plant perennial herbs under the tree as well as greens like chard and kale. What was formerly just a tree is now a tree and a bed. Tomatoes going up the stakes also have space at the bottom. We have been able to utilize this space for bush beans, herbs, carrots, etc. An A-frame of climbing beans has space underneath for plants that want a little more shade like greens.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-0KQG8Bux-3tnaAcBJjb6n2mK8KMMGs9Rv-B4wIO7elkYSh_S2QVFFylsms7h6uDG1XSbHqkJ7n-ndUSUQ5KHnvMTequ070fytwVcN_W0rsCUXqqcJoEoiXNsVno3eTcDcVL_2SC4eF6aZpC0VuFhBrBHpXDy4knq-oTs_46VxHJpKFMjCDSlX_QF_0/s4160/IMG_20230625_190955430.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="columnar apple trees and greens growing in a small space garden" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-0KQG8Bux-3tnaAcBJjb6n2mK8KMMGs9Rv-B4wIO7elkYSh_S2QVFFylsms7h6uDG1XSbHqkJ7n-ndUSUQ5KHnvMTequ070fytwVcN_W0rsCUXqqcJoEoiXNsVno3eTcDcVL_2SC4eF6aZpC0VuFhBrBHpXDy4knq-oTs_46VxHJpKFMjCDSlX_QF_0/w400-h300/IMG_20230625_190955430.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, there you have a few strategies for maximizing space in a small garden. I hope that this inspires you to go out and plant something in your own space - however small or large it may be :) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any other small space garden tips and tricks? Please comment and share below! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support of A Brick House!</span></i></p><p><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Interested in gardening? Check out some of our other garden posts -</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-peak-at-patio-garden-june-2014.html">A tour of our apartment patio garden</a> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2023/06/does-gardening-actually-save-you-money.html">Does gardening actually save you money on groceries?</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-13968695528400317672023-06-05T18:53:00.001-07:002023-06-05T18:54:56.466-07:00Does gardening actually save you money on groceries?<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">That, as my Papa would say, "depends upon the circumstances". There are a lot of variables including your soil, seed cost, where you are starting from, what you are trying to grow, and so on. For years we have kept track of our garden yields for fun and because I just like to know. However, last year was the first year that we diligently kept track, not only of our yields, but also of the money we spent on the garden for the year. Because of that I can tell you that for us it definitely does save money, and here is why -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzLiCOrdcn8-c_VvVMeirHEYVBOC2vKFyG1zOAnKOwatOt92KqYfQmRRewFjAhjmY3RGMi4gauzwFCOWID5ewI_uQbQEjTfhak8Pfft70kIVUOwbl3tTJV-kz7VarzvJkZqm7jSlCOsLBfh2LuZQLjyhamSDxEKRaQokoXWurVJ0lgESuUs_-KtRX/s415/Garden%20Groceries%20pic.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="342" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzLiCOrdcn8-c_VvVMeirHEYVBOC2vKFyG1zOAnKOwatOt92KqYfQmRRewFjAhjmY3RGMi4gauzwFCOWID5ewI_uQbQEjTfhak8Pfft70kIVUOwbl3tTJV-kz7VarzvJkZqm7jSlCOsLBfh2LuZQLjyhamSDxEKRaQokoXWurVJ0lgESuUs_-KtRX/w330-h400/Garden%20Groceries%20pic.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In our backyard we were able to grow more than $425 worth of food. And that's not actually a fair estimate. How I arrived at that number was to take the amount of each item and price it as if I had bought it at Aldi instead. And I'm not talking the fancy organic, but just the plain old cheap variety. Had I bought it at a farmers market, which is probably a better comparison as far as flavor and nutrition, the number would be much higher. And you can't beat the freshness of eating it straight out of the garden! This number also doesn't include the meals we were able to turn that produce into by canning, freezing, or dehydrating.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moreover, that's money we didn't spend on groceries because<i> we planted things we like to eat</i>. Well, certain children would disagree about that statement, but on the whole we were able to eat fresh from our garden instead of buying that same produce from the store. Some things are experimental or just for fun, but having gardened a few years now we have a better sense for what grows well and what we like. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The other side of that coin is that <i>we ate the things we planted</i>. A meal for six of something like Ratatuille (or rat-patootie as some people say) becomes very inexpensive if the only thing you had to buy was a pound of sausage. We can make a "salad bar" meal, round it out with a loaf of bread, and again have very little that was purchased. My goal last year was canning enough salsa to last the whole year, and to use it as a substitute for those sad winter grocery store tomatoes in our tacos and such. We haven't had to buy dill, thyme, green onions, cilantro, etc. for a year because I ran them through our <a href="<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/NESCO-FD-75A-Snackmaster-Food-Dehydrator/dp/B0090WOCN0/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1MOWD4FRL0D8T&amp;keywords=dehydrator%252Bnesco&amp;qid=1686014019&amp;sprefix=dehydrator%252Bnesco%252Caps%252C172&amp;sr=8-3&amp;ufe=app_do%253Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc&amp;th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=7fc19d91daabeea51ec55df684ae78c6&camp=1789&creative=9325">Dehydrator</a>" target="_blank">dehydrator</a> when they were plentiful last summer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFHee8bcinw1fZIOzl046dZVkTxVm6TSyFxe2FQcb_k57kLxVc5GBdG3T4gD8l5EGN-4RAdWMi2IPU9Em0jvHbvyIrOJ13W8ATo-XGtorJI-bAfYeQpLEtLyua9mafWycMVHPUhHEZKlX7rDHqdaWf9-ZkRD-zIG6kUTzmjIBRcSIa5sj9nUTbGyF/s649/IMG_20190812_173523022.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="649" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFHee8bcinw1fZIOzl046dZVkTxVm6TSyFxe2FQcb_k57kLxVc5GBdG3T4gD8l5EGN-4RAdWMi2IPU9Em0jvHbvyIrOJ13W8ATo-XGtorJI-bAfYeQpLEtLyua9mafWycMVHPUhHEZKlX7rDHqdaWf9-ZkRD-zIG6kUTzmjIBRcSIa5sj9nUTbGyF/w400-h300/IMG_20190812_173523022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another reason gardening saves us money is because we have been able to make it pay for itself. More on that in another post hopefully, but by selling seedlings and divided perennials we have been able to offset the cost of our seeds and garden supplies. Thus everything coming out of the garden is essentially "free". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Making the garden pay for itself isn't something we would have to do - it's more like a fun challenge. Most hobbies don't pay for themselves and the truth is we just like gardening. And eating tomatoes off the vine. And watching things grow. And the sense of satisfaction. And the sunshine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Would we garden even if it didn't save us money? Yes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But is it amazing that doing something which brings us so much joy and satisfaction also provides us with hundreds of dollars worth of deliciousness? Absolutely.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope that you might be inspired to try it yourself...even if it is just for the satisfaction and the sunshine :)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-34888794071675599482022-04-10T00:52:00.005-07:002023-07-10T18:46:38.758-07:00Orange Marmalade<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently I made my first orange marmalade. Did it come out as beautiful as a store bought one? No. But it tastes good and the kids said they actually like it better (usually it is only my husband that eats the marmalade). Perhaps it is my eagerness for spring...the desire to get food on the shelf...the leftover lemons needing to be used... the lack of other food to preserve... or probably some combination of all these that prompted the marmalade making.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, mid-canning my husband brought up a point: "Does this actually save us money since you had to buy the oranges?". It's a valid question. One that I didn't know the answer to. So I did some math and ta-da...the answer is "maybe".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It turns out that the standard store bought marmalade is $0.14/oz.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For this batch I used oranges (I did Cara Cara because I thought the color and flavor would be better), lemons, sugar, and Sure Jell. I started off with a no added pectin recipe but chickened out and added the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sure-Jell-Sugar-Pectin-1-75/dp/B07PGWQD52/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1U0WDW7K41365&amp;keywords=sure+gel&amp;qid=1686554226&amp;sprefix=sure+gel%252Caps%252C73&amp;sr=8-6&_encoding=UTF8&tag=abric-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=cd23e8f3f01cef495b0813b855f263b2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Sure Jell</a>" target="_blank">Sure Jell </a>at the last minute. Had I purchased all these ingredients the marmalade would have been $0.13/oz, so essentially the same price.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this instance I didn't purchase most of the ingredients specifically for this recipe. The lemons were left over from something my daughter made and I had the sugar and SureJell on hand already. Therefore, the only thing I bought just for this recipe was the oranges, making my cost $0.06/oz.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfTbUfArAoTfv9HUvUu96QjkhZIdZusNGxXX2QJtscziRPWdu1ZHKpBN2pxnlLew8kStzfHHuxYQbh0ZE-kvLvczmvSF9WBfZhbOfh4eKQgWJ5LCxKydFHgDg0izjrgX08BfvBVh8NJPXqI0bTUHrB35Wy7Sz3tiNVtQiJP7Qu68wEhJVuOfMv52J/s4160/IMG_20220406_080327688.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Home canned orange marmalade in mason jars" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfTbUfArAoTfv9HUvUu96QjkhZIdZusNGxXX2QJtscziRPWdu1ZHKpBN2pxnlLew8kStzfHHuxYQbh0ZE-kvLvczmvSF9WBfZhbOfh4eKQgWJ5LCxKydFHgDg0izjrgX08BfvBVh8NJPXqI0bTUHrB35Wy7Sz3tiNVtQiJP7Qu68wEhJVuOfMv52J/w400-h300/IMG_20220406_080327688.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So did canning the marmalade save me money? Just a little bit. But I also got to try a new recipe, the kids found out they liked it after all, and I get the satisfaction of those beautiful jars on the shelf... all told a win-win :)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy canning! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sarah</span></div><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-16765345068235753582021-05-09T12:13:00.003-07:002023-07-10T18:47:08.825-07:00Chicks: Week 2 to 3<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Week 2 - Chicks are still fluffy but starting to really get their wing feathers in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlCHK99urXY6tGHD_tXAHU5usOSef3L1gHUspUIomDjKznzR_0wO99m_UO-_w_0IVG0JZSPfwvvhYxaKVInetvcUWcrHsIvwb4j2HeAw2Z1L76Pa68kUONJL7D-z2aJyiMYGb3vFo3GE/s4160/IMG_20210501_162436319_HDR.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlCHK99urXY6tGHD_tXAHU5usOSef3L1gHUspUIomDjKznzR_0wO99m_UO-_w_0IVG0JZSPfwvvhYxaKVInetvcUWcrHsIvwb4j2HeAw2Z1L76Pa68kUONJL7D-z2aJyiMYGb3vFo3GE/w300-h400/IMG_20210501_162436319_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cFC6ehQVGQFhrSgmq-cQ0Tq-Yt-YfWrqqTlU0nMGr95L2pdFLES9zDAQKkalDNq_s-E0fVzT8YglvFHz_3OtijCXDzfsQQ5dt9Vw5noFD6jTjzsgRjjpbwTpAnq4ym4m113yQkexdTg/s4160/IMG_20210501_162457634.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cFC6ehQVGQFhrSgmq-cQ0Tq-Yt-YfWrqqTlU0nMGr95L2pdFLES9zDAQKkalDNq_s-E0fVzT8YglvFHz_3OtijCXDzfsQQ5dt9Vw5noFD6jTjzsgRjjpbwTpAnq4ym4m113yQkexdTg/w300-h400/IMG_20210501_162457634.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVvZMOdvCbUXNGSVeTTwOONgKhwDuB-OF-HkaGqapyDAjZzf25LWAXHWWRJpTFeiGs0ZVBdvta_OvZz2U40tiBYGTo988HZ7jQG0EHf1OQMLVqiectDmWX4e3F6X2hQ-LJZAD52Q4DL0/s4160/IMG_20210501_162506015.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVvZMOdvCbUXNGSVeTTwOONgKhwDuB-OF-HkaGqapyDAjZzf25LWAXHWWRJpTFeiGs0ZVBdvta_OvZz2U40tiBYGTo988HZ7jQG0EHf1OQMLVqiectDmWX4e3F6X2hQ-LJZAD52Q4DL0/w300-h400/IMG_20210501_162506015.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Week 3: They're getting huge! Entering that awkward teenager phase...and eating like it too :)</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLkcS5SmAcB4sWpx5uIsPWRFqVhn0dUBImQbOlq2CO9uyzXokkGjAkVH4F5K9eLMnJmCNXFDEKqZRqIYHs1hnm7puu97v1YZILhMrBshZrmJQdrvPpQYHxbqWCq1hFpFPu2xzns4Vpe8/s4160/IMG_20210508_163504445_BURST001.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLkcS5SmAcB4sWpx5uIsPWRFqVhn0dUBImQbOlq2CO9uyzXokkGjAkVH4F5K9eLMnJmCNXFDEKqZRqIYHs1hnm7puu97v1YZILhMrBshZrmJQdrvPpQYHxbqWCq1hFpFPu2xzns4Vpe8/w300-h400/IMG_20210508_163504445_BURST001.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPotQxDHzmv1YQgD8_aZQAy516S3Z92PiwPa7fEjR4Wft08y8Mfd6ekALBAYFMT7zW49LhHhc1VFuB1T5EmU-Of0uZE3KigCId-feOQzxK-5_VkcCjSxoRcRIlmRTzUQYHe7KCE353V0/s4160/IMG_20210508_163501739.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPotQxDHzmv1YQgD8_aZQAy516S3Z92PiwPa7fEjR4Wft08y8Mfd6ekALBAYFMT7zW49LhHhc1VFuB1T5EmU-Of0uZE3KigCId-feOQzxK-5_VkcCjSxoRcRIlmRTzUQYHe7KCE353V0/w300-h400/IMG_20210508_163501739.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvm4b6J7kfKss_VYFbfz9QgMXvv5J125VTmyuIPPwhME662nD-EA7y8wrFoUpOTUQurVbypgpdkq5IiYC_aJoOQxYVnu-goMvQDax5OxoXglxZgQ7bHxzDfxDOC5D2puHQYNXJlxv21Y/s4160/IMG_20210508_163457804.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvm4b6J7kfKss_VYFbfz9QgMXvv5J125VTmyuIPPwhME662nD-EA7y8wrFoUpOTUQurVbypgpdkq5IiYC_aJoOQxYVnu-goMvQDax5OxoXglxZgQ7bHxzDfxDOC5D2puHQYNXJlxv21Y/w300-h400/IMG_20210508_163457804.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7emdubz_v6nMO-lzys-CT0mIUKmpwVogDw0pfVuuO0lAO1S_hdapwFZypMekYEvUaBCOSEDxlriJTomTU_nEqWaZUwv1s0VYAopfwfnQPz3uUOyfzMLnf6WLBClzn9g27J6um0IYNt84/s4160/IMG_20210508_163436768.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7emdubz_v6nMO-lzys-CT0mIUKmpwVogDw0pfVuuO0lAO1S_hdapwFZypMekYEvUaBCOSEDxlriJTomTU_nEqWaZUwv1s0VYAopfwfnQPz3uUOyfzMLnf6WLBClzn9g27J6um0IYNt84/w400-h300/IMG_20210508_163436768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUN41zZrvB8v9CuNcIQ0RzexxmhoHQEOXIwz9iY-PKKI6pRaL51n67nrhciP96YyvYre9IQxI-ygMhfWPe0oXwwcOGCrbFEB-uSnxJ47X871XJNPWEdlx-Xqlg-5cL_XaY1L9DuUtt1Q/s4160/IMG_20210508_163430130.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUN41zZrvB8v9CuNcIQ0RzexxmhoHQEOXIwz9iY-PKKI6pRaL51n67nrhciP96YyvYre9IQxI-ygMhfWPe0oXwwcOGCrbFEB-uSnxJ47X871XJNPWEdlx-Xqlg-5cL_XaY1L9DuUtt1Q/w400-h300/IMG_20210508_163430130.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-34538756105773726162021-05-01T19:41:00.002-07:002023-07-10T18:48:48.020-07:00Introducing.... <p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The chicks have been named!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone had a chick that they liked best... and thankfully they were all different ones so there wasn't any arguing. Mom retained veto power, but it wasn't needed in the end. Hoping most of them are hens...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blackberry </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is our "E"...one of the later hatches and still has the most fluff. She seamed to struggle for a couple days but has perked up. I'm curious to see how the coloring on this one comes out. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEoVPWb1HsCiLl9wt85-RDkqW-Poyn4sqxybP_-qQpWkMv1afS0wavl2h898a00IUaBYf1_qQL_jdD9rvAExKIZuX65XJguQzZavs9ClpblvcxeAZ5p_ymdZQ4PUX8lrqj1BUjGaale4/s4160/IMG_20210430_144128702.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEoVPWb1HsCiLl9wt85-RDkqW-Poyn4sqxybP_-qQpWkMv1afS0wavl2h898a00IUaBYf1_qQL_jdD9rvAExKIZuX65XJguQzZavs9ClpblvcxeAZ5p_ymdZQ4PUX8lrqj1BUjGaale4/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_144128702.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzSt7AkWlBHVmIjPphywVomNZEFVtahKzaP7wTF8552XCXw7q6sKjHg7afIFZf4G6ns8mrtEL3-xm_7lxvxKA3GyijygcVwbx94i1tC3zMplQDAY80jG0ycn8CjDbp0PCpYWgRwelT4/s4160/IMG_20210430_144104527.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRzSt7AkWlBHVmIjPphywVomNZEFVtahKzaP7wTF8552XCXw7q6sKjHg7afIFZf4G6ns8mrtEL3-xm_7lxvxKA3GyijygcVwbx94i1tC3zMplQDAY80jG0ycn8CjDbp0PCpYWgRwelT4/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_144104527.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhib4KMKVnufkYjGeM7Xs1bZqWL2T_HRjWg-QoqS1mV8e76UrxPhNIwTX7GZaFOxZlK-bR9SntlYlLk8MS_RxVKGNQRQIMwhaIA07ZaRzayCg7if-KcglGGIxM6cd7wL5uheRleys-LGKE/s4160/IMG_20210430_144056318.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhib4KMKVnufkYjGeM7Xs1bZqWL2T_HRjWg-QoqS1mV8e76UrxPhNIwTX7GZaFOxZlK-bR9SntlYlLk8MS_RxVKGNQRQIMwhaIA07ZaRzayCg7if-KcglGGIxM6cd7wL5uheRleys-LGKE/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_144056318.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Quiche-ah (Kee-shah)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our little Brahma mix "J". I tried to get her to stand up taller in order to be able to see the feathering on her legs, but she was uncooperative.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQXSrhJMhygsJF3r-QtZhh0_ToWsK_H_U4NaDqaNZneRSB-qcg2VomuGqz7tBnX5h6qD51Nh-LZPUywoipTt-i87kReENYmyHa1IEjBCEp3wnojhfHR9f-ZIF2sL0bx0fJcGwiqkJcDY/s4160/IMG_20210430_143954664.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQXSrhJMhygsJF3r-QtZhh0_ToWsK_H_U4NaDqaNZneRSB-qcg2VomuGqz7tBnX5h6qD51Nh-LZPUywoipTt-i87kReENYmyHa1IEjBCEp3wnojhfHR9f-ZIF2sL0bx0fJcGwiqkJcDY/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143954664.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY56rXgAlEryo232LEIJrn6r02jWXGWjdSMjlajWkrIFi0dXwPcH0TCVXd_zWJctx1Ri2J_NGQXu9b1pWobQYTsihNofXXG5ShtZPGDLrVKEG_fSAOYgD_xUcPFdiBlBNix1SwZ5ZkauE/s4160/IMG_20210430_143912009.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY56rXgAlEryo232LEIJrn6r02jWXGWjdSMjlajWkrIFi0dXwPcH0TCVXd_zWJctx1Ri2J_NGQXu9b1pWobQYTsihNofXXG5ShtZPGDLrVKEG_fSAOYgD_xUcPFdiBlBNix1SwZ5ZkauE/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143912009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Shaharazad</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My personal favorite. Her coloring is so unique, and not knowing what her parentage is it'll be fun to see how she comes out. This was our "R" from the white egg. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEH4-ZqkMROAV1XZtNbSk-X27avRe__AgIYj4Wq6JhD0Fw24jAhbodYEEKu3v6Ma8807bR-i3rbVgSsIILqGfJYjKysSVy3FzEPwvHl1zJVLytK0ZDE9VN4Rau9YnpTjOIL2Nu6VrBf8/s4160/IMG_20210430_143828496.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEH4-ZqkMROAV1XZtNbSk-X27avRe__AgIYj4Wq6JhD0Fw24jAhbodYEEKu3v6Ma8807bR-i3rbVgSsIILqGfJYjKysSVy3FzEPwvHl1zJVLytK0ZDE9VN4Rau9YnpTjOIL2Nu6VrBf8/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143828496.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PpHYlaIXwxJCDccY2zTnJJ_vxo7leUfdr6wy_OXR21Jy40jDrVN7lPpDNaNP01GKQ0hTLHINDria0XWArI03HTgMWiM76UIDegGVHBEOzWGKomqCzR9dMne8cM3sKugJYKnerSmLqtQ/s4160/IMG_20210430_143821582.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: large;">Cherry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the "B"s - an Easter Egger/Rhode Island cross. </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWY95gcyR88_R_XJsaW54tVdf-kmlANXrZjEq5USKgoThTClGTv5eJhPZ0Ps8lgZQ0jVpXCQ5L8dODdPzjHmuwVvAeIZqRhwfjYpC-iAA6l1acHncEfFudwcngG3sl2nGtuerUvCnqhL0/s4160/IMG_20210430_143726341.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWY95gcyR88_R_XJsaW54tVdf-kmlANXrZjEq5USKgoThTClGTv5eJhPZ0Ps8lgZQ0jVpXCQ5L8dODdPzjHmuwVvAeIZqRhwfjYpC-iAA6l1acHncEfFudwcngG3sl2nGtuerUvCnqhL0/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143726341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyuCUEpMdR7-BNosqlQLi8WzHoo7lS52B_TONVMvSH9wQ233wmnYopKZfIsKCBL3LCj7mDRFBZaQjfosp1Cm0Lhc40xlruh_yZpaOxMXU5ImQ-Tu0KNsRhob_AXffIWhIdBBPSA3PbvY/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143716575.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Nugget</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As in Chicken Nugget. Also a "B" - Straight Easter Egger. Voted second most likely to be a rooster... which would be unfortunate because Nugget has such a quirky personality. My husband just walked over to the brooder and said "Hey Nugget, are you a boy?". Nugget didn't answer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp_eeYK2JTDVxcn9zUDFU2RXEYjZWgms5GaHJQ0ZoUPdGpRAbf5aXGtR1xuzcb0cEScp7isxMI2BURqiGlKv3zY03JEh0hR6UUKOjnFyZKSk-Dl1G_mFR-Ol-ykNR1F0LnrxlmqA33IE/s4160/IMG_20210430_143635159.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp_eeYK2JTDVxcn9zUDFU2RXEYjZWgms5GaHJQ0ZoUPdGpRAbf5aXGtR1xuzcb0cEScp7isxMI2BURqiGlKv3zY03JEh0hR6UUKOjnFyZKSk-Dl1G_mFR-Ol-ykNR1F0LnrxlmqA33IE/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143635159.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUYxIlWsYs_6BIjvU1CdAhZuyzHEkyAl07kqKXRXZVNXGz81r5l0VsTLBMTr4j-W7I-35OJCpxA0umohuPWoPFRphOll_Vc8Ps8YOtoH17odQQD_4hokfTHyoDAr8brgJcI912qYCF3c/s4160/IMG_20210430_143627369.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUYxIlWsYs_6BIjvU1CdAhZuyzHEkyAl07kqKXRXZVNXGz81r5l0VsTLBMTr4j-W7I-35OJCpxA0umohuPWoPFRphOll_Vc8Ps8YOtoH17odQQD_4hokfTHyoDAr8brgJcI912qYCF3c/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143627369.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UfFV6M4kUkvSiFRAwWY3_pbvrDcvg-qtEeXYr1ekpixgKunRYFojL13lgxovsG2MiY0t94QZsab3qIQHsysdteJl1DYuNuHalHS_Zod0jFLYZOVUFad-3JDS3Ost7BGg78NgErboWmc/s4160/IMG_20210430_143613954.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UfFV6M4kUkvSiFRAwWY3_pbvrDcvg-qtEeXYr1ekpixgKunRYFojL13lgxovsG2MiY0t94QZsab3qIQHsysdteJl1DYuNuHalHS_Zod0jFLYZOVUFad-3JDS3Ost7BGg78NgErboWmc/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143613954.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bird</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Named by the baby. Voted most likely to be a rooster. Sorry bird. Also a "B" EE/RI cross.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRJ-ZRZAh5mrfhMf9A21daiiJBlAWt3f3ZuxVSoG7PELzx34cNcRRb9uSVObiJHbYUYuZfIGlQMVkgLzlV_nHa_uwx1_O0ue05WDtnIrox6iVCOXhP8B1-LZ6ENJBqOKtQ4qHdJ4SPeY/s4160/IMG_20210430_143538023.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRJ-ZRZAh5mrfhMf9A21daiiJBlAWt3f3ZuxVSoG7PELzx34cNcRRb9uSVObiJHbYUYuZfIGlQMVkgLzlV_nHa_uwx1_O0ue05WDtnIrox6iVCOXhP8B1-LZ6ENJBqOKtQ4qHdJ4SPeY/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143538023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlvuGM8z0obQU8omE8M8zCHGs8sp8gP7FqFN5FCBWZD0UiTRfXBGQn2ddqGdRju_Yq3HlbApk7yeb_fuSivX_ivrdJGN7icsUm-MyigY0fC5hJwQQWQ-QE3Za5yMi_hbsWPbJDAPVvK0/s4160/IMG_20210430_143534207.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlvuGM8z0obQU8omE8M8zCHGs8sp8gP7FqFN5FCBWZD0UiTRfXBGQn2ddqGdRju_Yq3HlbApk7yeb_fuSivX_ivrdJGN7icsUm-MyigY0fC5hJwQQWQ-QE3Za5yMi_hbsWPbJDAPVvK0/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143534207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Freckles</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last but not least.. actually Freckles was the first hatched. A "B" EE/RI cross. She and Bird, being the oldest, are getting the most feathers.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS9tda0nPLPyX_eyOjyKSGdVqgAWGPKnIJuKOzbp7L0Bcb5jTcYe0zIpZnJl-ckAcAfCIQ96xuqGoEcMSBIcJkHDoqIG5bKRAZPp4FWT0okAZ7x6nm1kkEqKDiikfZNRp45zsz-7wW-o/s4160/IMG_20210430_143529818.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="baby chicks hatched at home" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS9tda0nPLPyX_eyOjyKSGdVqgAWGPKnIJuKOzbp7L0Bcb5jTcYe0zIpZnJl-ckAcAfCIQ96xuqGoEcMSBIcJkHDoqIG5bKRAZPp4FWT0okAZ7x6nm1kkEqKDiikfZNRp45zsz-7wW-o/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143529818.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhF-Eh2yl8FoMy-oINC-dgvM-cqnOzKp4JvX8Ys6BYwt7ve1Wr-OYdXbZmyC2XCw58vO_D4SMuIJszAD6PlOYWjzQsRHvUoJgVCdtdaMEwySjFlVgYS7UFfAn3YZB0Z6EUYhc6FWqhCM/s4160/IMG_20210430_143229007.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhF-Eh2yl8FoMy-oINC-dgvM-cqnOzKp4JvX8Ys6BYwt7ve1Wr-OYdXbZmyC2XCw58vO_D4SMuIJszAD6PlOYWjzQsRHvUoJgVCdtdaMEwySjFlVgYS7UFfAn3YZB0Z6EUYhc6FWqhCM/w640-h480/IMG_20210430_143229007.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well there you have it - our small brood of cheeping chicks! π</span></div><br /><p></p></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-28552413934757087152021-04-30T05:00:00.004-07:002023-07-10T18:51:03.040-07:00Tiramisu Cake<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In our house everyone gets to pick what dessert they want for their birthday. This year my daughter picked a tiramisu cake. She had never had tiramisu before, but had seen the picture on Pinterest and thought that it looked good. I was a little apprehensive as to whether she would actually like it as it is a little different than a regular cake or a cheesecake. Actually, when I was assembling it the whole thing struck me rather like a trifle - crusty cookies in between layers of cream, haha!<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuZsrrWQUKs97o69THJjPX10J6LPei4fJn-veSxXi33LirRQmHdBz0L9cu4-qpPGkPiFUG8FVTCaIK8yPTl6yp7TQ6iGDiRcWDENIKgpPN5l1_bTwCFVcELNsFd8NqYuIREp8naWZME8/s4160/IMG_20210222_175547905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tiramisu cake with mascarpone cream" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuZsrrWQUKs97o69THJjPX10J6LPei4fJn-veSxXi33LirRQmHdBz0L9cu4-qpPGkPiFUG8FVTCaIK8yPTl6yp7TQ6iGDiRcWDENIKgpPN5l1_bTwCFVcELNsFd8NqYuIREp8naWZME8/w480-h640/IMG_20210222_175547905.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thankfully it turned out well and she really liked it. Also I really liked it. Possibly too much. But since I don't have a good excuse for an occasion to make it again anytime soon that is probably okay... </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSsu6Aw-xQLnSU-NVqKyIf2-35Qp195fJgrEqnKAL4PqXv8INQViR4xzU8jfZrDGh-KtuP7DvXGUILLl3adFACwSWXpGBkq2PHgnXdZWmNeFA9Np0V4jum7WPUtJDn2KI0V1MbZcW9eg/s4160/IMG_20210221_134938475.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tiramisu layer cake easy recipe" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSsu6Aw-xQLnSU-NVqKyIf2-35Qp195fJgrEqnKAL4PqXv8INQViR4xzU8jfZrDGh-KtuP7DvXGUILLl3adFACwSWXpGBkq2PHgnXdZWmNeFA9Np0V4jum7WPUtJDn2KI0V1MbZcW9eg/w480-h640/IMG_20210221_134938475.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's simple. It's rich. And despite the fact that my piping on the top was an utter failure (which I smoothed out instead)... and the fact that I blobbed the cocoa powder when trying to dust the top... it really came out great. And since no one, except for my daughter, had seen the picture from Pinterest they were none the wiser.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfOmh2rNrcJR3OV8nCEoA640oKS4MMbFfmlZ9aclVSSEFzLok4JAJVsfw-z5ttcfM7BRb2aIPVSNqlkvjruRyS_I7fqNSziOJIrAoh3fcJRgKLMK8NHgj6_k_hxIvS5ZO2QzvScu5PIM/s4160/IMG_20210221_134953619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfOmh2rNrcJR3OV8nCEoA640oKS4MMbFfmlZ9aclVSSEFzLok4JAJVsfw-z5ttcfM7BRb2aIPVSNqlkvjruRyS_I7fqNSziOJIrAoh3fcJRgKLMK8NHgj6_k_hxIvS5ZO2QzvScu5PIM/w480-h640/IMG_20210221_134953619.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tiramisu Cake</span></u></b></h1><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">from <a href="https://valentinascorner.com/easy-tiramisu-cake/#recipe">Valentina's Corner</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 20px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">INGREDIENTS:</span></span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">16</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">oz</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">cream cheese or neufchatel cheese at room temperature </span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">8</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">oz</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">mascarpone cheese at room temperature</span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">1 1/3</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">cups</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">powdered sugar (More if you like it sweeter)</span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Β½</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">tsp </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">vanilla</span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">1</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">cup</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">heavy whipping cream</span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">36</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">ladyfingers</span><br /><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-amount" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">1 1/2</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-unit" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">cup</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span class="wprm-recipe-ingredient-name" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">strong coffee</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">cocoa powder for dusting</span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="wprm-recipe-instructions-container wprm-recipe-307008-instructions-container wprm-block-text-normal" data-recipe="307008" style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: wprm-advanced-list-counter 0; margin-bottom: 30px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 20px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;">iNSTRUCTIONS:</div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and mascarpone until creamy. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">In a separate</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">bowl</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">, beat the heavy cream until medium peaks form. Fold into the cream cheese mixture.</span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Line the sides of an 8-inch springform pan with</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, background 0.3s ease 0s;">parchment paper, then</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> add the springform pan (without the bottom) to your </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s, background 0.3s ease 0s;">cake stand or plate</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">. Honestly, I struggled to get the parchment paper to stay, even using tape, but it did the job just fine.</span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Quickly dip the ladyfingers into the coffee and create an even layer in the pan. Quickly is key - they will get soggy fast. Cover with a layer of the cream cheese mixture. Repeat with the remaining two layers, leaving enough cream to pipe the top for decor. Or just spread evenly. The dusting of cocoa powder compensates for a lot.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Refrigerate the cake at least two hours.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Remove the springform pan from cake and carefully remove the parchment paper. Generously dust the cake with cocoa powder.</span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Enjoy!</span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;"> </span></div><div class="wprm-recipe-instruction-group" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: 1em;">Did your decorating come out better than mine? Show us on Instagram by tagging @abrickhouselife <br /></span></div></div><div class="wprm-recipe-notes-container wprm-block-text-normal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><h3 class="wprm-recipe-header wprm-recipe-notes-header wprm-block-text-bold wprm-align-left wprm-header-decoration-none" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></h3></div></div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-66774399814809136362021-04-27T08:43:00.004-07:002021-04-27T08:43:53.804-07:00Chick Photos (3ish days)<p> They're soooo fluffy! </p><p>Some of them are already becoming adventurous so I decided to opt for the wagon in hopes of containing them slightly. This is probably not going to work come next week π</p><p>These are the seven healthy ones on day 26, so they are between two and four days old here. Some of them are getting their wing feathers.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBtyaNsmWy6P0Nf5wkLgEvzOoxZ6xeRbtat2CJRrMvliuBE49e_fhkpVaqkGgSWiKnrI6MkNTL9_6F2AL9mbJ2U8uAKiTbMhRzFj05c19VCw_VpHV7-cCHJTJxlQztKYk6rtMReN0dyM/s4160/IMG_20210422_164757558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBtyaNsmWy6P0Nf5wkLgEvzOoxZ6xeRbtat2CJRrMvliuBE49e_fhkpVaqkGgSWiKnrI6MkNTL9_6F2AL9mbJ2U8uAKiTbMhRzFj05c19VCw_VpHV7-cCHJTJxlQztKYk6rtMReN0dyM/w400-h300/IMG_20210422_164757558.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMljTNcbGWo0NV8JqQDqrWSWciLvp1evf87yp_zAAX9yYNlXYw7vEcdA3rl1DL8TX9GAx8UQ3-WtAA-f3uiWV8nhEteGjn_Pv-bZfMwHH7YFQvkAOZOZllONK5MQvZO6BXprXz6I8_6Y/s4160/IMG_20210422_164804438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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No activity or sounds noted.</p><p>Day 19 - </p><p>Maybe a few wiggles. No sounds yet.</p><p>Day 20 - </p><p>Maybe a few wiggles. Still no sounds yet. Why aren't they cheeping?!</p><p>Day 21 - </p><p>Hatch day! Still no cheeping and no signs of pipping. I'm dying over here. </p><p>Day 22 -</p><p>I came home in the morning from a long and difficult night at work expecting an incubator full of hatching chicks. And I found... nothing. No pipping. No chirping. I may or may not have shed a few tears and lamented to my husband "They're probably all dead!", to which he calmly replied "Why would they all be dead?". "I don't know", I said "But it happened to that person on YouTube". He listened to my woes and then pointed out that some of them were still moving, so all hope was probably not lost.</p><p>Around eight when the kids got up we heard it - the first cheep! There was much rejoicing and fears allayed. Then T spotted the fist pip (barely visible above the B):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WHPCcVnWApiw1NjELHmowQppjaiIZ6SXwPAQSTBiZKHb31yhtEOrkaENk-PEiXWats_2a0DvECS94soLw8tuMaUQBr_Lg4VcMINc00wOCo3TwcdOEI_9TTCsO9ldfEyFTXg-F0xnBX8/s4160/IMG_20210418_083251154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WHPCcVnWApiw1NjELHmowQppjaiIZ6SXwPAQSTBiZKHb31yhtEOrkaENk-PEiXWats_2a0DvECS94soLw8tuMaUQBr_Lg4VcMINc00wOCo3TwcdOEI_9TTCsO9ldfEyFTXg-F0xnBX8/w300-h400/IMG_20210418_083251154.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By around 2pm it had done this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KNtt78eBuxBg3jfkWv3lT_zhsd0wjqFj5RFTykhOpgK6wYHIrPBn84MGGSuWdHJ1hhogbpHAiWyBerxvENu-gBSTX9l7TzPiFoROw0i1WQUCGTK-a5V88sz_aRZliQrFaMKrg2Q1eRQ/s4160/IMG_20210418_143252270.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KNtt78eBuxBg3jfkWv3lT_zhsd0wjqFj5RFTykhOpgK6wYHIrPBn84MGGSuWdHJ1hhogbpHAiWyBerxvENu-gBSTX9l7TzPiFoROw0i1WQUCGTK-a5V88sz_aRZliQrFaMKrg2Q1eRQ/w400-h300/IMG_20210418_143252270.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By 5pm it had done this:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUjQPEYagoGCFX7IkX5c9xb-D7aA4CEi1Tcp7w8gbCqFLuhi53KhGIWR4xyFeGf8NE-RahSRPN3hvEXjGfMmA_qGmwOuCO9QndAv68u1LF7W2sUrhBp8ddGxh8tceKTVFfDZ3bPUzM1M/s4160/IMG_20210418_170234513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUjQPEYagoGCFX7IkX5c9xb-D7aA4CEi1Tcp7w8gbCqFLuhi53KhGIWR4xyFeGf8NE-RahSRPN3hvEXjGfMmA_qGmwOuCO9QndAv68u1LF7W2sUrhBp8ddGxh8tceKTVFfDZ3bPUzM1M/w300-h400/IMG_20210418_170234513.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And within the next half hour it was out!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVg9NTBH68ZLv3NXvXozRjNc8RPEeOovjPXNBJvsh-fY1nMk1lMebPJ_bx9q0Gw4OaCuUlBR7s_wmH_HGgi_QusGXC5FdspYif9XmycVb7bpwBv0bdsx9Co2lkhu-3WwcZwEfRDxEZhNo/s4160/IMG_20210418_171507040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVg9NTBH68ZLv3NXvXozRjNc8RPEeOovjPXNBJvsh-fY1nMk1lMebPJ_bx9q0Gw4OaCuUlBR7s_wmH_HGgi_QusGXC5FdspYif9XmycVb7bpwBv0bdsx9Co2lkhu-3WwcZwEfRDxEZhNo/w400-h300/IMG_20210418_171507040.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymotKPmdzMMzbtMjWyfO_zWFPylJKVxyIBpKq0GPyUbvb4d_aLao-oKPo-v2Dxc7WLJTlpopB7vRydkuPH1AeShZDyKodm8nBkvUy7WaRpOzPsKseF59QB-W21G7Doth6ixoEclzPOB8/w300-h400/IMG_20210418_214539925.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another hatched overnight, so total for day 22: Two "B"s (Both Rhode Island/Easter Egger crosses). Not what I was expecting, but better than nothing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Day 23: No other signs of hatching, so we took the first two out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVBxzxibQUFpy-eTv2OH5jP3KfX4Gz-oCd-nyVGt0Uutjf09mHEkGWkxdSzrLjg0xGZNDPG81fLxGVfBUBm37Zi72IFALeQc2AheDRlqRwcVM7_zlYgtXvqPrshKlNRseL3YKq2lf7F8/s4160/IMG_20210419_080544296_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVBxzxibQUFpy-eTv2OH5jP3KfX4Gz-oCd-nyVGt0Uutjf09mHEkGWkxdSzrLjg0xGZNDPG81fLxGVfBUBm37Zi72IFALeQc2AheDRlqRwcVM7_zlYgtXvqPrshKlNRseL3YKq2lf7F8/w400-h300/IMG_20210419_080544296_BURST000_COVER_TOP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As the day went on we heard cheeping from inside eggs, which was encouraging. Several more pips as the day continued and finally around dinner time #3 popped out - an "E"! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprnt0cDACpIllqq7gxfXygyj75jPAfQbSp8EryWEoYcKGoVKAzCMHLNLb6lBDv7z3rCKt9-0Tb2NQ_n4l2cjjzHF9yGpQarjzgwBw-Xa-uZs4yjQJqjFXVNeUrknrWiVVB6lSaqTesms/s4160/IMG_20210419_213202064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprnt0cDACpIllqq7gxfXygyj75jPAfQbSp8EryWEoYcKGoVKAzCMHLNLb6lBDv7z3rCKt9-0Tb2NQ_n4l2cjjzHF9yGpQarjzgwBw-Xa-uZs4yjQJqjFXVNeUrknrWiVVB6lSaqTesms/w400-h300/IMG_20210419_213202064.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With all those pips I again expected a bunch of chicks in the morning, but only #4 had made an appearance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUD_Rnpr2Nkt9MxE1XfGpIa0SyVIQZfv6cNNZ79wmgD7BuQo_UN8znqbzeZvJKldGjm2qElQRIcVRRQqzwYk_Bc7LP3KWFTY5YPEEg7Pd3IWoOfqsqVWNKFgXJuERQfro6eaJpMoWVEo/s4160/IMG_20210420_101533225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUD_Rnpr2Nkt9MxE1XfGpIa0SyVIQZfv6cNNZ79wmgD7BuQo_UN8znqbzeZvJKldGjm2qElQRIcVRRQqzwYk_Bc7LP3KWFTY5YPEEg7Pd3IWoOfqsqVWNKFgXJuERQfro6eaJpMoWVEo/w300-h400/IMG_20210420_101533225.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Total for day 23: One "E" and one "B"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cumulative total: 4 chicks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Day 24: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our best hatching day so far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDVoNQEpfpNlj21wIAubxLM98Ha-ukZ2Eyyil31LGlHmHjuwkHqjv5puIPAvSdPspwYenBEiU8RCREcCONbXLbE48ozXyEz_aAPaDxm1TPli6t-pG0GeMQSFAMol1tnYBhcqqy4H-Xwo/s4160/IMG_20210420_160809767.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDVoNQEpfpNlj21wIAubxLM98Ha-ukZ2Eyyil31LGlHmHjuwkHqjv5puIPAvSdPspwYenBEiU8RCREcCONbXLbE48ozXyEz_aAPaDxm1TPli6t-pG0GeMQSFAMol1tnYBhcqqy4H-Xwo/w300-h400/IMG_20210420_160809767.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNF0SDv90mRClmo5r16wXjqzYBqIgSL9ZdbGV77047fhWgVv4t8MkEEcUIWPL6Z9YWsvZABZ7nJDT4_VF_QAg4wt9MGFPsDhMW-A_NFGxXf7qETebOd7v6FaO0b7ydOsLs-G_8lndRPCs/s4160/IMG_20210420_160606632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNF0SDv90mRClmo5r16wXjqzYBqIgSL9ZdbGV77047fhWgVv4t8MkEEcUIWPL6Z9YWsvZABZ7nJDT4_VF_QAg4wt9MGFPsDhMW-A_NFGxXf7qETebOd7v6FaO0b7ydOsLs-G_8lndRPCs/w300-h400/IMG_20210420_160606632.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two "J"s - Brahmas with feathered feet</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yYVvMHfPJhox6nD-GLt1J8qrX-aUgQGqQ_qA-qifz2vn5A7RsvGU4gId7gxQrt3djrvOFFq5MFMct4nwI8KrvjFF8xRqUTHEkBi2tGJN4t1hIB6C5FlLtgv8Njcerz1zVqnvNEuFLSs/s4160/IMG_20210420_132147153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yYVvMHfPJhox6nD-GLt1J8qrX-aUgQGqQ_qA-qifz2vn5A7RsvGU4gId7gxQrt3djrvOFFq5MFMct4nwI8KrvjFF8xRqUTHEkBi2tGJN4t1hIB6C5FlLtgv8Njcerz1zVqnvNEuFLSs/w300-h400/IMG_20210420_132147153.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One "B" - an Easter Egger (the dark one above)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBsfhjxbHB5rRnjZCcJW1EAw1bcm7lhh6ULbIAbLurOrYCg3SYZ9GXDlwnreQkXH_TKxHpgpgqEtoJQYVbdLKBhoHaOTAEFsuXKSTcsP3eVdpgELX-P4txfJlhxfUzrYnhuOpD2mQl3c/s4160/IMG_20210420_173241200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBsfhjxbHB5rRnjZCcJW1EAw1bcm7lhh6ULbIAbLurOrYCg3SYZ9GXDlwnreQkXH_TKxHpgpgqEtoJQYVbdLKBhoHaOTAEFsuXKSTcsP3eVdpgELX-P4txfJlhxfUzrYnhuOpD2mQl3c/w300-h400/IMG_20210420_173241200.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The white "R"! I was naively expecting a pure yellow chick (was thinking leghorn) and was shocked that it was so dark.</div><div><br /></div>Total for day 24: 2 "J"s, 1 "B", 1 "R"<div>Cumulative total: 8 chicks</div><div><br /></div><div>Day 25: </div><div> One "E"... I don't think I took a picture of it.</div><div>Cumulative total: 9 chicks</div><div><br /></div><div>Day 26: </div><div> One "J" that really struggled from the outset.</div><div>Cumulative total: 10 chicks</div><div><br /></div><div>Day 27:</div><div> At almost a week overdue we hadn't seen any new pips in days. One of the chicks that had pipped through on day 23 or 24 and never made it past that point. The odor was quite putrid. I float tested the eggs and didn't find any signs of life, so I decided to call it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sooo... we started with 27 eggs pre-lockdown. With 10 hatching that puts our hatch rate at 37%. Worse than I was expecting, but at least we got some! Unfortunately three of the chicks didn't make it, so we currently have 7 happy chicky chicks in the brooder. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time will tell how many are hens... π€</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjVgu0aB_hGKudiCGdZ-D6yR89d2-NLhFXYQohkm5u5xUHofbKA479Jp3oJDJsJcrwqDAlEEOwEnPp6QmWegytqb4f8dae5_GFc5NX0aecDkHL0rY7x60MxTTxIp22ScviZd75d7rjOw/s4160/IMG_20210422_075420591_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjVgu0aB_hGKudiCGdZ-D6yR89d2-NLhFXYQohkm5u5xUHofbKA479Jp3oJDJsJcrwqDAlEEOwEnPp6QmWegytqb4f8dae5_GFc5NX0aecDkHL0rY7x60MxTTxIp22ScviZd75d7rjOw/w300-h400/IMG_20210422_075420591_HDR.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-39879393264312955442021-04-15T09:02:00.000-07:002021-04-15T09:02:40.970-07:00Incubator Progress - Week 3 (Candling pictures)<p> We're getting SO close!</p><p>These pictures are of the other white egg "R", after the loss of the first white egg. I did enhance the brightness with most of these because it was becoming more difficult to see since the chick is taking up more room.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzqkC8vNuA-YrFSsyruz1m8sDpyNwXDBtzRalqEv3xxPxg5xVLdEkIhT4j4JFOdCBvfIeYrKV0WMzW5AZg1QKQ8QAuGEZDeHGHQJSbRGkgfZFX5yDEHQMBV4bhiW8Bma6MdNmeSmntoY/s4160/IMG_20210411_145157219%257E3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzqkC8vNuA-YrFSsyruz1m8sDpyNwXDBtzRalqEv3xxPxg5xVLdEkIhT4j4JFOdCBvfIeYrKV0WMzW5AZg1QKQ8QAuGEZDeHGHQJSbRGkgfZFX5yDEHQMBV4bhiW8Bma6MdNmeSmntoY/w300-h400/IMG_20210411_145157219%257E3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 15 </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzKtI8Jk6m5G2VCxgbsu8SLaqaCH3MbU47UPhQArQWpR1KpPRAikYitNFkROaIixxc4Cw8GnnKkoPJogL7lPEpmqHD-SrkguPFz3t8_kKYysDooVrrv6FvIVqnStp8cwiVeMe1imQh4c/s4160/IMG_20210412_170241620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Day 16 </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVuyNyQTH43vSl4UkHNNYRW92RCXCMykjdtp85ULFTuasR-92kp1BWYtJ1udI_CovRXEN_BWjeFBfkVR5a9jzslyhWnOGtNjhwnVcXFnEzmHhQDusCk5bmKH2oRij8m3JZHi58kBpXuY/s4160/IMG_20210413_205230370%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVuyNyQTH43vSl4UkHNNYRW92RCXCMykjdtp85ULFTuasR-92kp1BWYtJ1udI_CovRXEN_BWjeFBfkVR5a9jzslyhWnOGtNjhwnVcXFnEzmHhQDusCk5bmKH2oRij8m3JZHi58kBpXuY/s320/IMG_20210413_205230370%257E2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Day 17</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see how little room is left in there now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_qEYJtkKF7zwWzxViC6ZbH3fi-jO-_yGbMMFORAbvMiTkYyChbbgAxmfjOllSGUiOkGMUepc8YwumlMxPkA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The darkness makes it difficult to see, but if you look closely you can see that it's moving. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWmYiTdtBfPqJHKe54zLau3RoOgoizDWfFp6sNiNlgTj3pCMVuR1oripLwcokqrSbyvj7chPzOOBnlXm7tIVQH0qTBvQzOsy1pM5iWFNx8-6pW_Gs1iVhSjG2zi0kgaQjcRtBH_S3tGU/s4160/IMG_20210414_144930015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWmYiTdtBfPqJHKe54zLau3RoOgoizDWfFp6sNiNlgTj3pCMVuR1oripLwcokqrSbyvj7chPzOOBnlXm7tIVQH0qTBvQzOsy1pM5iWFNx8-6pW_Gs1iVhSjG2zi0kgaQjcRtBH_S3tGU/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_144930015.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 18 ("B")</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0F5-buAB2AyZB398w9DCrS6BdaroHzPPqXfi3IFgL63f7HRhuetvIc4QtoRlHBFJeahosSwfmHbDcC2UETpsRBeoUGb0pUSC_JfsYvd-ZbWx3gLNpHE2Bi_VM8x-QAejW76YEhpXmGU/s4160/IMG_20210414_150554156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0F5-buAB2AyZB398w9DCrS6BdaroHzPPqXfi3IFgL63f7HRhuetvIc4QtoRlHBFJeahosSwfmHbDcC2UETpsRBeoUGb0pUSC_JfsYvd-ZbWx3gLNpHE2Bi_VM8x-QAejW76YEhpXmGU/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_150554156.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 18 ("E")</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We are now in lockdown mode (Don't worry, it's only two weeks. I mean two months. I mean a year. I mean... I digress. It's only about three days). I'm nervous that none of them will hatch and yes, I'm compulsively checking the humidity, etc at this point. Good thing I'm working these next couple days so I'll have a distraction, haha!</p><p>Here is where we're at pre-lockdown:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLDmv17oQ5ixQ9FWtWYCtR6mK77nW4aUItOgcIi7Rhp5kQZeJJ-GL7Uzb7CQ6p7meGGeJdrK7o43mT1JjZ1FoQ1bmVm8qD6pSMOuRsFNY1mWHDhM3IO-lPL5stt-1n63aD7eB0WUKbEE/s4160/IMG_20210414_215617206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLDmv17oQ5ixQ9FWtWYCtR6mK77nW4aUItOgcIi7Rhp5kQZeJJ-GL7Uzb7CQ6p7meGGeJdrK7o43mT1JjZ1FoQ1bmVm8qD6pSMOuRsFNY1mWHDhM3IO-lPL5stt-1n63aD7eB0WUKbEE/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_215617206.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">"B" - 12 </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PT__xi8_ItTWK04OFzHZvlteD0Jh3QZhns9upTNLUMCQR0N5AJ0hmZQoUe3heyL5U2_TgKDTOX79Wfxmsy6NtElRKd2NDSy3U2PhRSrX7If0hdgR8oOh-HlLQGf3QXUU9t8leBYYtBM/s4160/IMG_20210414_215631427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PT__xi8_ItTWK04OFzHZvlteD0Jh3QZhns9upTNLUMCQR0N5AJ0hmZQoUe3heyL5U2_TgKDTOX79Wfxmsy6NtElRKd2NDSy3U2PhRSrX7If0hdgR8oOh-HlLQGf3QXUU9t8leBYYtBM/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_215631427.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">"E" - 5</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5fYR7ePM7k47jEXqZzJUEvrS2qblCIin7bSDGHqZqDa7AiSZlLCSSPOkvqHIXDAaQ70105P_4qEAbjBQUHh8RieNoFTvFEDwj_uuuRYxyxdX3EEuSHpmjuDqt0VpQw9Y21vGTIeuUOQ/s4160/IMG_20210414_215625996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5fYR7ePM7k47jEXqZzJUEvrS2qblCIin7bSDGHqZqDa7AiSZlLCSSPOkvqHIXDAaQ70105P_4qEAbjBQUHh8RieNoFTvFEDwj_uuuRYxyxdX3EEuSHpmjuDqt0VpQw9Y21vGTIeuUOQ/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_215625996.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"R" - 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg2E0zZfK4k-aTvlfwyB3F4ACRjaMuUI9qIxiMF-NCed6yYue-zkb-nau4tORKuCkxAUOf2ewSVXhbl1Nn-FK_ESeWNmcbtxWQAG6kQP2QLtDrXt1n-0bo94SANJ1wgswAClAVM0Y8mo/s4160/IMG_20210414_215609366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbg2E0zZfK4k-aTvlfwyB3F4ACRjaMuUI9qIxiMF-NCed6yYue-zkb-nau4tORKuCkxAUOf2ewSVXhbl1Nn-FK_ESeWNmcbtxWQAG6kQP2QLtDrXt1n-0bo94SANJ1wgswAClAVM0Y8mo/w300-h400/IMG_20210414_215609366.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">"J" - 7</p><p><br /></p><p>The boys are both betting on the white egg "R", while K is betting on a blue "B". I'm betting on an "E" because... why not?</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-18758330683692175892021-04-11T14:11:00.001-07:002021-04-11T14:11:39.568-07:00Incubator Progress - Week 2 (Candling)<p>Week two!</p><p>Again, these are of the same white egg ("R") as last week, unless otherwise noted.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwjwgpONmkj0ENWpUNPu6F1hTTG9ayzViwe6c4Zt6K_QzqYA8cA29KIKuisZ4nAiI9TSHQuJYGHYRFVaZq0dFkWUzryty7IDiOR8XFQpWqOyL2YMsLU21d8K_6jn2tM5n_5DwLQMhuvE/s4160/IMG_20210405_162156193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwjwgpONmkj0ENWpUNPu6F1hTTG9ayzViwe6c4Zt6K_QzqYA8cA29KIKuisZ4nAiI9TSHQuJYGHYRFVaZq0dFkWUzryty7IDiOR8XFQpWqOyL2YMsLU21d8K_6jn2tM5n_5DwLQMhuvE/w400-h300/IMG_20210405_162156193.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 9</div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRl7WfLO7WJd43ALTlTi_lZ1JFBqUcjYwfra2hbVRCSPW9yiZ7qsrOOYWTgU51YNpdHVLayIOP3usoZNkf461znkf6npMcJXetm-lTDxIX_QRgp76wWGQYlIDcwHDvxY49sKTJAohPzA/s4160/IMG_20210406_153539630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRl7WfLO7WJd43ALTlTi_lZ1JFBqUcjYwfra2hbVRCSPW9yiZ7qsrOOYWTgU51YNpdHVLayIOP3usoZNkf461znkf6npMcJXetm-lTDxIX_QRgp76wWGQYlIDcwHDvxY49sKTJAohPzA/w400-h300/IMG_20210406_153539630.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpRFuSEs1Amx1RKh6muPSfWnYGJUKAQqy20o2TlP1IkcLwMzbpVzgFA8D3cf1i_AFNxDavWo3F0aWipiGgG8RlF_8c7jhRAKhql5_XIUy0eFABCFMm4yDSGfpZ2gs1fdLD559RIADsLU/s4160/IMG_20210406_153651588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Day 11 ("E" I think...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPb7SxTYXQj4pGctfKD36ZsHLlHS_6g43l31UqS8uqw_XhWbN0HAGXc70ILW2giiVbrBWyJi2Et2QnQLYk5Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Video K took of a chick moving inside - day 11</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJ9o93LLRmo4AQVOKRGu7AJITj-PNdG94FQD78euRIRjNz8FhXb2SBexjntEtidSi-4Yl54XZi0EYZlnFd5F5YNKp2xA19EJOGJXWoSxMCA6_WNa5ZQKlLrEghpRoW5LBJz5kZsnFSrQ/s4160/IMG_20210408_151325921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Also Day 12</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 13 -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me (biting lip with sheepish look): "I really want to look at the eggs.."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Husband: "Don't look at the eggs"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I might be a little obsessed π</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>Here is a post by someone else with more clear pictures:</p><p><a href="https://www.poultryproducer.com/back-yard-poultry/development-of-a-chicken-embryo-day-by-day/">https://www.poultryproducer.com/back-yard-poultry/development-of-a-chicken-embryo-day-by-day/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This week I did more research about candling eggs. I learned that you are supposed to candle them BEFORE incubating to check for cracks (Ooops... rookie mistake) because they can apparently explode - yikes. And Eww. So I candled all the eggs and took out those that weren't alive. With a little more knowledge I'm second guessing my thought that they were all growing in the first place. Now that they're dancing around in there it's a lot easier to be sure. A few of the shells are so thick or dark that the jury's still out on them. I'm hesitant to pronounce any of them too soon.</p><p>Alas, our little white egg "R" appeared to not be changing for several days, especially compared to his mates. I left it in just in case, but by day 14 it was definitely gone π’ </p><p>When we took out the bad eggs my daughter (the one that is always freaked out by weird science facts) not only suggested cracking one but wanted to crack it herself and then proceeded to take pictures of the embryo. Not part of the learning experience I had planned, but a real part of life.</p><p>So, after taking out those that were for sure cracked/gone, this is what we have left:</p><p>"B" - 14 (5 Rhode Island crosses and 9 Easter Eggers)</p><p>"E" - 5</p><p>"R" - 3</p><p>"J" - 7 (Most difficult to see through... so not sure about that)</p><p>Total: 29, with a couple iffy ones</p><p>One week to go!</p><p>p.s. Please let me know if the video works for you.</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-87583720696830539542021-04-09T06:50:00.000-07:002021-04-09T06:50:05.105-07:00Spring has come to the garden....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmvwOIYhNy4BqYGqn_ZupIrTCMvmL2oyDNNb04-IYqNZKYJ1tUSEb3OkqnEl93SylW8gfH0Wk_p9fNb7thV_9WdFy5GlAslwnCenDnNpTzzxqlTO0w1KvIuBG_eeeQ1qF71lBfWZ6sH4/s4160/IMG_20210408_161918734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmvwOIYhNy4BqYGqn_ZupIrTCMvmL2oyDNNb04-IYqNZKYJ1tUSEb3OkqnEl93SylW8gfH0Wk_p9fNb7thV_9WdFy5GlAslwnCenDnNpTzzxqlTO0w1KvIuBG_eeeQ1qF71lBfWZ6sH4/w480-h640/IMG_20210408_161918734.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In hindsight I wish that I had photographed a candled egg everyday of this whole process, but I haven't. We checked on Day 2, because we learned that it should have a heart at that point, but it was hard to tell anything. Also, I've never candled an egg that I remember...so... there's that. By Day 3 we could definitely see the dark spot. I'll try to take more pictures as we go and share them here. All photos are of a white egg ("R") unless otherwise noted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMLl9-_nbCWWs_SP7LU_I-xOiU1P6myrjoOmV_LA5fw9_L2GTGZ4nAWneBrN0kl1HgWouXt_ucbEV465zwKgo_thJuebFuKxS8C_AMUj5RtiT_qx2dAyDXLjRJWcxCoIoQiDLlsIi3Wg/s4160/IMG_20210331_165004577.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMLl9-_nbCWWs_SP7LU_I-xOiU1P6myrjoOmV_LA5fw9_L2GTGZ4nAWneBrN0kl1HgWouXt_ucbEV465zwKgo_thJuebFuKxS8C_AMUj5RtiT_qx2dAyDXLjRJWcxCoIoQiDLlsIi3Wg/s320/IMG_20210331_165004577.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">An unfertilized egg</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Day 6 (Easter Egger "B")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclOkT2T1aSw9RT-RDUleuuCdjLFO342OvsBFngA9xR1zDfgei0DNdqObWGz7zi5tiJhfERBaeN5CTKwcJA7iWmR8kjUsE0ZVkzdCLYuRAj4HYwypyu2icpqJaJJGa2ZMyaDqwxa2dFIA/s2592/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclOkT2T1aSw9RT-RDUleuuCdjLFO342OvsBFngA9xR1zDfgei0DNdqObWGz7zi5tiJhfERBaeN5CTKwcJA7iWmR8kjUsE0ZVkzdCLYuRAj4HYwypyu2icpqJaJJGa2ZMyaDqwxa2dFIA/s320/image.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also Day 6 ("E")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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So amazing to watch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of the 41 eggs we put in the incubator there is only one that I'm not sure is growing. I wasn't confident so I put it back just in case. A couple had hairline fractures that weren't visible until they were transilluminated, so fingers crossed that it won't be a problem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, my children also laughed at me because I was standing in the living room trying to listen to an egg with a stethoscope. It seemed perfectly reasonable. But the stethoscope is flat and the egg is round, so there isn't much contact. Or perhaps the heartbeat is too faint. Either way, I couldn't hear it π</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Father-in-law sent this animation that shows the development:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedajVADLGw">Chicken Embryo Development</a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-56572559882248448172021-04-03T14:09:00.001-07:002021-04-03T14:09:00.176-07:00What we (think we) put into the incubator...<p> At our friend's advice we decided to fill our incubator, even though it was WAY more chicks than we need. Bear in mind that we can only have six hens....and the incubator holds 41 eggs. They graciously agreed to take the extras, including the roosters, which is great. But the point remains that we needed to find enough fertilized eggs to fill the thing!</p><p>Thanks to friends and the wonders of technology we found several local people willing to give or sell us eggs, so we had quite an assortment. Some of them we know exactly what breeds they are from, and some are total mysteries. I am so curious to see what ends up hatching out!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecHHfYv4Ju9Smb-d9UxN3LInTbbRuXpLCPKZMhB6NNZOOS0YAsSXy4aCvjkmJYIAAnUuiI_WKPNhdkad2l_8JRrFSZ8EylMPYfQtkynDoZ0yExN9Kx4MMi9pdCiKch3-K9jWrmtOm2hw/s4160/IMG_20210327_212531905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecHHfYv4Ju9Smb-d9UxN3LInTbbRuXpLCPKZMhB6NNZOOS0YAsSXy4aCvjkmJYIAAnUuiI_WKPNhdkad2l_8JRrFSZ8EylMPYfQtkynDoZ0yExN9Kx4MMi9pdCiKch3-K9jWrmtOm2hw/w400-h300/IMG_20210327_212531905.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My son J marked each egg with pencil so that we could keep track of which came from who. So this is what we (think we) have -</p><p>"B"s - 10 Easter Eggers and 5 Easter egger/Rhode Island Red crosses</p><p>"E"s - 12 assorted brown eggs from a flock of Isa Browns, Speckled Sussex, Brahma, and Barred Rock hens (Blue Laced Wyandotte, Barred Rock, and Ameracauna roosters) </p><p>"R"s - 3 white eggs, 1 brown, and 1 blue, which are mysteries</p><p>"J"s - 2 blue and 7 brown eggs from a flock of Isa Browns, Brahma, and Barred Rock </p><p>Time will tell...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW7oLWZNAV5Xs6-3GuLueZY2kCFZqxL7ClsbFsyVU1Aj3LaoL_YipsznJU3LK0s5gccZNSED2p9VN8UDbFhM9vDkXd-YUvbJSGiN3KYo0XhFwuIcwrnbbcZSsylYMcp3EvVSC9SNkfc0/s4160/IMG_20210327_212514199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW7oLWZNAV5Xs6-3GuLueZY2kCFZqxL7ClsbFsyVU1Aj3LaoL_YipsznJU3LK0s5gccZNSED2p9VN8UDbFhM9vDkXd-YUvbJSGiN3KYo0XhFwuIcwrnbbcZSsylYMcp3EvVSC9SNkfc0/w400-h300/IMG_20210327_212514199.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnpF9xpm3Sonrr7YINjp-2K4Ftl8JmUHdABebyEnEBIMT6YMirXv_muhTs16oTWyw3e_GfW4wPrKFwaBUqIrxw0c13G0Ydg4DtfrbfZE9b4SxUqpGu52YW3UMSwk3eVoXHH81CaoOtxU/s4160/IMG_20210327_214637665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnpF9xpm3Sonrr7YINjp-2K4Ftl8JmUHdABebyEnEBIMT6YMirXv_muhTs16oTWyw3e_GfW4wPrKFwaBUqIrxw0c13G0Ydg4DtfrbfZE9b4SxUqpGu52YW3UMSwk3eVoXHH81CaoOtxU/w400-h300/IMG_20210327_214637665.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-26543009807302658202021-04-01T00:57:00.001-07:002021-04-01T01:39:26.432-07:00The Great Chicken Adventure<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't always do science experiments, but when I do they can get out of hand.</span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Like bringing home tadpoles from a walk and setting up a whole tank to keep them while we watch the metamorphosis. Or caterpillars from the yard. Like the time that we decided to keep the giant caterpillar we found outside and watch it transform, only to learn that it wasn't going to transform any time soon but rather bury itself in the dirt for the winter and then come out to eat our tomatoes. Fail.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But why waste such a great educational opportunity?!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, chicks...the perfect educational opportunity right?</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I wasn't actually starting out to hatch chicks. You see, what happened was that in 2020 our township changed the ordinance about chickens. Chickens have been on my someday list for years, but pretty far back since it would involve petitioning the township to change the ordinance and I've been otherwise engaged. However, when someone else did that for me they moved closer to the front... </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A whole lot closer... </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As in I immediately started making plans to get some. </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My poor husband(he was actually the one that told me about the ordinance change, so he knew what he was in for). </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A funny thing about 2020 though was that people apparently went crazy for chicks during the pandemic. My brother had tried to get some in the spring of 2020 and could barely find any, finally buying out the last that the store had when he did find them. Fast forward to 2021 and my plans to get chicks in the spring. I was nervous that by the time we got back from our spring break trip there would not be any chicks to be had, or possibly not the kinds that I wanted. So I looked into mail ordering and other options. When looking for someone to share a mail order with me the minimum orders presented a difficulty for me as we are only allowed six hens) a friend offered the use of their incubator. I waffled a bit because, as mentioned previously, we can only have six hens. How many would I try to hatch, knowing that some might not hatch and some would be roosters? What would I do with the roosters? But how could I turn down such a great learning experience?</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">When the friend said they would be willing to take any extra chicks I decided to go for it. I also decided that the educational experience outweighed knowing exactly what every chicken was... we would likely end up with mutt chickens for at least some... and that would be okay.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, several friends gave us dozens of fertilized eggs, we fired up the borrowed incubator, and we're off on our great chicken adventure!</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(I might be as excited as the kids at Christmas time π)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQOJxqkkAop6ZSL7a1CB8z0XEtW0CQ0egIm6T79LmyJRrnBGqdIlu9a2k_Y7ttTpQzkMNL3y9JP2S3HsfZTThn3s-b4tzfeCDWljC18A192sL27EzOljbgIWKdIN1EaeWWxis-GXizAI/s4160/IMG_20210327_212531905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQOJxqkkAop6ZSL7a1CB8z0XEtW0CQ0egIm6T79LmyJRrnBGqdIlu9a2k_Y7ttTpQzkMNL3y9JP2S3HsfZTThn3s-b4tzfeCDWljC18A192sL27EzOljbgIWKdIN1EaeWWxis-GXizAI/s320/IMG_20210327_212531905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-22098724517447086642021-02-05T00:23:00.002-08:002023-07-10T18:52:40.064-07:00Romaine Re-Grow<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The garden may be sleeping right now, but here's a little bit of green and growing transformation to brighten your day...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2i2N9blxbdh4f8UBfQu9WjxPhleC5A8IrY9TBUgtQSj_3OrAbwFiy6t87aMcApY3d8XL06QkZjGGjnhuFxe1A6giEE1-QNMj30LkaRXP-vmtBSN6wgwwUOdjCrneJRxvx96kYh2Emns/s4160/IMG_20210119_174052070.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2i2N9blxbdh4f8UBfQu9WjxPhleC5A8IrY9TBUgtQSj_3OrAbwFiy6t87aMcApY3d8XL06QkZjGGjnhuFxe1A6giEE1-QNMj30LkaRXP-vmtBSN6wgwwUOdjCrneJRxvx96kYh2Emns/w400-h300/IMG_20210119_174052070.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51n8TQ4FMistjQ9SSsp2UTAylf86-d0zmYM51DGRPH5pNgNtlthF-tgDYcgzNJ4p9oesiCIJyx2kX9FJ_APNkkC952kvfJAGs8kBmrVtsj1DL-Z2v51uHVpGT0I6rQ9CpuO2DQrRlCcE/w400-h300/IMG_20210121_214401697.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 4</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOcbJU1RySENR9mRIIBCFY_WDjn2SWY5Z8AwVwf6HhtTsptK-buj3Iwy2v3yVTLdjJ5N4SFY4qLCL4crtr68AWSRHwSfN5AZ0_mZTJyuFa63P1GrPmc_l5XoqEy3lbOpUy-N12ZdQskc/s4160/IMG_20210122_181150350.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOcbJU1RySENR9mRIIBCFY_WDjn2SWY5Z8AwVwf6HhtTsptK-buj3Iwy2v3yVTLdjJ5N4SFY4qLCL4crtr68AWSRHwSfN5AZ0_mZTJyuFa63P1GrPmc_l5XoqEy3lbOpUy-N12ZdQskc/w400-h300/IMG_20210122_181150350.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtI8qNOqsxmerg73UngTW213P5q7KfpyEdXbcEBEB3BX_jU5gSPigGffIQMXce6XgdPPYSZidBSNCdtAgPg8FF2IvkegdNLJhURDcVQtphvp8CEeZ_xC4OBHSR_0MRCmIKe6H93NxsrRk/s4160/IMG_20210204_163428043.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtI8qNOqsxmerg73UngTW213P5q7KfpyEdXbcEBEB3BX_jU5gSPigGffIQMXce6XgdPPYSZidBSNCdtAgPg8FF2IvkegdNLJhURDcVQtphvp8CEeZ_xC4OBHSR_0MRCmIKe6H93NxsrRk/w400-h300/IMG_20210204_163428043.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 18</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusGrKQbSN8pBQmW12jQvQ3-emJbNuN8t7u9hBuA9srxumTxxyYNMSBpXWpBCE0Y2SkBG8lrZNNzBYmC6LKeT6ARMT6ucRmc7JWqFdAz5rSwvnpvRRnW4zxvLwlURjplxMh5PGuPVuUBE/s4160/IMG_20210204_163452877.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="romaine lettuce re-grown" border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusGrKQbSN8pBQmW12jQvQ3-emJbNuN8t7u9hBuA9srxumTxxyYNMSBpXWpBCE0Y2SkBG8lrZNNzBYmC6LKeT6ARMT6ucRmc7JWqFdAz5rSwvnpvRRnW4zxvLwlURjplxMh5PGuPVuUBE/w300-h400/IMG_20210204_163452877.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lettuce!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maybe not a significant amount of lettuce, but so fun to see something green sprouting up :)</span></div><br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-25183474767848491692021-01-20T08:35:00.003-08:002023-07-10T18:54:58.520-07:00Hidden Art: Edible food art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>January</u></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdWGTiQ64g-n0w-NT7YG7uHGyVw6yabTI3-pZ33VvfIhDu9y2-TFFv55YjNZ6YZXKNoI84Qw9NFfzJr6uimddQ4TBcx5OOOSHRxKym2JkrXu98_G0tA7OcEVpThUPyu4KR_pjUnCXYjE/s4160/IMG_20210109_091457060.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="crescent roll snowflake twist food art" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLdWGTiQ64g-n0w-NT7YG7uHGyVw6yabTI3-pZ33VvfIhDu9y2-TFFv55YjNZ6YZXKNoI84Qw9NFfzJr6uimddQ4TBcx5OOOSHRxKym2JkrXu98_G0tA7OcEVpThUPyu4KR_pjUnCXYjE/w640-h480/IMG_20210109_091457060.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What: Crescent roll snowflake twists with leftover pumpkin pie filling</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra time: Approximately eight minutes to cut and twist</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra cost: None</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra tools: None</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">February</span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEKwBNaNzW5ltDLSo_Vjr-yY7y4_H1TZ8BGFihYIipbxBETXdhUZxD2SlrkIqGN441kLafI6AbRPR55pNZg5aI8Ox85Ap_bhogchrs2nogOw23btTCz3NvYNABgjhSu5Penh_Drj-u0E/s4160/IMG_20210129_141552372.jpg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bread bowls with scoring" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEKwBNaNzW5ltDLSo_Vjr-yY7y4_H1TZ8BGFihYIipbxBETXdhUZxD2SlrkIqGN441kLafI6AbRPR55pNZg5aI8Ox85Ap_bhogchrs2nogOw23btTCz3NvYNABgjhSu5Penh_Drj-u0E/w640-h480/IMG_20210129_141552372.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What: 1st attempt at bread scoring (Sourdough bread bowls)...more practice needed...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra time: Minimal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra cost: None</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra tools: None. Though I think a sharper blade would be beneficial in the future.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;">March</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rqYb0Ad4B8D1W3I2C4CKY6ClaoGJLRveYFTcgp5qgHgU_L9MJzReLE8wGsAuzKuYcavVPtK2ct8BV2B6lwlKla4shOPFzZumoQwI_RkTe0G6aVA52g97Zja_Zopxcn1UfR8caaoqg3E/s4160/IMG_20210328_171832678.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dutch butter cake food art" border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rqYb0Ad4B8D1W3I2C4CKY6ClaoGJLRveYFTcgp5qgHgU_L9MJzReLE8wGsAuzKuYcavVPtK2ct8BV2B6lwlKla4shOPFzZumoQwI_RkTe0G6aVA52g97Zja_Zopxcn1UfR8caaoqg3E/w640-h480/IMG_20210328_171832678.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></b></div></b></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What: Scoring the Dutch Butter Cake</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra time: Minimal</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra cost: None</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extra tools: None (done with a fork)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I forgot and scored with cake before the egg wash, so the marks weren't as obvious as I remember last time. Would be interesting to try a differe</span>nt pattern or picture.</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-13483770596854114462021-01-20T08:13:00.002-08:002021-01-20T08:13:22.152-08:00Eye Spy... Hidden Art!<p> I decided to do the Hidden Art challenge when I was at work on New Years Eve. I couldn't help but smile when I walked out on New Years day to find Hidden Art left by someone else... the Great Creator Himself... the originator of all art, hidden or otherwise. Consequently, I decided to include some of that here as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4qJVQM-0qKkJZ1odBgCKnmGK33g7p1REU_ZOaSAlrOFnAWXqwHmdXnhayjZfG3yt0PCTNa-1AL1ZQOiwaRAgUK85T6FA58bh764tjSMVC8D0qR1UJbAzBCLOwMMBYHfCoY31c95QrWs/s4160/IMG_20210101_072253880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4qJVQM-0qKkJZ1odBgCKnmGK33g7p1REU_ZOaSAlrOFnAWXqwHmdXnhayjZfG3yt0PCTNa-1AL1ZQOiwaRAgUK85T6FA58bh764tjSMVC8D0qR1UJbAzBCLOwMMBYHfCoY31c95QrWs/s320/IMG_20210101_072253880.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv23T62dDIcGPoZJ07eFL1uQahUSSFX4AiE2DLx6EhNHeZekRqk4Hvs8sd5jkYefKmE0OLRu_dNa2HL_2nRhgJjCWDwlsPMAi54oMb_ESdXqBCW4cRoLhOdODgWf2lK775J-uNiMPMR_8/s4160/IMG_20210101_072313394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv23T62dDIcGPoZJ07eFL1uQahUSSFX4AiE2DLx6EhNHeZekRqk4Hvs8sd5jkYefKmE0OLRu_dNa2HL_2nRhgJjCWDwlsPMAi54oMb_ESdXqBCW4cRoLhOdODgWf2lK775J-uNiMPMR_8/s320/IMG_20210101_072313394.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spotted on the steps - some wad of tissue masquerading as a hummingbird - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPo8fZ2ZBSF_MBJxA4TdRAD5CKQ7mCWPz9S5CTlqdLIpRPmWVskTg5zBvh9VKpi9dOrzL-5rfLXSxOeIyE7q99rEncdyVrEo2BcopIgY7g9H9wbpzlPhL2WX4x5Jgj8aXSsd5rGHvyLs0/s4160/IMG_20210113_114926352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPo8fZ2ZBSF_MBJxA4TdRAD5CKQ7mCWPz9S5CTlqdLIpRPmWVskTg5zBvh9VKpi9dOrzL-5rfLXSxOeIyE7q99rEncdyVrEo2BcopIgY7g9H9wbpzlPhL2WX4x5Jgj8aXSsd5rGHvyLs0/s320/IMG_20210113_114926352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>More to come as I find them! :)</b></i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850579792434489982.post-87078497264336457822021-01-17T19:02:00.004-08:002021-01-20T08:43:30.058-08:002021 Hidden Art ChallengeYears ago, when I was in college, I read the book <i>Hidden Art </i>by Edith Schaeffer. I loved her concept of incorporating art into everyday life, and enjoyed practicing it myself. Fast forward to now - a husband, four kids, and two dogs later - and somehow art has gotten lost in survival. And that is ok. Seasons of life we say :) We joke about an adult paint by number that my husband got for me as a gift several Christmases ago... I do a little bit of it every winter and one of these years it will eventually be done. In the meantime, well, there are distractions.... <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqeRPYvHSn6QFfrucJAnwET_wlffi6fxMAs7Hi8I3cF9qXUiSzvibFNQuT7iENVn162Tr7Fi1LcT9oyvkSWNQifqFRtBr6kBzwP6CJyOS0KXgzqPaHS81_Dz29Ke6hDGv4h3YUqNgKAI/s4160/IMG_20201015_202516830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqeRPYvHSn6QFfrucJAnwET_wlffi6fxMAs7Hi8I3cF9qXUiSzvibFNQuT7iENVn162Tr7Fi1LcT9oyvkSWNQifqFRtBr6kBzwP6CJyOS0KXgzqPaHS81_Dz29Ke6hDGv4h3YUqNgKAI/s320/IMG_20201015_202516830.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Many things have been set aside for now - the Etsy shop, stained glass, card making, writing, etc. - in the day to day of life, work, lesson planning and so on it's simply not happening. One day, yes. But right now, not so much. So does that mean the artistic side has to just die a little bit? Just hibernate until there's more time? Edith would say no.</div><div><br /></div><div>So my challenge is to incorporate art -</div><div>- into things I'm already doing</div><div>- with minimal extra time</div><div>- with minimal extra tools</div><div>- with no extra cost</div><div><br /></div><div>and we'll see what happens!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Joy is in the Journey</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><a href="http://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2021/01/eye-spy-hidden-art.html">Eye Spy - Hidden Art!</a></div><div><a href="http://abrickhouselife.blogspot.com/2021/01/hidden-art-edible.html">Edible Art</a></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06182007970992425383noreply@blogger.com0