The Kitchen's Garden

October 22, 2013

And so the cold comes..

But not to all of us. Some of us get to lay about in the sun and play. While the rest of us work. More walnuts, I will dry them for cakes. Walnuts are very high in protein. First though, it is important to take the hull off so they don’t go moldy. Then I…

October 21, 2013

Shall we go for a drive? Just around a couple of blocks.

A wee wander down the lanes? As you know I am in central Illinois. It is flat here.. VERY flat. When you live on such flat plains, geometric shapes become more and more apparent. Do you see what I mean? And when we see a nice round bin it becomes almost restful to the eye.…

October 20, 2013

Yes, that is a Marmalade Kitten climbing onto a BooNanny’s head

Look at this tiny Marmalade Cat.. climbing up onto Boo Nannys head. Boo stays very still and then very slowly turns his imploring eyes to me with a ‘how long can this go on’ look. Long time Boo, sorry buddy. The Duke of Kupa knows that this warm sunshine is on the wane so he…

October 19, 2013

Peahens on the Catwalk, Kitten in the Garden

Pania and Tui. Posing for the paparrazi. Signatures later! Maybe. Lots of flat-out farm work again yesterday. Working on the little hoop house, and bringing in as much produce as is left in the gardens, tonight it is meant to freeze down to 35F (1.6C) so it a race against time. Who knows if the…

October 18, 2013

Getting Stuck In

When you feel like life is getting the better of you I always find the best antidoteto the overwhelmed feeling is some good hard work. It has been cold so I broke out the clown pants, hauled them on and got stuck in. In the last two days I have shoveled out and cleaned most…