I've never really planted a winter garden. I just never seemed to get to it, plus we always needed someone to come out and till the big garden and I'd forget to call someone in time. This summer we did a smaller garden-although I said I wasn't doing one at all...I say we, but really it was just me with a little help from the kids. 'Someone' here said he'd help me tend it this year if it was smaller and sort of pushed me to do it with that proclamation. Well he tilled it a couple of times after I dumped a bunch of manure and dirt in there to add to the soil, and he tilled it after it was weedy and done producing, but that was the extent of his help...And he wonders why I don't believe him when he says he'll do something (insert rolling eyes icon here). I didn't hardly weed after the first couple of times because he who I'll not name, didn't want to come help me weed it...
Well anyways, the kids wanted to try some winter gardening this year and so I hoed up three rows with the kids help and we planted broccoli, cabbage, romaine lettuce, brussell sprouts (I don't know why I did those! I don't remember liking them really...we'll see I guess) and some radish seeds thrown in for good measure since both Jacob and I love those.
I want to pickle some of our eggs soon. I've been looking for a recipe online that was similar to one we had when we were visiting Amish Country . They were soooo good there and I think I may have found a few to try out.
My friend called me and let me know that she had a bread order for me...10 loaves! My goodness! I'll be making bread all this weekend. That's good for me though since they are good and I sold those loaves at $3.00 each! More money in the kitty for the barn! I have to go pick up flour now and some more yeast. I am going to look online and see if I what it'll cost me to buy in bulk quantities. This is another of those reasons that I wish I lived more near the Amish. They always sell this type of stuff in bulk at their stores and at a good price. I hate the stores here that want to charge you $3.50 for a 5lb bag of wheat flour and sometimes when you get it, it's got bugs in it! UGH!
Planting radish seeds...
