Well it is Friday and time to focus on chores. Over the past ten days or so I have snapped a few pictures of some things that have interested me. Here they are…
One day I went outside and happened to look down at our door mat that is just before you step up to the deck. Right in the middle of the mat was this teeny, tiny cute little baby mouse ( I avoided the thoughts of how close it was to getting into my house). I called Joshua and we got a picture of him/her.
Last Friday morning around 9:00 we noticed some boys out on our property at the northern end near the forest. Michael (and the rest of us) watched them with binoculars and when he noticed them taking some garden tools we had in the area he quickly hopped onto the dirt bike and when and “had a stern talking to them”. Here he is doing that….
Another evening I walked outside and noticed how pretty the setting sunlight looked on the (nearly) Fall trees. Pretty isn’t it? God is so thoughtful to give us such beautiful colors during Fall….
Michael had a load of gravel delivered for the shop.
Remember the chicken that liked to play “King of the Hill”?
Well apparently geese do as well….
Again, I had not visited the garden in a number of days. When I went to pick things that were ready I ended up with about 15 large cucumbers. About two weeks prior I discovered a way to quickly use up cucumbers. It is called cucumber lemonade. Here is how I make it…
Slice up a cucumber or two Then slice it into chuncks
Put it in a blender or food processor and puree thoroughly
Then strain it. The first handful of times I made it I just used a fine mesh sieve. This time I was doing 10 cucumbers so I used my jelly bag method. I ended up with 3.5 quarts of juice. It doesn’t take long to strain. Just don’t force it by pushing it through. You will end up with more pulp in your lemonade which isn’t a bad thing. It is just about your preference.
My family really likes it and I like that I have found another way to use up my cucumbers.
Off to do chores. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Karen
[…] You might remember that Joshua wanted to plant a bunch of different types of cucumbers. Well, apparently I planted a Space Master Cucumber in his row. Not remembering this, I didn’t look at that plant. One day Joshua and I were in the garden and we spotted a bunch of cucumbers. HUGE cucumbers. Joshua let me know that those were mine and not his. So what do you do when you have 15 pounds of cucumbers? Make cucumber lemonade. […]