July 9th, 2012
It has been a while since my last post but I thought I would
update the world on my life.
The heat in our area has been crazy, I thank the lord for
our air conditioning. Katniss and
Brownie have been playing so much indoors, but none up in the playroom. This has led to a few problems and she had to
be reminded of:
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey you parents in the Lord: for
this is right. Honour thy father and
mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou
mayest live long on the earth.
Trying to keep up the with the garden has been an overwhelming
task. The weeds have taken root and so
have two bunnies. We have lost about
half the carrots to carrot fly or bunnies and the other half we can eat.
But I did have a favorite carrot this year, it entertained
me to no end.
The Potatoes plants have died and we dug them all up last
night. The storm missed us by only a
mile or two, but we watched the lighting storm over the valley. We had two 20’ rows of potatoes and they yielded
25 lbs total. I was very excited and am
curious to find out if perhaps growing them in a 5 gallon bucket next year
would be a good idea.
Some onions have also died off, we found that we did not
plant them deep enough so they were a bit small.
I also found something very interesting about my cucumber
plant. It was not growing a cucumber but
a honey dew… sigh, someone at the seed company got things mixed up I believe.
As for my prepping that I have been doing lately, I found a
great price of flour at Ollies Bargain Outlet, five pounds for 99 cents, I
bought ten bags. Gerald my dear husband
was not amused by the amount of flour I was purchasing. I placed them in 66 quart containers and put
some bay leaves in for good measure. I
hope to keep the bugs out.
It is official though, we are going to need to invest in
another rack to keep our stockpile on.
The big one we got the day after Thanksgiving is full to the brim. I will keep you updated on what we will be
doing to solve this problem.
We have discovered a quick and easy recipe to make for our
family for a quick light lunch.
Tator Tot Casserole
8 cups tator tots
1 can cream of mushroom
1 cup cheddar cheese
Bacon bits.
In a mixing bowl, mix the tator tots and cream of mushroom
soup. Bake at 350 for 27 minutes in a
covered casserole dish. Pull the dish
and sprinkle in the cheddar cheese and bacon bits. Turn the oven off and set the casserole dish
inside for 5 minutes. It is oh so gooy
and delicious.
Hope that everyone is staying cool.
