Category: Family Cook Book
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Flowers, Butterflies and Fruit
Below are the jalapeño peppers that Preston started for us in June. They have finally started to grow and give us peppers. Did you know that jalapeño peppers left on the vine until they turn red are the peppers for Chipotle? We modified a recipe from the internet for a pumpkin rice dressing. This is…
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Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables
Bruce took some great pictures of the flowers in the yard. Below: We have been busy harvesting honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelons, green beans, and pumpkins. Below: pictures #1&2- Figs on the fig tree that is finally coming back from the drought and freeze of this past year, #3-Apples on one of the apple trees in the…
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Scientific DATA is not always what it seems! Science Fair and BEST Carrot Cake EVER!
Our new rain gauge showed 5.5 inches. The only problem is that the OLD rain gauge showed 2.75 inches at the SAME time from the SAME rainfall. Although it is possible for more rain to fall on one side of the farm house than the other side of the farm house, we highly doubt the probability. Upon further…
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BEST Cajun Party EVER! A True Louisiana Cochon de Lait on Saturday and Gumbo on Sunday (lots of great music on both days)
Good Food, Good Music, Good Friends-As they say in Cajun country “A good time was had by ALL!” Enjoy the pictures and the music. The crowd started gathering around noon on Saturday. Guests came from all over the world and many different parts of the US. Each person came bearing food and beverages to share. People continued to arrive…
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Harvesting Carrots, Carrot Cake, and Herd animal instinct
We harvested carrots and saved the green tops for the goats. These carrots were Napoli carrots which are supposed to be prolific and sweet in 45 days. These carrots also get sweeter if there is cold weather toward the end of their growth. Wyatt and Bruce cleaned the carrots and shredded them for carrot cake. Brenda mixed the ingredients. After…
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Farm Day with some of the cousins!
Farm Day was spread over two days. About 1/8 of the cousins visited. You can see from the pictures and videos that everyone had a great time. Both of these crews went hunting, but left all the deer healthy and happy! Ike made vanilla ice cream for the cousins. 1.5 C whipping cream, 1 C Milk, 3/4 C sugar,…
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Goats to Guinea House, Christmas in NOLA and Vermont, and Crawfish Pie
It was pretty cold last night and the goats have moved into the Guinea House. There is no telling what prompted the move because goats are herd animals. If one decided it was a good move, the others will follow. If you want to get into the Christmas Spirit, the hotels in New Orleans go out…
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Meals from the garden, harvesting lettuce, and getting the nursery ready for the kids
Fresh lettuce and cilantro from the garden, and shrimp stuffed bell peppers (bell peppers grown by Jackie in St. Francisville) made a delicious meal. Below: Picture #1 is of the carrots, #2 and #3 show lettuce before harvesting #4 is the garlic, #5 is after the harvesting of lettuce, and the last picture is a bag…
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Insectarium, Aquarium, Bass, Gingerbread
Last Friday, we visited the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans. The picture below is of honeypot ant or honey ants. This species has special workers who gorge with food to the point that their abdomens swell. The ant’s enlarged bulb is where the ant stores the honey. The honey is used to feed the hive…
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Pumpkins, Swordfish at Grand Isle, Fresh Pesto, and Back to School
We cut one of the Atlantic Giant pumpkins (Pictures 1-4) and one of the Early Prince Hybrid pumpkins (pictures 5-6). The Atlantic Giant had no seeds. This could have been an Atlantic Giant that was cross pollinated or this pumpkin could have no seeds. We won’t know until we cut a few more of this…