Raspberries

I am starting to see a few ripe raspberries.

First Tomatoes

I picked the first ripe tomatoes out of the hoophouse this morning! I am so excited.

Summer Squash Rolls

The fun bread I made this weak was summer squash rolls. It is a great way to use all the zucchini in the garden right now. My mom made these when I was young, it was one of the few ways I liked summer squash. Now I love squashe multiple ways but these are still one of my favorites. The original recipe came from the Whole Foods for the Whole Family cook book but I have changed it a little bit.

3 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp. yeast
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1/2 tsp. dillweed
1/4 cup oil
1 cup grated zucchini or yellow squash
3/4 cup milk
1 egg

In a large bowl combine 1 1/2 flour, yeast, sugar, salt, garlic, onion and dill. In a suacepan heat oil, squash, and milk to 120 degrees. Add to flour mixture. Add egg and stir. Add enough flour to form a soft dough. Knead about five minutes. Let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down and divide into16 balls. Place in two greased round cake pans. Let rise until nearly double, about 30 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 - 30 minutes or until golden

Morning Light

Farm Kittens

Our barn cat had five kittens a few weeks ago. They are very cute. Hopefully they will help keep the mouse and gopher population down :)

Homemade Bread

I have been making bread every Monday. I usually make some whole wheat sandwich bread and then I like to try to make something different. This week I made cinnamon bread. The recipe came from a little book called "In a Copper Kettle" That my Grandma gave me several years ago. It contains recipes from around the world. This bread recipe is from Portugal. It is a delicious bread. It goes fast around here.

July 4th

We had an enjoyable 4th of July this year. In the morning we did some work in the garden and chores around the house. For the afternoon we went to some friends house for a barbecue and visiting. We all had a great time. Later in the evening we stopped at other friends to see some fireworks. David loved the fireworks. It was quite cute, but I didn't get any pictures of that. Here are a few pictures from the day.


David and Mary playing with the kitten

Waving the flag

Making Ice Cream!

Little Baby

Eating cupcakes

David Sells Vegetables

Radish Pickles

We had lots of extra radishes a while back. So I tried a new recipe for refrigerator radish pickles. They were actually pretty good but quite different.

Bottle Feeding

We enjoyed having Andrew's sister Aleah and her goats stay with us over the weekend while the rest of the family went rafting. David enjoyed having his Aunt to play with. He also loved going out with her to milk the goat and feed the baby.