Well I woke up at 4am this morning and it was absolutly pouring down rain. (The weatherman said last night that it would not start until after 10am...he was wrong!) It is still raining and it is 10pm! We DO NOT NEED ANYMORE RAIN! This is ridiculous! My yard is like a lake, the ground is completly saturated with water. AND it is supposed to rain tomorrow! AHHH. But the ducks love this weather. :)
I had planned on going to Springfield today, but since it was raining I decided I didn't want to drag the kids out in 40 degree wind blowing rain. So we stayed home. It was bad enough having to go out to do chores today and it was time to clean the rabbit cages...not fun in the blowing rain. blah.
This afternoon I made an awesome chocolate cake. I got the recipe here and it was divine! I think it was the best chocolate cake I have ever made and tasted! Here are some pics:
Last night for supper I made polish sausage (lite), fried potatoes, onions, bell peppers, and corn...don't know what the name of the dish actually is but we call it Silver Dollar City Sausage and Potatoes. I boiled my potatoes first and then fried them in the cast iron, once they start to brown add everything else and cook until peppers are done. Salt and pepper to taste.
In the summer I will add zuchinni, fresh green beans, or okra. But those things really aren't in season and I didn't have any of them on hand. The kids LOVE this! We ate the rest of it for lunch today and Cooper wanted more! Tonight I just made steaks and hominy.
My kids absolutly love hominy and so does Chris. I really like too. I am thinking about trying to make hominy. All I need is corn, lye, water, and salt. I was reading earlier and 2 gallons of dried corn will make approximatly 5 gallons of hominy. 4 quarts to a gallon so 20 quart jars or 40 pint jars. A 50lb bag of corn is only about $8 at the feed store and that would make approx. 50 gallons! But I can share some corn with the chickens and the ducks :) I was thinking about making 10 gallons to last the next year. Hominy is expensive to buy and we eat a family size can each time. I think I may try it sometime soon. I could grow my own corn for it, but they say field corn is better than sweet corn for hominy and then you have to let it dry and shell it. You can dry hominy out and grind it up to make corn flour and make your own tortillas...something to try! I am always up for a challenge. lol
Today Chris spent over $150 on wire to make rabbit cages. He thinks he can make about 10 cages with what he bought. A lot cheaper than buying the cages. TSC wants $30.00 for rabbit cages and you still have to assembly them. We can make them for half the cost. We need to buy more bunnies though. He is wanting to get about 10 more New Zealand Does so we can have lots of babies. Funny thing I learned about rabbits- you can breed pretty closely related rabbits- like a mother/son or father/daughter just don't do brother/sister if you can help it. With dogs you have to keep at least 3 generations apart. Kinda weird it doesn't matter with rabbits.
My ducks haven't laid any eggs yet. I think they are still getting settled. Today and yesterday was the first days I'd seen them get very far from the coop and the swimming pool. They don't quack which I think is weird-Chris says that it is good. I kinda want some more ducks, maybe some ducklings but I think I will wait until after we raise our chicks-which by the way we are getting in 15 days!! (not that I am counting lol)
I had planned on going to Springfield today, but since it was raining I decided I didn't want to drag the kids out in 40 degree wind blowing rain. So we stayed home. It was bad enough having to go out to do chores today and it was time to clean the rabbit cages...not fun in the blowing rain. blah.
This afternoon I made an awesome chocolate cake. I got the recipe here and it was divine! I think it was the best chocolate cake I have ever made and tasted! Here are some pics:
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| I love this pic! |
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| My FAVORITE measuring spoons! They are collapsable! |
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| Voila! The Finished Product! |
Last night for supper I made polish sausage (lite), fried potatoes, onions, bell peppers, and corn...don't know what the name of the dish actually is but we call it Silver Dollar City Sausage and Potatoes. I boiled my potatoes first and then fried them in the cast iron, once they start to brown add everything else and cook until peppers are done. Salt and pepper to taste.
My kids absolutly love hominy and so does Chris. I really like too. I am thinking about trying to make hominy. All I need is corn, lye, water, and salt. I was reading earlier and 2 gallons of dried corn will make approximatly 5 gallons of hominy. 4 quarts to a gallon so 20 quart jars or 40 pint jars. A 50lb bag of corn is only about $8 at the feed store and that would make approx. 50 gallons! But I can share some corn with the chickens and the ducks :) I was thinking about making 10 gallons to last the next year. Hominy is expensive to buy and we eat a family size can each time. I think I may try it sometime soon. I could grow my own corn for it, but they say field corn is better than sweet corn for hominy and then you have to let it dry and shell it. You can dry hominy out and grind it up to make corn flour and make your own tortillas...something to try! I am always up for a challenge. lol
Today Chris spent over $150 on wire to make rabbit cages. He thinks he can make about 10 cages with what he bought. A lot cheaper than buying the cages. TSC wants $30.00 for rabbit cages and you still have to assembly them. We can make them for half the cost. We need to buy more bunnies though. He is wanting to get about 10 more New Zealand Does so we can have lots of babies. Funny thing I learned about rabbits- you can breed pretty closely related rabbits- like a mother/son or father/daughter just don't do brother/sister if you can help it. With dogs you have to keep at least 3 generations apart. Kinda weird it doesn't matter with rabbits.
My ducks haven't laid any eggs yet. I think they are still getting settled. Today and yesterday was the first days I'd seen them get very far from the coop and the swimming pool. They don't quack which I think is weird-Chris says that it is good. I kinda want some more ducks, maybe some ducklings but I think I will wait until after we raise our chicks-which by the way we are getting in 15 days!! (not that I am counting lol)
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