As you saw in my post about deer proofing our sweet potatoes, I had some potato plants that had died, so I needed to pull them up and harvest them. The bed that I harvested was all a red variety from Johnny’s Selected Seeds (an absolutely fantastic source for seeds, asparagus roots, and seed potatoes).Continue reading “A Partial Potato Harvest”
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More Progress on the Bathroom
The next step on the bathroom was to get the stone installed for the counter, backsplash, and little shelf. It was delayed by a day, but here it is. We chose an undermount sink. The wall mounted faucet is so gorgeous. We had to do a grate in the bottom of the sink because weContinue reading “More Progress on the Bathroom”
Deterring Deer
Much to my surprise, my husband decided to build me a new garden on the other side of the fence (in the barnyard) where the fence on that property makes a corner. (He really wants sweet potatoes.) He used the fence and added posts and then he used leftover Hardie board to make the raisedContinue reading “Deterring Deer”
Bathroom Progress
I am going to make a couple of posts to bring you up to date on everything that has happened in the bathroom with the final post being the reveal of the finished product. I made a post about the bathroom renovation a while ago, so if you haven’t seen that one, you may wantContinue reading “Bathroom Progress”
Smoked Chicken Salad
My husband requested smoked chicken salad for Father’s Day. It is his favorite. For the smoked chicken, I used the same dry brine techniques as are used in this YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1rM3CsoN0&t=23s&ab_channel=Tasty This technique may look intimidating, but it really isn’t. I had to watch the video several times the first time I made turkeyContinue reading “Smoked Chicken Salad”
The bathroom renovation has begun…
We have never liked the materials that they previous owners chose for the bathrooms and the tub in the hall bathroom was cracking when we bought it. The floor tiles were also cracking because they weren’t installed correctly. Anyway, we found a contractor (recommended by a friend) who could get started on it. I startedContinue reading “The bathroom renovation has begun…”
Flowers from the Garden
I had some pretty flowers blooming so I did a big arrangement for my counter. I used pink astilbe, the flowers from my chartreuse heuchera, liatris, oregano stems, hosta flowers, gladiolus, some dahlias, some lunaria that has gone to seed, some nigella that has gone to seed, and some of the Persian cress that IContinue reading “Flowers from the Garden”
Banana French Toast
I had some really over ripe bananas and thought I could use them in French toast batter. Here’s what I came up with: Batter: 3 really ripe bananas (should be able to almost squeeze them out of the skin like toothpaste) 5 eggs 3 cups of milk 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp vanilla extract 1Continue reading “Banana French Toast”
Super Cinnamon Rolls
Dough: 1 1/2 cups milk scalded 1 cup cold water 1/3 cup mashed potato flakes 1/2 cup of sugar 8 tbsp butter 1 package yeast 2 teaspoons salt 6 cups of all purpose flour Microwave the milk for 4 or 5 minutes until very hot. In the meantime add the water, potato flakes, sugar, butter,Continue reading “Super Cinnamon Rolls”
Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches
Our local marina makes these and we have had them a couple times and they are so good, so I decided to try making them at home. There are a bunch of recipes online and I used the one that got pretty much all five star ratings. It’s a super simple recipe. Mississippi Pot RoastContinue reading “Mississippi Pot Roast Sandwiches”
Cathy At Home on the River 