North Carolina

[Jloeffler]

6 cups sliced apples
3/4 c. Brown sugar
Mix

Mix 2 packages instant apples & cinnamon oatmeal with 1/4 cup melted butter till crumbly

Spread crumble over apples in a microwave safe dish (shallow like a pie dish works best)

Sprinkle 2 Tbs. Water over all

Microwave 12-15 min depending on your microwave

Top warm dessert with whipped cream.

EAT!!

 

[wildriverswolf90]

. HUNGRY........NEED APPLES......... MUST HAVE YUMMY DESSERT......

 

[gavinandallison]

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Yep. I can give the whole recipe if anyone is interested.

Recipe.....I was better on the dream of swift delivery! It's too late to bake, and now I'm just hungry! Maybe we need a rule about posting delicious items after dark or 9:00. I'm off to raid the...

See you in Morganton next month?

 

[Matt A NC]

I just ate one of the most delicious brownies. I have been tweeking recipes.

Matt

 

[Jloeffler]

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[wildriverswolf90]

Ok so last night I went out to make sure all the chickies were on the roost! And what do I find.....All 7 BOs on the roost and all 3 cochins on what will be a row of nest boxes!
But it was funny that they were seperated by species!

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

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BHep - you are welcome to visit any time, just let me know!! I am sure I could find a kiddy pool somewhere if you happen to "accidentally" leave a few ducks with me!! (Hey, are ducks like chickens and will lay with or without a mate?? Haha...see, I am so new, I don't even know that I don't know!! I may need a lesson while giving a sewing lesson??

) I am in the process of making a dozen or so quilts (

) so you are more than welcome to have a sewing day at my house!! I will confess, I have a NICE sewing machine (yay for wedding presents!!) that is computerized, so it takes me a while to remember how to use the traditional ones!! Between the two of us, I am sure we could figure it out. If you go to connectingthreads.com and look at their Folk Art fabric...I was seriously thinking of making the chicken place mats for my mother's kitchen...

she likes that folksy stuff and who can resist seeing a chicken stare up at you from the table (better than on your plate!!)?!? LOL

Funny side note: Went to collect eggs last night and as I was trying to sneak in the coop....we had an escapee!! Lucie (my spotted Maran -cuckoo?? I don't know how coloring works and I keep forgetting...pregnancy amnesia) darted right under my skirt and was having a grand old time running around the yard pecking at bugs here and there. We had fun corralling her back into the coop...the rest were VERY unhappy that she was out and they were not. Funniest part, when she finally got back into the coop, both Jemimah and Jeremy (the BO and definite alphas) BOTH gave her a side kick/peck as if to say, "Do NOT do that again young lady!!"

I SO want to free range, but I am terrified of anything happening to my boys & girls....we have such deep woods, who knows what's in there...oh wait, I DO!! Coyote, Raccoons, foxes, owls....all sorts of predators. We've been so lucky/fortunate as of yet that nothing has come our way, I am afraid if I let them go, they won't come home.

I wouldn't be able to handle that.... okay, if Cotton-tail didn't come back I wouldn't be AS upset as if it was one of the others, but I'd still be upset. Cotton-tail is still on our chopping block list, but neither of us can bring ourselves to do it. I am afraid with my pregnancy hormones, I'd be a basket case!! I am glad I missed yesterday's postings as I would have been CRAVING some goodies. Good thing I stayed away...I already made a deep dish cherry pie for the DH and something called a chocolate snack cake for....everyone else?

Wait, I am the only one else... I have tons of apples too, so I would probably would have ended up making an apple pie or something (much to DH's delight). This is one time I am glad I stayed away!!

Wish us luck everyone...we ordered some trees for our orchard that will be arriving in Mid-Feb (poor DH will be digging holes for a month probably)!! We ordered 11 trees in total - 2 apple, 2 pear, 2 peach, 1 nectarine, 3 cherry and 1 fig!! I am hoping to have some fresh, organic fruit in a couple of years!!

<sigh> Off to cut out some fabric, have a great day everyone!!

 

[HenThymes]

Morning all!

Took a mini photo shoot yesterday and thought I would share a few of the pics. Have a brooder with 10 babies from my bantam orps, serama's and a cute silver laced cochin baby. Have another tray of eggs going into LD this sunday with a few more bantams and some LF, can't wait to see what hatches!

Serama - I just love the look I'm getting "are you done yet"!!

Silver laced cochin - must be a girl as it's very shy

One of my project Mille Fleur bantam orps - coloring is looking very promising.

 

[gavinandallison]

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Very cute Trish!

 

[gavinandallison]

Here are some pics of our new babies:

This is the one I rescued from the cold:

These are from our last hatch, various shots of 2 chicks:

And of that we hope will be Partridge: