What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

I've been in an organizing frenzy myself lately. Got the pantry & the mud room cleaned out & in order. I love that feeling. Oh also did the upstairs storage shelves (where I hoard all my TP & things ).

I cook egg muffins & freeze them, 24 at a time. Usually scramble the egg & put it in with some ham or sausage & cheese, bake in a muffin tin & freeze for DH for breakfasts during the week. I never have enough eggs, 8 chickens & I still buy eggs. The girl down the road has been out for weeks though, I'm guessing she has a lot of chickens molting. I pay $4 for a dozen & am ecstatic to get them over store bought (though not Walmart, we don't have one around here).

@karenerwin that is one funky egg!

@igorsMistress an signs of baby ducks yet???

 

[WthrLady]

We got one of those fairy fart eggs last week too. Had the cutest little yolk in it.

 

[WthrLady]

Taking the menfolk into town today to switchover their old phones to new ones. I did mine the other day. I am not a fan of new phone day.
Then a quick trip for yarn and filet for supper tomorrow.
And I need to pick up my new reading glasses.

The dog is now on doggie prozac. I swear.

 

[TropicalBabies]

Morning all! I finally cooked up one of my pumpkins! Getting ready to bake pumpkin pie!
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Some for pies & the rest into the freezer!
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Seeds for me & guts for the chickens!
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Love your basket for eggs. Going to have to rethink mine with all of the thinking time i have on my hands now-a-daze! Beautiful job with the yummy pumpkin.

 

[TropicalBabies]

That is some good information to know when I inevitably have "too many" laying chickens for myself and my husband!

That is a good problem to have I like it a lot when I have that problem

 

[drstratton]

Love your basket for eggs. Going to have to rethink mine with all of the thinking time i have on my hands now-a-daze! Beautiful job with the yummy pumpkin.

Thank you! I stole it from my son...

I can't wait have some pie!

 

[drstratton]

I just saw the post on water glassing! I started an experiment on 11.12 and started a thread on it!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/water-glassing-egg-preservation-experiment.1428588/

 

[TropicalBabies]

Thank you! I stole it from my son...

I can't wait have some pie!

Even better!!!

 

[igorsMistress]

I've been in an organizing frenzy myself lately. Got the pantry & the mud room cleaned out & in order. I love that feeling. Oh also did the upstairs storage shelves (where I hoard all my TP & things ).

I cook egg muffins & freeze them, 24 at a time. Usually scramble the egg & put it in with some ham or sausage & cheese, bake in a muffin tin & freeze for DH for breakfasts during the week. I never have enough eggs, 8 chickens & I still buy eggs. The girl down the road has been out for weeks though, I'm guessing she has a lot of chickens molting. I pay $4 for a dozen & am ecstatic to get them over store bought (though not Walmart, we don't have one around here).

@karenerwin that is one funky egg!

@igorsMistress an signs of baby ducks yet???

Not yet. I keep
Checking on my breaks and such. Once I see external pips I won’t be able to sleep I’m sure.

 

[NewBoots]

Today I cleaned out the pantry and found a few things I’ve been looking for, including an unopened box of steel cut oats

I get Red Mill steel cut and once in a while it gets hard to find in the stores. I am seriously a firm believer in making them with savory in mind. A lot like grits. Once they're done cooking I stick them in the oven to keep warm with a little parmesan or asiago cheese on top then cook bacon, shallots, eggs, mushrooms, split cherry tomatoes, and maybe some sliced avocado if I have any. Not all of those at once mind you.

Three images of the same funky looking egg that I got last night!!

You have to wonder if those hurt coming out?

Artistic is one way get those from older girls one blue one brown
guess I have a new layer huh

I love those tiny eggs, especially when they have yokes like @WthrLady was saying.

‘Tis the season for egg nog and quiche uses up eggs. Just sayin’

I was just thinking quiche would be nice for breakfast this morning. @Sueby I make and freeze those muffin cup mini omelets too and they were perfect when I was still working as a fast breakfast. And they look so nice I've used them for garden brunches.

The ocean is roaring so loud it's almost scary, it sounds like I'm standing on some English clifftop overlooking a wild sea. Got out and saw to the bunnies and chickens and greenhouse this morning between squalls. The chickens The baby bunnies are growing really fast and seem perfectly fine outside. Everyone got some tomato skins and seeds I'd stashed in the freezer in September and set out to thaw last night. The buns were thrilled, the chickens not so much. Some of the ladies are molting, including Glyness who is now sans tail:

We had an electrician come out to remove the smoke alarm in the living room. It's hard wired and all of them are linked so every time I make ribs the whole house sounds like an office fire-drill. Getting a quote from him to hard wire the coop/run and the rabbitat. Not much else going on right now in the garden, bye for now.