What did you do in the garden today?

[dirkandlorie]

I found a bread making machine in our closet. Wife's sister gave it to her years ago. Her sister did not use it much. Wife never used it. No manual so I looked it up online. I made a loaf of raisin bread. Best loaf I ever made. I see where it kneads it 18 minutes. I think that made the difference.

I have a love/hate relationship with my bread machine. I love that it does the mixing and kneading for me, hate the texture of the bread that's baked in it. So I take the dough out when its done kneading, and rise it elsewhere and bake in the oven . So much better.

 

[Smokerbill]

I did some chicken integration today. Moved four 13 week old pullets and their brother the cockerel in with my six older pullets, 44 weeks old. I sat in the run with them all for a while and gave the hens a few thumps when they got too aggessive towards the litte ones.

They'll work things out eventually, and eventually I'll have fertile eggs to hatch again. Five more cockerels are left to grow out and provide a few meals in the future.

 

[Rillowen]

I understand that. I also only have hand tools. I will probably take care of 2-3 areas per day, as the body allows.
Everything I plant goes in raised or elevated beds, originally filled with bagged dirt. See image, plus 3 more elevated beds alongside our deck.

At first i read that as "2-3 ACRES per day" and I was in wonder!!

 

[Rillowen]

I have a love/hate relationship with my bread machine. I love that it does the mixing and kneading for me, hate the texture of the bread that's baked in it. So I take the dough out when its done kneading, and rise it elsewhere and bake in the oven . So much better.

This is exactly what I do!! I basically use it as a times stand mixer mine has a "dough only" function that I use. I have also been found using it for part a cycle, turning it off and letting it sit, then restarting for a bit ect to make sourdough without having to stretch and fold myself

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Anyone else constantly reminding themselves it's only early February and too early to start things? Lol

Wellll... I might of started my Leek seeds yesterday!

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I have a love/hate relationship with my bread machine. I love that it does the mixing and kneading for me, hate the texture of the bread that's baked in it. So I take the dough out when its done kneading, and rise it elsewhere and bake in the oven . So much better.

For my yeast breads I knead in my Kitchen maid. Always thought to look into a bread machine for baking in the summer without heating the house up.

 

[WthrLady]

I found a bread making machine in our closet. Wife's sister gave it to her years ago. Her sister did not use it much. Wife never used it. No manual so I looked it up online. I made a loaf of raisin bread. Best loaf I ever made. I see where it kneads it 18 minutes. I think that made the difference.

I have a partial set of mini bread machine books. I do the dough by hand, but there's not one dud recipe in them. It's really nice as they recipes have 3 each, small-medium-and large loaf.

64 degrees today and windy. I spent the whole afternoon chainsawing down invasive cedar trees in the cattle pasture. I've managed about 6 or so acres so far. I haven't TOUCHED the 20 foot trees or the plum, ironwood, or olive trees. Those will be easier with the skid steer the other rancher will bring in. Me cutting the cedar trees down by hand means less time the skid steer guy has to be there, saving $$.

=========on the critter note
Now there are 3. Sigh.
I lost half my herd. HALF MY HERD. He was the baby (8), sweet, sassy, soft- and my supreme grand champion fleece alpaca.
I bought him 3 weeks more than the others, but he was just going downhill for the past week and all I was doing was drugging him to help keep him company. Numb. I'm just numb.