Yard and Garden – Page 8

July 12, 2013

Friday snippets

We’ve been enjoying some not too hot, beautiful days with cool nights so good for sleeping and crisp mornings that take us outside for several hours before my work day starts.

This morning, it was 42F to start out the morning.

I had a gorgeous Copper River Red Salmon filet thawed.

Braised salmon with fresh herbs. A bit of this was breakfast for Bear, Bob and I and the rest into the frig for salmon tacos and stir fry over the weekend.

The herbs!!

They continue to flourish gangbusters…

My baby cilantro grew up.

Two weeks ago, I gardened. Really!! I braved the hot sun for an entire 10 minutes to clear a patch of soil on Beardog hill.

And then…and THEN!!! – I PLANTED SEEDS. Yes!! Cilantro seeds.

And now there is baby cilantro on Beardog Hill.

If the resident Beardog stays off this little patch, I may have a summer’s worth of cilantro and more.

This is an experiment.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned Beardog chose a softer place for naptime than yesteray’s concrete.

And so did Bob. And Bob’s ears are already improving again.

It was an excellent and productive work week which culminated in meeting a project deadline at high noon today. Hoo-rah!

A Friday pizza was in order.

Pizza on the grill.

Friday snippets.

June 23, 2013

Sunday, day of rest

I didn’t plan on a busy Sunday, but one thing led to another…

Saturday evening I filled the motorhome fresh water tank with water and a chlorine mix. The mix sits overnight and then a rinse tank…

I also assembled a meat-herb mix for a kind of pseudo American style gyros meat recipe.

Bright and early on Sunday after bringing the meat to room temp, I fired up the grill and roasted the meat.

Bear was extremely interested…

This worked out very well and although it is not like spit-roasted gyros, it is flavorful and tender and I am extremely pleased with the result!

Back to the motorhome.

Killing two birds with one stone…I hope!

As I got ready to drain the chlorinated water, I got to wondering how the weeds would like a bit of chlorine in their water…

I’ve been procrastinating with the vinegar attack. (see Thistle Saga 2012)

I moved the motorhome over a nice patch of weeds and let ‘er drain.

We’ll see.

Meanwhile between the draining and rinsing and 2nd draining, I quit my procrastinating and wheeled my vinegar cart here and there until I was out of vinegar.

And I mowed the grass.

I trimmed.

I cleaned up with the blower.

I went inside, cooled off and took a shower.

1:20 p.m.

Time to take it easy.

And have a blackberry-goat cheese-lemon thyme tart.

Sunday, day of rest.

June 22, 2013

Snippets from Saturday

Just cut rosemary…for crackers.

Croutons for salad or soup.

Ripening avocados.

An heirloom tomato and sweet grape tomatoes…and lemons…and sunhine in the yard.

Afternoon nap.

Afternoon nap outside.

The rosemary gets ready to jump in the crackers.

Sunroom light.

A bit of work.

Rosemary garlic crackers.

Snippets from Saturday.

**latest news from my folks: the fire has calmed a bit as it moved out of the beetle destroyed trees into healthy aspen and ponderosa. The wind shifted. At the moment, things look better for South Fork. My folks and their pets are comfortable.

April 24, 2013

A better day

Bob’s ear is looking much better. The infection is a yeast infection and I can’t really tell how that is going except that he is not fussing with his ears so am guessing that is better. The hematoma – broken blood vessel under the skin – caused by him rubbing or scratching looks better. I’ve been able to keep the slit clean and open so it is draining and not filling. I don’t really think that drain was going to drain well. Bob and I are both happier with the current scenario. He doesn’t seem to mind the warm compress routine or the ointment.

There was frost on the rhubarb this morning…

…but the sun came out and it got to a very warm 61F this afternoon.

Bob is maybe looking grumpy because I moved his bed away from the dryer vent. Right now it is inside with a fresh washed cover. I got to thinking that maybe lying with his head under the dryer vent…warm, moist, air – the cause of the yeast? I don’t know but it doesn’t seem like a good idea to continue.