More AMAZING soil from the compost!!

Im super excited about our compost!! We screened out a couple wheel barrows full of compost to add to the potatoe mounds and the soil looks fantastic :)

Supplies for Home Brew Beer

Supplies for Home Brew BEER:

WHAT YOU WILL NEED: Make sure you have all the necessary supplies BEFORE you start!! Check your local Brew store for the necessary supplies...shipping can really add up on some of the larger items!

• One Step Cleanser
• Beer Kit or Beer Ingredients
• 6 Gallon Pail (One)
• Large Stainless Steel Pot (to boil water)
• Rubber Stopper &; Air Lock - we have several extra Air Locks just in case 1 breaks, they are super cheap and can really make or break your brew!
• Thermometer
• Siphon Hose
• Racking Tube
• Large Spoon (long enough that it can reach into the bottom of your bucket)
• Bottle Filler
• Bottles (ask friends and family to start collecting bottles, or check your local brew store for their old bottles...they usually sell them alot cheaper than the new ones!)
• Super Grunge Remover (or similar item) this will be necessary if you are using recycled bottles that you need to get the sticky icky labels off!
• Bottle Caps and a Capper (not necessary if you are using a keg)

The easiest option would be to buy a home brew kit but that isnt always the least expensive option. Check garage sales and craigslist for wine kits and carboys. We got our kit at a garage sale for $10. Then if a few items are missing they are relatively inexpensive to replace instead of spending hundreds of dollars upfront for a home brew kit. We slowly collected our supplies over about a years time and then when we finally had all the equipment then we took off, be patient and save money :)

Addie loves the chickens and the chickens, suprisingly, love Addie

Every once in a while the chickens will come up to Addie and let her pet them for a while...she LOVES it when they do :)

Breakfast Egg Fritatas

I'm always looking for ways to use up some eggs in a new creative way (besides scrambled eggs every morning!). And now that the garden is taking off I have some veggies to work with too (will have a lot more here soon, but not quite as many yet). I'm absolutely addicted to arugula! I cant get enough of it! SO I thought I would try baking with it...along with some eggs (somehow!). I called my mom for baking advice (which I always do when I am in a mental rut and dont quite know if something will work out in the kitchen like I hope or want it to!). We bumped a couple ideas past each other and ended up with this fun little diddy :) (I'm not really a big fan of following recipes, mainly because I rarely have all the ingredients I need in the fridge...so I experiment, and call my mom for experimental advice!)

1: Mix up your eggs with a little salt (use 9 eggs for a 12 cup muffin pan) and chop your veggies and herbs (I used fresh spinach, arugula, chives and basil from the garden)

2: Oil your muffin cups/stone (don't use paper muffin cups, I tried this and it really didn't turn out as good)

3: Cut bread circles and place them in the bottom of the muffin cups (I used the leftover homemade bread from the other day)

4: Put your chopped veggie and herbs over the bread

5: Pour the eggs over your chopped veggies in your muffin cups

6: Top with some cheese
7: Refrigerate at least 2 hours -24 hours (the bread needs time to soak up the juices and the salt needs time to work into the veggies and release their juices)
8: Preheat oven to 325 degrees and cover your pan with parchment paper and bake for about 30 minutes covered and then about 20-30 minutes uncovered....until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean
9: Let them set in the pan for a couple minutes then remove them to a cooling rack
10: Enjoy

I made some focasia bread to go with my breakfast egg muffin and cut up some fresh radishes that I picked this morning...mainly because it needed some extra color :)

You can also do this recipe for any type of pan as well. (this size loaf pan I used about 10 eggs per pan for the egg mixture)