sb158's Valley Garden » bread-making

Hmphf. Stupid Wordpress.

sb158 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:34:22 +0000

Was just gonna stick a pic of my rolls in the comments to the previous post, but apparently you can’t post pics in comments. So here are my rolls. They were good!

OK, done for today…

Bread-making, Blue & White, and Babies

sb158 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:55:05 +0000

A while ago, I read Annie’s Granny’s post about her beautiful buns and decided to try the recipe one of these days. Today turned out to be that day. I used a cup each of whole wheat, bread, and all-purpose flour and threw it all in the bread machine on the dough cycle. Lookin’ good so far. Going to make 4 sandwich rolls and some rolls for dinner, to go with the chicken I’ll throw in the roaster shortly. I’ll let you know how they come out.

On the garden front, I’m happy to report that all the baby cukes and watermelon I planted out the other day are thriving. This is good, but it means I have to murder 6 helpless little baby plants in very short order…I hate doing that. Sigh… The mums and gazania I did that day are looking great, too. No beans sprouting yet, though.

All my annual seeds I’ve been sticking in my containers are sprouting and growing like gangbusters so far. Looking forward to purty flowers, barring any of Mother Nature’s nasty tricks.

In my side-of-the stairs container garden, still have lots of alyssum, while the convolvulus and salvia are blooming nicely, too. Sat on the stairs for a minute, and noticed what a pretty picture the blue & white made. What do you think?

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Blue and white

Also forgot to post this pic of my baby tomato the other day. Grown since then, but you get the idea…

Golf-ball sized and growing

That’s about it for now. I’ll let you know how the rolls came out…

Hallelujah and Thank You

sb158 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:57:47 +0000

We’re finally getting some rain and (slightly) cooler temperatures! Not nearly as much as we need, but, at this point, I’m thankful for whatever we get. I expect my plants will grow a foot overnight!

Here are some pics I took about a week ago that show how much the garden had grown while I was in Colorado. Compare them to these pics.

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The raised bed with tomatoes, peppers, cukes, and basil

The arbor thingy with tomatoes, cantaloupe, zucchini, watermelon, and pole beans

Heatwave and Silvery Fir Tree Tomatoes

Heatwave tomatoes living up their name, setting lots of fruit even in this heat

Hubby’s picnic table, WIP

Hubby’s picnic table, another angle

As I said, these pics are about a week old. In a couple days, after it stops raining, I’ll take some more, just to see how they grew after the rain. You can water all you want, but even a little bit of rain does so much more…