Tangerine time!

The citrus around here is slowly coming into season. Every couple days a tangerine will drop from the tree, nice and ripe. We had one for dessert today, and it was great. Pretty soon we'll have oranges, grapefruit, and lemon as well. I've been looking into canning, and it should be easy (it seems like so many citrus fruits get wasted in Florida--- there's just too much too fast!). I'm also interested in candying some lemon and orange peel, which sounds scrumptious. I wonder if we could boil down some juice and freeze or can that too.

Garden salad

We're starting to eat more and more out of our garden. Yesterday we picked a little cucumber, some salad greens, and tossed together a lovely little salad.

What a cute little cuke!

Topped with some blue cheese dressing, it was delicious. Most people don't care for them, but I love raw collards. They're a tiny bit tougher than lettuce, but I think they add a nice flavor to a salad mix.

Yolk-less egg

Here's something you won't ever find at the grocery store. Taylor and I went into the coop and found a teeny tiny blue egg. We cracked it open, and all there was was albumen (white).

It still tasted delicious. It'd be pretty neat if these happened more often--- they'd be perfect for recipes that only called for whites.

Another dinner outdoors

With so much wonderful cool weather, we've really been taking advantage of eating outside. Last night, Taylor and I fashioned a wonderful little grill made from bamboo and leftover chicken wire.

We grilled up some shishkebobs, loaded with tomatoes, mushrooms, beef, onion, zucchini, and squash. Marinated in a wonderful concoction of all kinds of sauces, it was just delicious.

Farina's new home

A while back we acquired this adorable little angora rabbit. I really wanted an angora so that I could use some of the fur for spinning yarn. She's such a sweetheart, but we really couldn't keep her in such a small cage. Instead, we shaved her (the poor thing was covered in matted fur), and put her in with the other rabbits. The lady we purchased her from had her in about a 1.5 foot by 1 foot wire-floored cage, and her bottom was completely matted and tangled. Now, she has about 75 square feet of space, and plenty of company. At first, she was terrified of her new cage mates (the females were being a little bit territorial), but now she's meshed in just fine. We've seen her snuggling up to Toby, and exploring quite a bit.

Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us!

What are we thankful for?

Two wonderful people who give us the means to have our own little farmette. Our chickens, rabbits, and garden wouldn't be possible without them.

We're thankful for the wonderful weather that's allowing our crops to grow.

We're thankful for our families, of course, and our friends.

Up next? Christmas!

Little Cuke

Look what we found! As we were treating the squash's powdery mildew, we stumbled upon this cute little cucumber hiding underneath some leaves. We'll let it grow a bit longer, and then enjoy it on a salad.