Thursday, May 20, 2010

Chevre cheesecake!

Okay, the eggs keep coming, the milk keeps flowing and I've got company! It's lemon chevre cheesecake for everybody - a crust made from biscotti, then chevre (creamed in the food processor) with lemon zest, eggs from the hens, a little vanilla we brought back from New Mexico, some Agave syrup - I think that's it! It is in the oven now and I"ll top it with some sour cream/sugar/vanilla. Life is so good to us!

It's quite hot today - I've turned water on the lettuces which seem to be wilty despite the soil being very moist right below the surface. The onions, potatoes (German Butterballs!) and tomatoes look fine but the lettuces.... we're putting coffee grounds from Jim's little cafe around the base of the tomatoes to help control slugs this year and I"ll report back how that works. And, oh joy! I found some sweet potato vines in Amery - okay, it's an experiment - so I have restrained myself and only put in 4 in a big tractor tire full of compost. They are heat lovers and should do well. I also brought back home some odds and ends of flowers to put in windowboxes by the barn and sunflower seed to plant by the silo - assuming the goats won't eat them on their way to and from the milking room.

The lambs are now seriously plump and milk-fed looking; I see they're cudding (meaning they are chewing cud and have developed rumens) we're very happy with this year's crop and will keep back some of the ewe lambs. I go to look at ram prospects on Wednesday....which is also the day I bring home the bees!!