27
Jul 2010
Ever wonder what to do with that pile of zucchini that you get from your garden in the summertime? Try this recipe for chocolate zucchini sheet cake brownies.
- 1 ½ Cup Brown Sugar
- ½ Cup Sugar
- ½ Cup Butter [1 C Applesauce can be used in place of butter and vegetable oil]
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ½ Cup Buttermilk
- 2 ½ Cup Flour
- ½ tsp Allspice
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 7 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 4 cups Unpeeled Zucchini (grated)
- 1 C Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
Cream the wet stuff. Add the dry stuff. Stir in zucchini. Pour into an 11×17 pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Bake 325 for 40-45 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar or frost with chocolate icing.
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08
Apr 2009
Well, I was a little worried how Oscar would do with the chickens but he is really good with them. He really doesn’t care about them. Although we were outside the other day and Jeremiah thought he would have some fun and chase the chickens and that gave Oscar the idea that chasing the chickens is fun. He did chase the chickens and they went a-running with wings flapping. Jeremiah just stood there and laughed. I didn’t think he should egg Oscar on and when we told him to stop, Oscar quit chasing them and just wagged his tail. He was just having fun. Although I don’t think we are quite ready to leave Oscar alone with the chickens out of their coop. Who knows what he would do if he was bored.
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05
Apr 2009
They are here!!! At least some of them are. I got my California White chicks and Rhode Island Red chicks. The Brown Leghorns will still be a couple of weeks.I got a phone call from the farm store saying that they got some of my chicks in. I was so excited. I waited until Emma got home from school so that we all could go and bring home our baby chicks. We talked about some of the names for the chicks. So far the choices are: Gertie, Henny-Penny, Voldemort, Spots, Peep, Brownie, and Ice cream. We are still debating on some of the names. Here are some pictures of our babies.
Editors note: For more pictures of the baby chicks, check out Holly’s blog.
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02
Apr 2009
Well, I found out that it will still be a couple of weeks before our chicks will come so I have become a little impatient. I saw some pullets that are 24 weeks old for sale on KSL. They are old enough to be laying eggs right now so I thought that would be good since my chicks won’t start laying until Fall. I drove down to Sandy and picked up two of them and brought them home in the dog crate. The kids were so excited to go get them. They were a little hesitant to come out of the crate but once they were in the chicken coop they were right at home. They escaped a couple of times and the kids and I had quite the time running around the yard trying to catch them and get them put up into the roost for bed, but we finally got them. They said “This is so fun chasing chickens!” I hope they still think that after we have to chase them everyday.
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01
Apr 2009
On Friday I got a weather vane for the garden and I also got my chicken coop. I will begin planting my peas and cabbage and a few other things next week, if the weather is good. Hopefully my baby chicks will be in next week also. I am getting so excited for them!
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27
Mar 2009
In addition to the yard work last weekend, I also managed to stain the deck. It is no wonder that Hannah ended up with a haircut from Alex on Saturday. Jeremiah and I were outside all day on Friday and Saturday. You can see pictures of Alex’s handiwork here.
Also, my seedlings are coming up quite nicely. Now if only the weather can warm up again and stay that way so that I can plant them.
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27
Mar 2009
Last Friday and Saturday we worked in the yard. We rented a sod cutter and relocated the sod from the backyard to the side of the house and made a strawberry patch. We also boxed in the garden area and brought in a whole truckload of mulch for the garden and flower beds. I am so excited for my garden now. I will be planting my lettuce, carrots and peas soon.
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23
Mar 2009
Jeremiah and I worked out in the yard on Saturday cutting up sod and getting the garden ready. Alex and Hannah got tired of playing outside so they went inside and decided to play “barber”. Alex didn’t want his haircut but Hannah did. She said that she wanted her hair to look like her Aunt Chelsea’s. So Hannah came outside modeling her new hairdo. She was quite excited that Alex had cut her hair.
Jeremiah was not happy about that at all. Meanwhile Chelsea got to our house and was returning Emma from her sleepover and offered to take Hannah to Nick’s sister’s house so that her hair could be fixed. This is the after picture.
I guess her hair could look worse. Jeremiah is not happy about it and I am just relieved that it is just hair. It will grow back.
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20
Mar 2009
I am getting ready for Spring planting. I picked up this planting tray at WalMart for $6. I planted:
- Black Eyed Susans which will go along my back fence
- Shasta Daisies which will also go along my back fence
- Carrots in my garden
- Sunflowers which will grow in the corner of my yard
- Peas,Watermelon, Sweet Corn, Zucchini and Tomatoes all in my garden.
I will post a picture when they start to sprout. Somewhere between March 25th and April 1st.
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Category: Gardening, House
Tags: black eyed susans, carrots, daisies, fence, flowers, sunflowers, sweet corn, tomatoes, walmart, watermelon, yard, zucchini
20
Mar 2009
We have some plans for our backyard. We are going to rent a sod cutter and make a garden area. You can see the area that we have outlined in black spray paint.
Then we are also going to put in a patio at the end of the deck stairs. I am growing flowers from seed that I plan to put in along the back fence. We are also going to build a shed that will go under the deck. I am so excited for all of the plans for our yard. I will post more pictures as our work progresses.
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Ever wonder what to do with that pile of zucchini that you get from your garden in the summertime? Try this recipe for chocolate zucchini sheet cake brownies.
