Grand County, Colorado
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday --- Memories
I remember the first time we tried to plant a garden after we moved to the mountains. About the last week of May Mom dug up a spot in the back yard and we put in radishes carrots lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes. Oh, and green onions. That spring had been pretty mild and the snow had melted early except in the very shady areas. The digging was hard because the ground was still a little hard from being frozen.
Mom thought she was choosing the kinds of hardy plants that would be okay with the short growing season that we would have. She covered the beds with something at night (I can’t remember what, but maybe it was burlap) and uncovered them during the day.
I was pretty young, about 6 or 7, and was not much help but I loved the watering and digging in the dirt. Then I would look at my hands and see how dirty I had gotten and run into the house to get cleaned up. I still can’t stand for my hands to be dirty for long. I love the feel and smell of the soil but not for long. I wasted so much time running back and forth that I never got much done. Mom probably thought I was a hindrance more than a helper but she let me help anyway.
When the little plants started to pop up out of the ground I was so proud it was like I had caused it all by myself. The late frost had killed some of the seeds but some of them made it and hung in there to become plants. We got plants from all of the eyes of potatoes that we had planted and the radishes and carrots were doing good The onions and lettuce were slower and the tomatoes did not do much at all.
In July we had radishes and green onions from the garden. The carrots did not develop into carrots really but the tops grew and were pretty. By the end of August it snowed and we dug up the potatoes. They were about the size of a ping pong ball and we did not get a lot of them.
Mom learned a great deal that summer about high altitude planting. It was a bunch of work for very little harvest but what we got was very tasty.
Mom thought she was choosing the kinds of hardy plants that would be okay with the short growing season that we would have. She covered the beds with something at night (I can’t remember what, but maybe it was burlap) and uncovered them during the day.
I was pretty young, about 6 or 7, and was not much help but I loved the watering and digging in the dirt. Then I would look at my hands and see how dirty I had gotten and run into the house to get cleaned up. I still can’t stand for my hands to be dirty for long. I love the feel and smell of the soil but not for long. I wasted so much time running back and forth that I never got much done. Mom probably thought I was a hindrance more than a helper but she let me help anyway.
When the little plants started to pop up out of the ground I was so proud it was like I had caused it all by myself. The late frost had killed some of the seeds but some of them made it and hung in there to become plants. We got plants from all of the eyes of potatoes that we had planted and the radishes and carrots were doing good The onions and lettuce were slower and the tomatoes did not do much at all.
In July we had radishes and green onions from the garden. The carrots did not develop into carrots really but the tops grew and were pretty. By the end of August it snowed and we dug up the potatoes. They were about the size of a ping pong ball and we did not get a lot of them.
Mom learned a great deal that summer about high altitude planting. It was a bunch of work for very little harvest but what we got was very tasty.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Mondays food
I got this one from Gin.
THE 5 MINUTE CHOCLATE CAKE FOR ONE
4 Tablespoons flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
3 Tablespoons chocolate chips (Optional)
A small splash of Vanilla extract
1 Large coffee mug (Microwave safe)
Combine dry ingredients and mix well.
Add egg and mix thoroughly.
Add milk and oil, mix well.
Add vanilla and chocolate chips and mix.
(They say you can do this right in the mug but I found when I did that it stuck, so next time I will mix it then pour it in the mug).
Cook in microwave for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug but do not be alarmed!
Allow to cool then tip out onto a plate.
EAT and ENJOY! (This can serve 2 if you really feel like sharing!
Why is “this” the most dangerous recipe in the world?
Because now we are only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake any time of the day or night!
THE 5 MINUTE CHOCLATE CAKE FOR ONE
4 Tablespoons flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
3 Tablespoons chocolate chips (Optional)
A small splash of Vanilla extract
1 Large coffee mug (Microwave safe)
Combine dry ingredients and mix well.
Add egg and mix thoroughly.
Add milk and oil, mix well.
Add vanilla and chocolate chips and mix.
(They say you can do this right in the mug but I found when I did that it stuck, so next time I will mix it then pour it in the mug).
Cook in microwave for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug but do not be alarmed!
Allow to cool then tip out onto a plate.
EAT and ENJOY! (This can serve 2 if you really feel like sharing!
Why is “this” the most dangerous recipe in the world?
Because now we are only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake any time of the day or night!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thursdays Photo
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Its cloudy and windy outside today. So here is some Colorado Beauty to brighten things up.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tuesdays.........memories
Greald Emery Fisher1973......................................... 1999
1960 or about that
1949 ...........................1950? .......................1956?
Mondays Food Day
I didn't really have an idea for a food topic, but a little while ago I put apple slices in the microwave oven with a little bit of cinnamon and brown sugar. In two minutes I had a very tasty and juicy treat.
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