Yesterday, Will and I went out and picked up the very last square bales from the last hayfield. It was so good to be done haying finally and know that our animals will have all the hay they can eat and all the bedding they need. And we have stacked 100 bales of reed canary grass hay separately to use as mulch in our gardens next year.
I made another batch of Cowboy Candy (candied jalapeños) yesterday, using the leftover syrup to do two half-pints of red bell pepper pieces in the syrup. As the syrup is spicy hot from the boiling jalapeños, it perks up the sweet peppers very nicely. And I don’t waste the syrup! Waste not; want not.
One of the red sweet peppers I sliced up was a beautiful Lipstick from our house garden. We grew these in isolation so we can save seeds. (Lipstick peppers only have about two dozen seeds per pepper, at most!) These are such a tasty, pretty pepper. We sure love them.
Our son, David, now works at Voyageur Log Homes, and brought home a section of log railing from a remodel job that had been destined for the burn pile. For now I put it in front of our house, by the flower bed. Mittens just loves it. She thinks we put it there just for her to play on. She spends lots of time laying down, running around, and sleeping on it!
We’ve got some big Gila Cliff Dweller squash down in our barn isolation plot. We’ve never grown them before and they promise to be a great addition. They are big, white- and green-striped, and real pretty. It’s fun to try new, rare varieties. I picked a few ears of Bear Island Chippewa flint corn yesterday because the blue jays were starting to eat it. It’s a real nice, colored corn with large ears that have 12-14 rows of large kernels. And it’s quite early, too. We grew it several years back and were impressed with the quality of the cornmeal from it. And, as it’s very rare, we’re happy to add it to our growing list of seeds! — Jackie
Ellendra,
I tried the bundt pan once but couldn’t twist the cutter like I needed to. I’ll give it another try and see if maybe I just didn’t have the knack yet. Thanks for the tip.
Sheryl,
You’re such a good friend to send Deb some Cowboy Candy! I knew you were a selfless person!!! I know I can’t get enough of them and even use the left-over syrup as a glaze over pork roast and baked chicken!
This is more a comment on one of your recent articles, but, you mentioned sometimes getting your hand with the cutter when cutting corn. Try standing the ear up in the center of a bundt pan. That way you can cut all the way to the end of the cob, and the pan also keeps the kernals corralled.
Hello Miss Jackie!
I tried your cowboy candy recipe. The only problem I had is that once the jar is opened they seem to disappear! Boy, are they ever good. I’m going to send some to Miss Deb but I don’t think anyone else is going to get any!!!
Love pic of mittens. What a sweet kitty.
Sheryl
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