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3.27.2012
Planting More Citrus Trees
This week we planted a few more citrus trees in our garden. A lemon to replace the one that froze a few years ago and an orange and a grapefruit tree. If we can keep them alive through the next 3-5 years, they should begin producing a good amount of citrus to share with friends and family.
Their blossoms smell like heaven and the honey that the bees produce from their blossoms is light and very tasty compared with the buckwheat honey in the later summer season.
Their blossoms smell like heaven and the honey that the bees produce from their blossoms is light and very tasty compared with the buckwheat honey in the later summer season.
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| A golden Cordovan on a Louisiana Sweet Blossom- clearly one of Dolce's field bees! from our bee blog http://loveblessedlight.blogspot.com |
12.16.2011
Hummingbird Hill Hearty Buckwheat Bread
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| Wonderful toasted |
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| Great with Pumpkin Soup |
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| perfect with local honey |
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| Second Rise |
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| Measured and Cut |
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| Kneaded |
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| Leave alone to rise |
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| Add Active Yeast |
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| Adding Spices - Cinnamon and Peppers |
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| Blending Buckwheat into the Bread Flours |
Here is my
Hummingbird Hill Hearty Buckwheat Bread recipe:
1c buckwheat flour
2c bread flour
1c warm water
active yeast
1/4 c honey or sugar
2 tbs oil
Cinnamon and peppers to taste
Mix, knead, let rise,
Punch down, knead, place in pans, let rise
bake at 350-375'F until done.
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Frosty Morning Garden
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| frozen birdbath |
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| frosty dollarplant and blackberry leaves |
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| Frosty Tarragon Blossom |
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| Frosty Sage Leaves |
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| Frosty Debutante Camellia Blossom |
11.06.2011
9.30.2011
Autumn Skys Filled with Rain
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| The Beautiful Complexity of Gulf Coast Clouds! |
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| Rain curtain closing the sky at dusk |
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| Rough lake waters churn a muddy brown against the blue skies heavy with rain |
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| Simple Sunset |
9.21.2011
Dangerous Dead Copperhead Snake
On the road near the house...!!!
 I am sorry it got run over, but it is a very poisonous snake! |
| Take a look down this web page to see what a bite on your finger, can do to your arm http://www.squidoo.com/poisonoussnakeidentification#module11766077 |
9.09.2011
Flowers Blooming Now
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| Scentimental Hybrid rose |
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| Lantana |
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| Souvenier |
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| Passionflower |
and lots and lots of Autumn Clematis!
8.28.2011
New Blog Links
While we will still be maintaining DasBlauHaus,
we wanted to tell you that we have started a new Blog for the farm at:
http://hummingbirdhillfarmandstudiosllc.blogspot.com/
and for the bees at:
http://loveblessedlight.blogspot.com/
check 'em out!
and stay cool in the heat- don't forget to drink lots of water!
we wanted to tell you that we have started a new Blog for the farm at:
http://hummingbirdhillfarmandstudiosllc.blogspot.com/
and for the bees at:
http://loveblessedlight.blogspot.com/
check 'em out!
and stay cool in the heat- don't forget to drink lots of water!
7.11.2011
Our Blueberries
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Despite the drought
and the wild birds and animals who,
in their hunger have demolished
much of our crops this year-
We did get some blueberries.
They were delicious!
7.02.2011
Lunchtime Adventures
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| Storm Clouds on Lake Pontchartrain |
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| Oak Trees Reflected in the Waves on the Mandeville Lakefront |
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| My favorite Ditch Full of Lush Cat-tails in Covington |
Bull and Calve Studies for New Paintings
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| My favorite Bull |
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| Very Powerful Bull |
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| Heart- headed Calf |
6.28.2011
Hercules
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| Bored with his day, Hercules Springs into Action! |
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| He begins with the" Toss and Tag" with Copycat! |
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| He pauses... |
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| and then counters with the "Flip and Flop!" |
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| Lakeview is confused. |
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