Zucchini Anyone? Part 2

My neighbor brought some zucchini over and left it at the door....Holy CRAP! This puppy is 20 inches stem to stern.



Well have cakes , breads, fritters, and all kinds of good eating in the months to come. Praise God.

Evil Bunny is Back.........

.........And he is after the corn!



I figure this lil bunny is climbing the fence and stalks to nibble....I found one stalk on its side and the others were nibbled.....





Now I am trying a new plan of attack.....

I have these can tops and bottoms left from my soda cans ( after cutting) and was trying to reuse them. I made some redneck windchimes (lol) and was working on making morraccas for kids when i ran into a problem. I abandoned that idea until I could find another solution, in the meantime I have all these tops and bottoms.....

A voice whispered what to do. You know that small still voice? Sometimes we call it GOD or intuition, or good sense , sanity, and even Insanity....LMAO....Well I seen the solution as it was whispered to me....



I posted my mini shepards hooks that I use around the front garden with chimes and put them near the plants with the can chimes. I hope the shiny deflectors scare the critter away.

I hope this works. I didnt know bunnies could climb!

Meanwhile......





CUCKES ANYONE? They are taking over the garden ... Holy Crap and I don't even eat them.( I grew them for the other family members)

How about?

ZUCCHINI?

My neighbor shared zucchini with me after i shared lettuce with him and now spinach and green beans for more zucchini...YUM! I never liked it before, but even my youngun ate it.

I found a great fritter ( pancake) recipe, changed it slightly and now...MMMMMM I got a new summer favorite.

3cups zucchini ( shredded)
2-3 eggs *( if using jumbos use 2 eggs, medium use 3)
1 cup all purpose flour ( can add a lil more if it seems too wet)
1 tsp. dill
1tsp. baking soda
salt and pepper ( I used sea salt)
1 cup grated romano ( can use parmesan)
2 medium onions ( Shredded)
oil for frying ( I use olive oil EVOO a lil at a time)
Sour cream

***After shredding zucchini salt it ( I eyeballed it) and leave in bowl for 15 minutes or longer to remove bitterness.

Use cheese cloth or strainer to remove the liquid from the zucchini and add to onions ( DO NOT strain onions...Leave onion juice in)

Mix in eggs and flour, dill, salt and pepper, and cheese.

Drop spoonfuls ( I used a large serving spoon, the ones slightly larger then a tablespoon with slots to drain liquid) into pan. Not to big or they will be hard to turn and will fall apart. ( about 2-3 inches big should be fine)

add oil as needed.

Fry, Flip and drain on paper towel.

serve with sour cream.

MMMMMMM.....To die for.

How can I be mad?

Something was in my garden....It ate all my cabbage, and then started in on my broccoli....Oh NO You DIDNT! Not mah broccoli. I'll let you have the few cabbages aint to crazy about them anyway, but DO NOT touch mah broccoli.
I heard a gopher was spotted in my garden....I caught one last yr in there eating away....This yr however I couldn't spot it. Nor could I figure out how it was getting in.

I do my best communing with the LORD when i am in the garden.

I finally went out and asked GOD to show me how it was getting in as I was getting frustrated and angry at all my hard work going to the critter. I stood in the garden and one of my girls ( doves who overlook the garden) walked out from the corner of the garden..I didn't see her she was hiding and so quiet...a little one not as big as the others, anyway, she walked out and looked at me as if to say over here and proceeded to hop thru a lil hole in the side fence...I smiled and thanked HIM. I went in and grabbed some wire and fixed the hole...It appears some animal chewed right thru the wire, Wow.

Well this past weekend my daughter said she spotted a rabbit in there. HMMMM I had left the door open as I was weeding and stopped to speak with a friend so i assumed she just hopped on in. Fast foward a few days and I walked upon the garden and there she is....( click pic to enlarge)

She actually got thru the the mazes of fences and wires that line the tree line....Sooooo..I put some rocks along the fence line to keep her out....

Last night I caught her outside the garden. (Those are leaves of lettuce I discarded sunday as I stood outside the garden harvesting my lettuce that didnt ball over....( I dont know why..I never grew lettuce b4 so I assume it is something I didnt do) ). They taste good though despite the fact that i had to strip them form the stalk.

Anyway back to evil bunny....She is just an itty bitty thing... still a babe...How can I get mad at her...I made a deal with her if she stays outta the garden i will put the discards on the outside of the garden for her......

Did It Snow in June?

NO!
I shredded all the paperwork I had about 5 yrs after my ex left. It was to be a cleansing. Getting rid of the old Paperwork we shared as well as some I had that was older then my youngest child, and some that was my moms who died 12 yrs ago.
I have a straight shredder rather then a cross cutter. I was afraid to throw all that paper in the trash since it would be easy to put it all together ( WITH SOME EFFORT). Sooooo....

I made MULCH!

Who Knew I could make the IRS and all their paperwork , WORK for me! LOL

I have since mulched my bank statements as well as newspaper and junk mail.

Grow your Own.

I'm Growing PET Bottles!

Actually We had freeze and frost warnings again, Yesterday for early this morning, (Someone please tell Mother Nature it is May 18, OK?) I was saving the bottles in hopes to maybe make a hothouse/lean-to for the garden, or maybe a chair. But I am also using some of them to make beads. Anyway they came in handy as an emergency cold frame for the plants. Covering each plant was a big pain in the ass, especially since I had to do this last week too. I had just put the bottles/frames away when I had to haul them back out.

Doncha love the debris? They flew off the Elder Tree. We used to call them Helicopters, or propellers. They fly off the tree like propellers. They all landed in the garden.

Anyway I promised a post on my trash can.

This was one of those paper/cardboard barrels, usually seen in the garment district and such. I inherited it when I took the excessive fabric remnants our school/church had left after a harvest fest one year. I have two of these. I decided to cut one down and make a waste can. This is the beginning. I coiled paper from the news and inserts as well as the magazines we get at xmas.
My attempt at being decorative...My square insert.

Finished with the coils. Now it is sitting there waiting for a topper. A band or something around the top. I tried folding the aluminum cans but it didn't work for me. I was thinking a copper band would look nice but I don't wanna pay an arm and a leg, it defeats the purpose of upcycle/ repurpose/ frugal. Try and try again I guess.