Four Little Wings Egg Project

Four Little Wings Egg Project

Well my goal to post once a week was a total fail.  No excuses.  I just didn't make the time.  But we have had some fun adventures in the Garden this year and have started another new adventure.

We have added to our "Garden" adventure and now have 6 chickens and 3 ducks.  What!  It has been so much fun to see them grown and we cannot wait to start collecting and eating the yummy eggs.  We also cannot wait to see if we have boy or girl ducks....

 We have loved our new feathered friends so much and feel so blessed that we have decided to grow our flock of chickens to 18-24 and share the eggs with Local families in need and Local food pantries.  Inspired by the blog Eggs for everyone.  http://eggsforeveryone.com

But our little coop wont be big enough for such a grand adventure.

So it is time to create something a bit bigger!  Something a little bit more like this: 

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It's all about Soup

Our family eats a lot of soup. 

Here is one of my favorite go to recipes.

Not so Pasta E Fagiol

 1-2lbs browned ground beef
1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes

 1 24oz Jar of pasta sauce....any kind works

2 packets onion soup mix....any brand

4c Water

2 16oz bags frozen mixed veg.

2-3 cans of beans  (I used red kidney, chick pea & cannelli today....but that changes each time)

2-3 minced garlic cloves or 1tsp garlic powder

1tsp basil

Cook in a crock pot for 4-6hrs on low 

or

cook on the stove on low for a few hrs.

The best part of this recipe is that it is so flexible.  You can change it in so many ways, and it always comes out awesome.

 This makes enough for a couple meals and a few frozen crocks for my husband to take to work for lunch. 

Add some yummy bread and it is the perfect easy dinner.

If I dont feel like making my own I run to our local Protuguese Bakery and pick up a nice fresh loaf of sliced bread....and a sweet bread for toast the next day.  Yummm!! 

Just Compost it!

Compost.  You never have enough.  And yet I get lazy with it all the time.  Over 1 year we easily fill 3 bins....yes I use basic black garbage pails with holes drilled in the bottom and lid....but if I was more diligent about it I could most likely double that.  Right now everything I toss in is just forming one big frozen mass, but come the spring with a little love and some worms this yuck will make the best addition to the soil.  Might just be time to re-start the worm compost!!  And that is a whole other bag of fun.  

Here is a great list of what and what not to compost:

Happy New Year

 2013 was a great year in our family.  

With the Addition of our last little baby....I am just getting to old for this....We are now a family of 6. (4 crazy kids and 2 even nuttier parents!) 

Nathan Thomas Wing was born 6 weeks early on August 11th, 2013.

It was a tough garden year...the heat was a bit too much for me and I let a lot go undone. 

But this year I am already anxious to get started and out in the dirt.

Each year I manage to post a few things and then forget all about the computer.  

This year I am going to try and post at least once a week....

it might not all be garden related, but should be fun!

I am off to a great start....4 weeks into January and this is the first time posting....

I guess it is time to get on track!