night crates and mucking pens

there is my little frog friend, shhhh we won't tell him we see him ok?>>>

i been mucking all week, it's either hot or raining.....even though it's been cooler then 90, when you are mucking pens it's hot


i did the babies night crate, the duck room floor, and part of the outside pen


i need to go and get a bale of hay but the van has a dead battery.... hahahahahaha


i finally think about going to town and the van can't!





let's see, i just put up the dried leeks, 5 quart jars worth (that's a pound of dried leeks)


tonight i am going to make a sort of sauce with onions, dried leeks, pink peppercorns, garlic and a bit of the dripping from the baked chicken


i am also thinking of doing a black barley/mixed grain casserole side..... maybe baked it under the chicken? hmmmmmm


but doesn't that sound good?

i am puttering around as usual, i won that le creuset soup pot and can't get to the po to pick it up
i WANT a staub, matte black 6 quart oval cocotte, as i want to do the no knead bread, and my cheapy imitations can't handle it, plus my tiny staub is too small.... i am wanting to bake weekly or twice a week again.
a mixed grain bread that is whole grain and i can maybe also eat?
i can't afford that much soooooo we'll just have to see what we can do no?

ok i got to get back out to clean the rest of the duck floor and the night crate for the big girls

ttyl