On the homestead blog this week: followup on Gert, news about ducklings, a duck and bird GIF, and various chicken pics. Yep, it’s #FlockFriday 🦆🐓
Author: David
Today’s color is blue. Appropriately, it is also Peace Officers Memorial Day, so I lowered our flag to half-staff, with the illuminated flag and a blue sky enhanced by night mode. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. 📷🌈 #mbmay
My first sourdough bread loaves were a bit disappointing… they kinda sagged (and merged), so I guess had too much hydration. Tasted fine, though not particularly sourdough-y; I gather the flavor will improve as the starter ages. 🍞
Pictures of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Yaquina Bay Bridge, taken in April 2003 during an anniversary trip to the Oregon coast. (Hey kids, in the Before Times people could actually travel and stay places.) #ThrowbackThursday
My first use of my sourdough starter: pancakes for breakfast. Turned out well, more light and fluffy than with Bisquick. Today, I’m making sourdough bread. 🥞👨🍳
Today’s color is green. So many options, but let’s go with this recent aerial photo of our flowerbeds, with the green grass and trees. 📷🌈 #mbmay
It seems the What’s It Wednesday question was a stumper. The answer: it’s a gate latch cable, used to open a gate latch from the other side. Here’s an example of one in use, on a veggie garden gate. #WhatsItWednesday
Let’s play What’s It Wednesday again. What do you think this is? Hopefully not too obvious. #WhatsItWednesday
Today’s color is yellow. An unused shot of yellow straw, yellow bee nucs, yellow bees, and a yellow tie-down strap in the back of our truck when we recently picked up a couple of nucs and other supplies. 📷🌈 #mbmay
It’s alive, ALIVE! It took 17 days, but my first sourdough starter has finally achieved doubling in size, and passes the float test. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. 🍞
