Harvest Monday 4-30-12

April 30th, 2012 Rick

We finally got some more rain this week.  It has helped the lawn green up and kept me from watering the garden.  We have also had some very warm weather this week with highs close to 85.  That a solid 20 degrees above normal for this time of year.

Not a lot to report on the harvests this week.  Of course we had some carrots.  This will be close to the end for the over wintered carrots.  I expect one more picking this size and then we are done with carrots for a while.  I will get some more in later in the week but we won’t see carrots for a while.

The hens slowed a bit this week.  We only had 30 eggs which is a down week for our hens.

This weeks Total:

Carrots – 1.75 Lbs

Greens/Lettuce – Some but didn’t weigh

Eggs – 30

Total – 1.75

Annual Total – 32 Lbs

There’s lots of other stuff happening all around the garden, lots of planting going on along with a lot of other work in preparation for the summer gardening season.  So check back later in the week for more updates!!  Be sure to stop by Daphne’s Dandelions for more Monday Harvest Reports!!

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Volunteering at the Tulip Festival

April 28th, 2012 Rick

So I bet you have been wondering where the heck I’ve been for the last week or so???  Many of you will remember that I am part of the Utah State University Master Gardeners program.  Well one of the requirements of that program is that we give 40 hours of volunteer service.  I’ve spent most evenings for the last week as a volunteer at Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Lehi Utah.  They have been having a Tulip Festival for the last few weeks and master gardeners like myself volunteer to help out.

Thanksgiving point is a real jeam in the Salt Lake City area.  The gardens were build Alan and Karen Ashton who were the founders of Wordperfect.  When they sold the company they decided they wanted to give back to the community by building this beautiful garden.

The gardens are now about 15 years old and are really starting to mature.  There is 55 acres in the gardens.  They have 15 different garden “rooms”, which represent different styles of gardens.  If you are ever in the Salt Lake area this is something you shouldn’t miss.  I’ll leave you today with photos of these fantastic gardens!!

 

This is the view I had most days. It was my job to help keep the golf cart fleet running smooth!!

 

 

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Arbor Day 2012

April 27th, 2012 Rick

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” –Greek proverb

We have a lot of trees around Stoney Acres.  A quick count tells me we have over 20 deciduous and evergreen trees.

Most of our trees are meant for shade.  We have a big variety of types and shapes.

 

Enjoy your Arbor Day!!  I’m going to go sit in the shade!

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Cheeseburger Pizza

April 26th, 2012 Rick

We love Pizza!  And we are crazy about homemade pizza.  We have 4 kids, 2 are teenagers so we go through a lot of pizza around here.  We do buy pizza from resturants but we really like to make our own.  I don’t know if you can really call homemade pizza healthy, but at least we can control what goes into it.  This weeks recipe is a fun one!

We discovered this recipe last summer and have made it several times since.  Instead of traditional pizza sauce this recipe uses a mix of ketchup and mustard for the sauce.  It really tastes like a cheeseburger.  The final bit of cooking is done on a grill and that helps add even more of that cheeseburger flavor.  If you don’t have a grill you can still cook it in the oven.

You can use any pizza dough for this one.  Just be sure you pre-cook the crust before you put the toppings on and throw it on the grill.  You can click here to get Mrs. Stoney’s homemade pizza dough recipe.

Cheeseburger Pizza

3/4 pound ground beef

1 cup ketchup

1 tablespoon prepared mustard

1 tomato, thinly sliced

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 small onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cup dill pickles slices

2 cups shredded cheese (you choose the type)

1 cup shredded lettuce

Brown the beef until cooked very well. (or even better make it into patties and cook them on you grill, then break up into pieces.)  Be sure your beef is cooked through, the final bake on this recipe will not be long enough to cook the meat so it needs to be done before you put it on the pizza.

Combine ketchup and mustard, spread over the crust.

Top with tomato, onion, hamburger,  pickles and cheese, sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Place pizza on a 16 inch square piece of heavy-duty foil.  Prep your grill for indirect heat.  Grill the pizza covered with dome of foil that doesn’t touch the cheese.  We grill it for around 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and everything is warm.  Watch the crust closely, it’s really easy to burn your crust on a grill.

Sprinkle with lettuce (fresh from the garden this week).  Let it stand for 5 minutes, slice and enjoy!!  This one doesn’t last long around our place the kids love it!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday Harvest Report 4-23-12

April 23rd, 2012 Rick

Another busy week at Stoney Acres.   Lots of planting going on and a little harvesting.  Let start with something new!!

We had our first lettuce harvest for the year.  Just a little bit but very tasty.  This handful of leaves went on a pizza we made.  Wait, what did I just say, lettuce on pizza????  Check out our recipe post on Thursday to see how we used it!

We also harvested a first small harvest of chives.  The plants are growing well and are starting to form flower heads.  This harvest went straight into our Sunday eggs.

We had a lot of eggs again this week.  The hens are really doing well right now!

Last but not least we harvested more of our world famous carrots.  We are getting down to the end of the over wintered carrots.  In fact with the forecast-ed heat that is coming this week, I’m afraid they may start bolting so we may get the rest of them out later in the week.

Here’s are weekly total:

Carrots – 1.5 pounds

Lettuce & other greens –  .25 lbs

Eggs – 33

Total – 1.75 lbs

That brings our annual total to 30.25 pounds.  Be sure to hop on over to Daphne’s Dandelions to to check out other Harvest Reports.

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