A Favorite Country Breakfast

Farmhouse Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

8 large servings

1 pound bulk pork sausage
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
salt and pepper to taste (We like lots of pepper!)
3 cups milk

warm biscuits

In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add butter and heat until melted. Add the flour, salt and pepper; cook and stir until blended and starting to brown. Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve over biscuits and enjoy!

Linked to Gooseberry Patch Recipe Round Up,
Little House Living's Old Fashioned Recipe Exchange

This recipe was published in Gooseberry Patch's 
"The Harvest Table" cookbook.

Daily Bible Reading 2010

Today's reading -
2 Chronicles 26-28
Psalms 10
Proverbs 10
Matthew 14

Rudy

KOLACHES! :-)

I have wanted to learn to make kolaches FOREVER!

After reading Homesick Texan talk about kolaches,

I decided that her recipe was definately the one for me to try.

I was not dissapointed!

You prepare the dough and let it rise once.

This is the posypka - it is very important!

You roll out the dough, flatten the kolaches
and let them rise a second time.

I filled the kolaches with all of our favorite flavors ~

apple, peach, apricot, rasperry, poppyseed, and cream cheese.

Yummy!

I used prepared fillings for all but the cream cheese variety.

Easy and very tasty!

Add the posypka!

Bake! :-)

Yum!

Yum!

Yum!

Thank you, thank you Homesick Texan!
I can't wait to try many more of your recipes. :-)

Coolin' Off!

Mr. H. filled the pool up last night!

And the water sure does feel good!

"But I tell you that men will have to give account

on the day of judgement

for every careless word they have spoken.

For by your words you will be acquitted,

and by your words you will be condemned."

Matthew 12:36-37

I think I am going to print this scripture out and post it in a place I can see daily as a good reminder.

Daily Bible Reading 2010

Today's reading -
2 Chronicles 24-25
Psalms 9
Proverbs 9
Matthew 12

Setting Up Shop

I've opened an etsy shop!

Farmhouse Kitchen

~ offering homemade candies, baked goods,

and country style mixes ~

Radio

Jalapeño Poppers

Oh wow!

When I saw a friend post about these peppers recently,

I knew they had my families name written all over them!

I made them this evening to go with our burgers and fries

and to say they were a hit would be quite an understatement. ;-)

They will always be called "Heather's Peppers" at our house.

You can find her recipe and instructions here.

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home

are of more importance to the soul

than their simplicity might suggest."

~Thomas Moore

Daily Bible Reading 2010

Today's reading -
2 Chronicles 22-23
Psalms 8
Proverbs 8
Matthew 11

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."

~John Burroughs

Chicken Coop Day 14

I think we're ready for some chickens!

Mr. H. hung the feeder today

and got the waterer set up in the yard.

And I got the inside of the house ready.



We are expecting a lot of rain this evening,
so we should have a good idea tomorrow
of how the coop is going to fair in the elements.

I hope the chickens will be happy!

Daisy

~sweetest girl~

Daily Bible Reading 2010

Today's reading -
2 Chronicles 20-21
Psalms 7
Proverbs 7
Matthew 10

Chicken Coop Day 13

Getting the supplies stored away.

Chicken Keeping Information Sources

~links~

The Martha Stewart Show - the chicken episode
McMurray Hatchery.com
My Pet Chicken.com
Backyard Chickens.com
Backyard Poultry magazine

Purina Mills poultry feed

~books~

A Guide to Raising Chickens - Care, Feeding, and Facilities by Gail Damerow
Barnyard in Your Backyard edited by Gail Damerow
Keep Chickens! by Barbara Kilarski
Keeping Pet Chickens by Johannes Paul and William Windham

Keeping Chickens by Jeremy Hobson and Celia Lewis
Practical Poultry Keeping by David Bland
ABC of Poultry Raising by J. H. Florea
Chickens in Your Backyard by Rick and Gail Luttmann
The Joy of Keeping Chickens by Jennifer Megyesi
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens
Storey's Guide to Raising Poultry

This is mainly just a place to keep a list of information sources handy for personal use, but I thought other readers interested in chickens might find these useful as well.

Daily Bible Reading 2010

Today's reading -
2 Chronicles 18-19
Psalms 6
Proverbs 6
Matthew 9

Chicken Coop Day 12

Mr. H.'s work is all done on the chicken coop!

Now it's my turn.

I spent this afternoon shopping for chicken things.

the waterer

the feeder

the feed

the scratch

the supplements

the hay

and the pine shavings

Gulp! I'm very close to having some chickens and I'm getting very excited and just a little bit nervous!