SNOW

This is when it gets hard to love living in the great state of VERMONT.

It's April 28th!  It's been such an encouraging spring season so far...they say it will be back up to 70 in another day or so.

                                             Plum Tree Blossoming on April 22, 2010

 What a difference a couple of days make!  Here's that Plum Tree now:

I'll let you know how it all turns out in a couple of days when we can assess the damage this snow does to the blossoms and 'cold veggies'.  I'd better go and stoke the wood stove...

 

Soy Yogurt: An experiment within an experiment...

I thought I'd spread some Monday evening excitement!

I just made a batch of soy milk and when it cooled enough I stirred in 3 tablespoons of organic yogurt. I decanted the mixture into glass mason jars and then I popped them into the oven, as my pilot light makes it warm enough for the yogurt to culture.  

I must confess that I cultured the yogurt with a store bought whole milk kind.  I could have avoided the dairy product by using acidophilus powder from a health food store.  The Solgar brand I'm told is VEGAN.   But I just love that whole milk yogurt.  When I was younger and had a Jersey cow, I used to make yogurt from cream, talk about delicious!

What's so exciting?

Tomorrow morning my first Soy Yogurt will be ready to sample.  I've never tasted soy yogurt before, so I will sleep fast tonight and dream of tasting soy yogurt.

April 22nd 2010 40th Earth Day

It's Earth Day.

No wonder I'm back making soy milk and tofu.
I made a gallon (128 oz) of Soy Milk and with that made just over a pound of Tofu.
The warm spring weather is invigorating.
The Plum Trees are in blossom and in the garden, the peas are popping out and calling to the potatoes, (Irish Cobblers, Kennybanks, Yukon Gold, Red Pontiac, &  All Purpose), Boston, Red & Regular Lettuce, Radishes, Red Sails and Simpson Lettuce, Carrots, and Arugula.  In the big garden are garlic, fava beans, peas, escarole, cabbage, bok choi, and another large row of potatoes doing their best to grow delicious intentions.

                                          Good Earth Day and Evening to all.