March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb!
Well not this year! Let me start by saying “What a storm that was”.
Here in Devon the wind was brutal and my pretty little shed was a casualty 😢
We managed to upright it yesterday and I secured the roof on the main part of the shed to make it water tight again but today I am going to have to do a bit of make do and mend on the side compartment as it has been ripped away from the main part and the roof came off completely.
The garden had been looking good, for this time of the year as Monday had been a lovely day and had managed to edge some borders, cut the grass and reposition and finish filling my pallet planters.
I sowed some more lettuce to continue the supply and also echinacea, phlox and penstemon which are now on my window sill. In my planters I popped some Zinnia and Calendula seeds as both good for aphid control. Also the first sowing of carrots and spring onions.
In the kitchen this week I had some double cream left over so made some butter and decided to make it into honey butter to go with some scones.
Maple Syrup and Cinnamon Scones
2 cups of plain flour
3 tbs sugar
1 tbs baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Mix all of the above together
6 tbs cold butter
Rub into flour mixture until breadcrumbs
2/3 cup buttermilk
2 tbsp pure maple syrup
Add to above and combine until forms a ball.
Roll out till about 1 inch thickness and use cutter to create scones.
Place on baking sheet and brush top with milk
Cook in oven 400° for 15 mins
Once cooled serve with honey butter
I also made some very yummy peanut butter hummus. If you have a nut allergy or just not keen on nuts you can leave out. Georgina does not like nuts but did not even notice that it had the peanut butter in.
Homemade Peanut butter hummus
1 can of chickpeas
2 tbsp water
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup of peanut butter
3 garlic cloves ( 2 if you don’t like it too garlicky)
Good handful of parsley
1/2 tsp salt
Put into liquidiser and blend until fairly smooth. You may need to add a little more oil or water to help blend it.
This should keep in the fridge for nearly 2 weeks ( not that it will probably last that long around here) 😋
As we had a lot of bad weather this week I did manage to get more of my granny square jacket done. I am just waiting on a yarn delivery to be able to continue making squares. Therefore I decided to start joining some of them to create one of the front sections. I finally decided on a joining stitch that emulates the squares. You can find the details of how to achieve it on Carina’s Craftblog
The sun has made an appearance this morning so hopefully I can do a nice walk with the dog but know wherever that is I will need wellies as we have had so much rain but if we have some warm dry weather for the Easter period it will definitely get everything growing. I think I might go pick some more wild garlic before it disappears for another year. Pesto or pasta, probably will depend on how much I collect!
Until next week step carefully but always forward.
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