Bits 'n Pieces from July

I was given some quinces, and not really knowing much about this fruit I decided to try and make Quince Compote with them.  This is so yum!

 QUINCE COMPOTE

From The Margaret Fulton Crock-pot Cookbook

Cooking time: 10 – 12 hours on low

5 quinces

½ - ¾ cup sugar

Rub 5 quinces with a cloth to remove the down.  Put them whole and unpeeled into the Crockpot with 1 cup of water.  Cover, turn heat to Low and cook overnight or for 10 – 12 hours. They will become a deep amethyst colour and should be soft but not breaking up.  When they are cool enough to handle, peel, halve and with a teaspoon remove core.  Cut off blossom end, cut into slices or leave in halves.  Arrange quinces in a glass bowl.  Make syrup with the liquid from the crockpot and ½ to ¾ cup sugar.  Cool. Pour over quinces.  Serve with cream if liked.

I made my all time favourite pie, Lemon Meringue J

A foggy morning.

Doing repairs to

the fan in our oven.

Flowers...

 Young agave.

 Icy morning.

Minus five here two mornings ago...brrr!

 Our hens are laying more, 

we are getting between 7 - 11 eggs a day now J

We needed more wood for the chilly nights...

Some of our girls.

Sunset.

 Warmth.

Citrus...

Mandarins make excellent juice.

And cake J

Recipe here 

Organising my cupboards...

These spices are located above my stove and have needed sorting for so long.

All listed now and easy to find J

Labeling is good J

We have had more than one visit from a fox.  

We lost four of our girls and a rooster this Winter.  The fox has been coming onto our property in the middle of the day and taking them. We cant let the chooks roam around at the moment as it is not safe, and they are not happy about it!

We are already picking some of our Quandongs.  These are usually not ready until September. I made a wild peach crumble with this lot J

I am still picking tomatoes from our summer plants, but not for much longer as severe frosts over the past few nights have turned the plants black.

And another pretty end to the day...

xTania

Snippets of June

June has come and gone for another year. 

Time is passing by very quickly...I thought it was suppose to slow down as you get older J

Anyway I have been snapping away with the camera, so here are some mixed, not in any order pics from the month of June...

Lovely calm days with gorgeous sunsets...

Some flowers for me, from hubby, just because...

Sunflowers are a favourite of mine J

 Afternoon shadows that catch my eye...

Noisy visitors dropped in...

Australian natives are in flower.

The bees are delighted and busy J 

Unusual patterns...

 More pretty flowers...

There are plenty of Quandongs on the trees,

we have to be patient with these as they only fruit every second year...

 Made my first pumpkin pie for dessert from our home grown pumpkins J

This is such a tasty pie.

 

Homemade crumpets, 

they take a bit of time to prepare, but so worth it J

Homemade mini pizzas,

using one cup SR flour, one cup Greek yogurt for the base.

Sunrises are spectacular as usual...

I love a good bargain, 

and we were lucky enough to find $238.82 worth of meat on special for just $134.41. I divided this into thirty three standard size meals and of course there will be leftovers.

 We have a couple of young bunnies living in our yard, and they have left their calling card. So far I have not been able to snap a photo of them, they are way too quick to run away...

We had some rain.

A nice big downpour...

The tanks are full!

I dropped by the op shop, and was pleased to find a single vintage sheet with the pillowcase and two other vintage pillowcases and a pretty tablecloth. Also found an old cookbook with lots of naughty recipes!

I finally finished another crochet blanket...

The shed has been started, we have one post in lol!

I feel like I am playing catch up this year on my blog, hopefully I can get back on track.  Having slow internet is a pain as it takes so long to download photos.

Take care where ever you are,

xTania