Zucchini MAD!!

Since our first zucchini the other day we have picked 8 others including one VERY large one I must have missed under the leaves when I've been out there before.

I usually try to pick them before they get to large as the flavour changes and I don't think they are as nice. That being said I might see about stuffing this one. I've not done it before and can't say I'm keen on the idea given I don't really like them other than in quiche but I'll give it a go. I'll update with a photo when I do....might be tomorrow nights dinner I think.

aus.keeys

Eggs come in all sizes.....

 As you have seen we have a chicken or two and we get a huge amount of eggs each day, aprox 1 dozen a day. Some we give to family and friends, we eat some in salads or sandwiches and I bake alot!! 

Its nice being able to bake that cake with 4-6 eggs and not worry about it, if I was paying for the eggs this wouldn't be the case.

The other day I said we had picked our first zucchini and how I planned on turning it with our eggs into a yummy quiche. So tonight we had this very yummy quiche for dinner YUM!!

What will be even better is when the capsicum, tomato etc also come out of our very own garden, so looking forward to that :)

When the kids were out collecting eggs they came in excited about the BIG egg they had collected. 

Our eggs come in three sizes but the third is a surprise your never sure when your going to get one and today was the day!

The little white eggs is a bantam egg - great for salad and we love them in the jaffle because you can get a yolk on each side of the sandwich also good for cooking with just use 2 in place or one regular egg.

The middles brown egg is from the Isa Brown hens - these are your regular shop style eggs.

The BIG egg is also from the Isa Brown hens - its a double yolker! We only get them from time to time and the kids are always excited when we get one. 

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After the rain...

Its always amazing you can water and water but nothing is ever as good as the rain. We haven't seen a lot of rain here this year so the last month has been great with a few days each week wet and its meant to continue in that pattern for some time....according to the weather man anyway.

Living in a small country town everyone has an opinion, one I like listening to is the older people in towns opinions of the weather pattern. See, we are all of the told the weather patterns have changed blah blah but when you talk to the oldies 70+ they will tell you there have been times like this before and locals here are predicting more rain with floods in February. I guess time will tell, it will be interesting to see.

The rain brings with it issues of its own, we have so many of these little guys no sooner do we think we have collected them all when more fly in to take their place!

It seems we may have a fungi issue too?

Then there is all the grass and weeds that grow!! Look how high that grass is and the weeds in the garden beds isn't much better :(  I started weeding it yesterday afternoon and did a little more today, the rabbits LOVE eating whatever I pull out....looks like they will be eating well for a while :)
 

Those HUGE tomato plants in the first garden we plant are finally doing something other than growing taller...look at these babies!! Can't wait till we start getting some tomato's nothing better than home grown, the store ones are so flavor less :(                    I LOVE tomato's can just eat them like apples YUM!!

 

The corn you could hardly

see last week have grown 

about three times as big after

the rain!

We will have the first Zucchini any day now.....might make a nice quiche with it and our fresh eggs YUM!! Can't wait. There are lots of little ones growing and lots more flowers just starting. Quiche is great for lunch or dinner, hot or cold with salad. Is so cheap too when your eggs are laid fresh daily and you grow your own zucchini, we just add whatever else we have on hand. Its always a hit!!

aus.keeys