Plenty of Rain

Well… its been raining non-stop since last night and is it ever soggy out there!! The chickens are bedraggled but at least all the garden is getting a good soaking! Its not so cold though … bonus!

View practically blotted out today
Happy garden. These sweet peas may even bloom soon!!

Nothing to do particularly today – bit of a sleep in again. Funny thing was, Jeff got up earlier, fed the chooks some brekkie then came back to bed. Didn’t bother locking the door.
Quite the opposite from having someone sneak in and steal the telly – someone popped in and left turkey and ham in the fridge!!

haha – Thanx Margie! Boy did that turkey ever taste amazing at dinner tonight!

When my sniffles have ceased I will go down and wax lyrical to Ruby about how great her turkey tasted!

I did do a few useful things with the day. I ended up blanching and freezing the excess snow peas. I have never done this before, so if anyone has some tried and true tips – love to hear from you.
Anyway – this is what I did.

2 minutes in boiling water
Into an ice bath to stop the cooking process
Into the freezer spread out on baking paper so they don’t all clump together. Will put into zip locks tomorrow

Jeff has gone back into work tonight, so its just Pip and myself again… or more likely just me as I suspect Pip has gone and buried himself back under the bedcovers. He spent all day sleeping in the bathroom cupboard. Not a fan of the continual noisy rain!

Have a great day!
Cheers!

Open door – see cat!

Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

4 thoughts on “Plenty of Rain”

  1. Hi Lisa,

    I tried freezing snow peas once. They turned out not too palatable. Mushy, too. I hope yours work out better.

    Cheers,

    Carla

    1. That would have been disappointing. One of my sisters is a chef and she said the way I did it was how she would have done it… so hopefully!!! I do need to test out a few in cooking to see if they are ok before I go to the effort of doing a truckload of these!! 🙂 Will report when I do 🙂

    1. Hi Lynn!! 🙂 Lovely to know you are out there reading! Hope you are enjoying a bit of peace and relaxation between Christmas and New Year!

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