Busy Hands Homestead

Half-awake I stumbled down the stairs early this morning with Sylvan on my hip.  He had requested a trip to the bathroom.  As much as I wanted to just roll over and tell him - "You are wearing a diaper.  Just pee in it." - I figured that would counter the daytime potty training efforts.  So I stood up, picked him up and we went to the bathroom.  He went right back to sleep and I stared at the clock: 4:30.  I might as well get up. By the time the Ivory and Sylvan both joined me down stairs I had put the finishing touches on G is for Garlic , and was tediously painting rows of kernels on I is for Indian Corn . By 9:00 we were mixing up our second batch of Whole Wheat Pretzels and were two loads of laundry into the day. By 11:30 I was parking my bike under the tree and Ivory helped me unload the groceries (WIC run!) out of the bike trailer. By 1:00 Sylvan was down for a nap, my list is half checked off (the laundry is hung) and I am trying not to...

I have been slacking.  There are a few recipes that I have been asked for and I just have not been able to remember to write them down when I am sitting at the computer.  Instead, I have been stricken with extreme guilt at random moments of my day. I am writing them down NOW! for Ellen: GRANOLA!  I have made granola... and I have a super easy and cheap recipe that is my favorite.  It is from the More-with-Less Cookbook compiled by Doris Janzen Longacre Simple Granola preheat your oven to 250* combine in a large mixing bowl: 2 cups whole wheat flour 6 cups rolled oats 1 cup coconut (I use unsweetened, but I'm sure sweetened would work just as well)  1 cup wheat germ in a separate bowl combine 1/2 cup water 1 cup honey 1 cup oil 2 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp salt  combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix thoroughly spread out on two greased cookie sheets and bake about 1 hour or until the crumbles are dried and golden store in an a...