Animal Activity ~ Zucchini/Yellow Squash and other tidbits

There has been a lot of wildlife activity around there. We have been seeing the cardinals almost every night. We've had a run in with a sick raccoon, and I happened to see a deer heading to the garden. The deer got spooked by something, reared up and turned around and ran off. I am wondering if the motion sensor sound is deterring the deer as well.

I gave two bags of squash to a close friend. The plants are producing well this year.

Most recent breakfast - Crustless Zucchini Quiche. It is made with almond and coconut flour (no white flour), and it was

I used up about 8 yellow squash to make us some squash patties to go with dinner. I also sliced zucchini and made a no sauce type lasagna with prosciutto and mozzarella cheese. We love the squash patties, and have made them for years. The other recipe was new, and if I were to make it again, I would dredge the slices in egg first. I would also use thin slices of ham. Everyone liked it, but I thought it was a bit "salty" to taste.

Daughter E came out with her car for some work to be done on it, so we fed her too.

She helped us unload the broke down truck, so we can hopefully have it towed to a friend's house soon.

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Horsetail Salve ~ A "first" this Year

We purchased some horsetail salve to try last year. It is said to help with severely dry, cracked skin. My husband was the first to try it, with very, very dry and cracked hands from work. He loves it! He joked I could not have it back. I started the infused, horsetail oil the last part of March. Something I learned: horsetail is also called shavegrass. I infused horsetail in oil, and strained it. I then made horsetail salve. I remembered to label my jar with what oil(s) I used, so I can journal this all in my "Herbal Remedies" journal. I often forget to write the oil used. Now, the one we bought, has more in it than I put in ours, as far as ingredients (the purchased salve had lanolin, and aloe). We'll see if ours works just as good. I added the sage essential oil, and vitamin E oil. A "first" time experience for us this year. I bought the larger tins at a seed store in an Amish area last year. They a...

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Chit Chat

The pickings are slim right now, but we'll take anything we are blessed with. I made a salad and cleaned the beans. The rain will give us more for a meal in a day or so. The green beans are every so slowly coming on this season. I made a batch of homemade granola, and instead of my homemade vanilla extract, I used my homemade Christmas Spice Extract. It smelled so good in the oven, and while cooling. I picked some purslane, and am doing an experiment with it this time. Update soon. Chit Chat © August 2026 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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