The Baby Cardinals Hatched - (click on the picture to enlarge)

Just some blooms from this week

Dandelion Jam and such / Löwenzahn Marmelade

This week-end I made my Dandelion Jam and some Dandelion Honey. They came out great, but it was a LOT of work. I will post the recipe below. Collecting all the petals needed for this was very time consuming. I am still playing with a Pesto recipe and next year I want to make the wine (Liqueur).

Dandelion Jam - Löwenzahn Marmelade:
about 200 med to large Dandelion blossoms (ungefähr 200 Löwenzahn Blüten )
1 liter of water (Wasser)
2 lemons (2 Zitronen)
1 orange (1 Orange)
500gr sugar (Zucker)
Gelierfix 2:1 (Don't know what the english version of this would be, I get it from Germandeli.com)
Pluck all the yellow petals out of the flower base,(this is a lot of work), then slice the lemones and add to the petals,pour the water over and let stand overnight.
In the morning add the orange with a little off it's peel (Zest)puree everything and follow the instructions on your Gelierfix. Which is: take 2 tbsp of sugar from the 500gr mix it with the Gelierfix add to you puree and bring to a boil. When it boils add the remaining sugar, bring to a boil again and boil for exactly 1 min. take off heat and fill into jelly jars...done.
( Die gelben Blüten auszupfen, mit den in Scheiben geschnitenen Zitrone ubernacht ziehen lassen. Am nächsten Tag etwas Orangenschale und den rest der Orange hinzugeben und alles mit dem Purierstab vermanschen. Danach einfach die Gelierfix anleitung verfolgen.)
I will post the honey recipe later.
Please make sure you use bio oranges and lemons.

Kleine Schätze

Gestern abend war ich noch in unserem Wäldchen um zu sehen was es neues gibt...hier sind einige Bilder davon...am meisten hab ich mich über das Trillium gefreut.
Die weisse Blume (Alliaria petiolata) macht ein schönes Bild ist aber eine invasive Pflanze die ich entfernen muss sonst hab ich bald keine Trillium mehr.

Critter news

I just want to post a few pictures of some of the critters I saw this week-end. The funnest one is the worst picture though...we have a little Cardinal mama on our front porch nesting atop one of the pillars...I think we will have to use the side entrance for a while....