Hoop House in January & February

A little collection of clips taken in the Hoop House this winter between December 29, 2011 and February 26, 2012.

Under The Lights

Taking a look around the house to see the progress on the plants that have overwintered inside and the seedlings that have been started for the early spring Hoop House garden.

Spring - Just around the corner

Cabin Fever, some forced forsythia and a silly movie trailer was produced in about 10 minutes. LOL

Making Crumpets

I recently bought four metal rings which are used to make Crumpets and English Muffins and this video is my first attempt at home made crumpets.

INGREDIENTS: (Metric)
7 g active dry yeast
60 ml warm water (105 degrees to 115
degrees)
4 g sugar
80 ml warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
55 g butter or margarine, melted, divided
1 egg
125 g all-purpose flour
3 g salt

INGREDIENTS: (U.S.)
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (105 degrees to 115
degrees)
1 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
, divided
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the milk, 1 tablespoon butter and egg; mix well. Add flour and salt; beat until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes. Brush griddle and 3-in. metal rings or open-topped metal cookie cutters with remaining butter. Place rings on griddle; heat over low heat. Pour 3 tablespoons of batter into each ring. Cook for 7 minutes or until bubbles begin to pop and the top appears dry. Remove rings. Turn crumpets; cook 1-2 minutes longer or until the second side is golden brown. Serve warm or let cool on a wire rack and toast before serving.
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Ultreia !! Camino De Santiago Buen Camino

A slide show of the photos that I took while walking the Camino de Santiago from Sauveterre de Bearn in the French Basque country to Santiago de Compostella in April and May 2008.

This is one of my earliest videos a slide show of my Camino experience, I have reworked it with a more relaxing soundtrack, as you can see from one of the annotations the original soundtrack has been removed.
The original Oliver Schroer sound track has been replaced with Float Away by Stuart Jones. Public Domaine music from the Gold Collection Vol. III "Sanctuary".

And then it snowed…….

And then it snowed……., originally uploaded by Campobello Island.

Seedlings under lights, time lapse video and propagating Rosemary cuttings

A little collection of clips taken over the past few weeks in my grow room. Discussion about starting pepper seedlings and what I use for bottom heat, some renovations to my light garden and a time lapse video of Shallots and Artichokes germinating and growing under the lights.

Time lapse video of shallots and artichokes germinating.

Time lapse video of shallots and artichokes germinating., originally uploaded by Campobello Island.

Special Thank You to Subscribers from The Keeping Chickens Newsletter

Thank you to all of my subscribers with Special thanks to the new subscribers who came from the Keeping Chickens Newsletter.

Le Coup - my Chicken Coop and Chickens (playlist)

One of my chicken videos appeared in an online Backyard Chickens Magazine today which created a lot of interest in the video. This is the complete playlist of all of mu chicken related videos close to 3 hours of video. You should be able to skip through them and watch only ones that interest you, assuming there is one that interests you. LOL

Making Wild Bird Food Suet Cakes

Making your own suet cakes for the birds is not only cheaper but you can put more quality ingredients in the cakes, it's easy to do and you know they are fresh and safe to feed to the birds. I made five loaded with good treats and it didn't cost any more than 2 or 3 of the commercially available cakes.