Hi readers! I appreciate each and every one of you listening to my sadly irregular and strange ranting about all things garden and food. I love to hear from you and I’ve gotten a lot of emails about how the comments math question is not working. So I’ve deactivated it one more time and will see how it goes.
Oh, and I flooded the garden today! First time this year, go me!
I make 2 rectangle pizzas with this recipe. SO EASY!
Have your bread machine ready with paddle in place and in this order, add:
2 tsp dry yeast
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 T sugar
2 T extra virgin olive oil
1 cup + 2 T water
Set your machine to dough cycle, hit start and walk away.
When it lets you know it’s done, grease a large mixing bowl, place the dough inside, turn over, then cover and let rise about 30 minutes, or til nearly double.
Next, knead the dough lightly, let rest 5-10 minutes then roll out to your pan shape/size.
Add your toppings and bake in a 400F oven for 8-20 minutes (depends on your toppings, so keep an eye on it!)
Let your pizza rest for 5-10 minutes after baking to let any cheese “set” and not be runny. Enjoy!
Update: The article is out!
Apparently the City of Salem is becoming a nationwide spectacle over this chicken mess. So much so that the Wall Street Journal is interested. I guess the mayor thinks it’s because they’re dragging it out so long, which I suppose could be part of it, but I think the other part of it is that chickens are even such an issue. It’s rediculous! We can have pot bellied pigs, and we don’t have a leash law (which makes me nervous…) but we can’t have chickens. Sigh. Priorities, people?
Yeah, not so much! But I finally needed to water yesterday. I need to do more weed control, I might as well not have bothered before. I hate weeds. Mulch, either organic or plastic, will be my friend next year. Don’t ask why I didn’t use it this year, it might have been forgetfulness, or laziness, or both? Maybe?
The russet potatoes are huge! But the red potatoes seem to be dying, I don’t get it. The reds aren’t even 6 inches tall, while the russets are a couple feet. Very weird. We do have teeny tiny cucumbers, but no tomato fruit yet. Lots of flowers, so I hope soon!
I loved this spring. We had a week of hot and it’s been so mild otherwise. Think it’ll last into summer?
Salem, OR
