Stromboli

Oh my goodness, those broilers are growing fast. They eat a lot, and the poops are increasing accordingly. We’ve had both heat lamps on due to cool weather, and the baking poop adds a certain je ne sais quoi to the atmosphere in the garage. We hope to have them out on the range in about a week. You can see their feathers are coming in.

Broiler with wing feathers

Jackie’s top knot is starting to stand up straighter and his/her flight feathers are coming is as well.

Jackie on June 1: Note how much smaller he/she is

Our cooking project for May was Stromboli. Hilda found a recipe on FoodNetwork, courtesy of Emeril Lagassi. Here’s a photo montage:

Hilda rolls out the yeast dough

Hilda puts salami on top of the sausage, peppers, onions, capers, and kalamata olives

I layer ham on top of the salami

Mozzarella and provolone

Rolling, rolling, rolling

Rolled up and ready for seam-sealing

Finished!

It was really good!

The shooting stars that I transplanted from the old house are doing very well, although I will have to move them at the end of the season because the penstemon plants that are next to them are doing even better.

Shooting stars in front of the penstemon

We have started wild geranium in the shade garden north of the garage. We ordered starts from a catalog. I couldn’t believe that they would get so big and start blooming so quickly.

Geraniums

I finally ordered a replacement temperature sensor for our remote weather stations. Terry put the bracket up two days ago. I went out this afternoon to put the sensor in place and was surprised to see heads poking out of the robin nest under the deck. The chicks were in an odd place for a picture. While I putzed around with my camera, Mama paced back and forth nearby giving alarm calls. 

Baby robins under the deck