Can you believe its only Wednesday?

This week is dragging along. I am so over this weather. I am having my very own pit-tea  party this morning. Speaking of tea I have still not bought any new tea and I still have so much tea. I know that doesnt sound like a real complaint but every time I go out I see a tea I dont have and actually dont need. I am pretty sure I have cabin fever and we still have to make it through February! Okay party is over time to move on.

I saw on Facebook a couple of my friends were baking yesterday. I found this interesting since I have been in a baking mood as well. I am running low on butter and was looking for an apple bread that didnt call for any. I found this one and I really liked it. Right before Thanksgiving I ran to a local orchard to grab some baking pumpkins and asked about apples and got this huge box for $15. We canned 8 pints of apple chunks and 6 quarts of apple sauce. I opened the first jar yesterday for the bread recipe and it was so good. We are definitely doing more canned apples this fall. The apple cider vinegar I made with the core and peels was a success as well. I wish I had done it by the gallons. I love apple cider vinegar and also use it as a hair conditioner. I halved the recipe and only used one egg.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7003/applesauce-bread-i/

My onion seeds are doing very well. I am not sure what to do with them. I actually started them to use indoors while waiting for spring to plant outside. I think I still have two little onions left from last year. I still have garlic  but not sure if its enough to last until June with the garlic we planted on the fall will be ready to harvest.

Since the sprouting didnt do very well in the jars I tried a different approach. I was reading how you can take plastic containers you get from the store and use them as little greenhouses. I  had a container for Walmart that had little donuts in them. Mr Ladybug filled it with seed starter lightly sprinkled alfalfa seed on top and then covered lightly with more dirt, We use a spray bottle to mist it in the morning and evening, keep it on a heated seed mat and under a grow light with the onions and it started sprouting in 2 days. We will just cut it like grass and use it. You can just take a fork and turn the soil when you are finished and plant more. You get multiple uses out of the soil. When it comes time to plant outside just toss that soil in one of your garden beds. We started some radish sprouts as well, they are actually  my favorite ones. They taste so spicy.

I hope that wherever you are you are staying warm. I am going to try to find a cure for my cabin fever today that doesnt involve baking or being outside in this frigid cold.