Mosquito and Cob-weaver started to clear the medicine wheel. They want to make it into a garden with corn. We have not ever grown corn at our house. They clear about 1/4 of the circle by hand and we feed it to the chickens. We find these wild plants growing in the medicine wheel: grass, sourgrass (Oxalis pes-caprae), burr clover (Medicago polymorpha), chickweed (Stellaria media) and stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium). We see these wild animals as we dig and work: California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus), ladybug, slug, earthworm, spider eggs, ant colony, orb-weaver spider, funnel weaver spider, painted-lady butterfly, cabbage white butterfly, American crow, Western gull, and Golden-crowned sparrow.
Cob-weaver collects all the bulbs of the sourgrass. These are the tear-dropped shaped tuberous parts on the roots. They look like little nuts. She wants to eat them and snacks on some raw. We peel and roast them for dinner. I like them but Beekeeper Ant says they poke in the throat.
Garden Math: If we clear 1/4 of the medicine wheel a day, how many days will it take to clear all the wild plants from the medicine wheel?
Beekeeper Ant and Mei Mei Cob-weaver decide to make chocolate chip cookies after dinner.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
makes 7 dozen, from Guittard chocolate chip package2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In separate bowl, cream butter, sugars, then add eggs and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add flour mixture until combined. Stir in chips and walnuts.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes.
- Freeze leftover dough for another day.
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