Weekend (day?) Update

Whew.  Got a bit side tracked the last couple of days and missed my blog posting.  I’m getting concerned about planting the garden.  We had terrible weather on Saturday which was a bit of a blessing since I was in Knoxville all day at the Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians  Annual Meeting and would not have had time to plant anyway.  Sunday it was too wet to plow and I had to do my Saturday chores.  This weekend’s weather is not looking too promising either.  I was going to try for Friday, but remembered that I’ll be in Nashville for continuing education.  So right now, it’s anyone’s guess.  I may be plowing by moonlight Friday night. 

Sunday, I tried out buttermilk pancakes, which I’d never made before.  They were way tastier than the ordinary variety and I think I can safely say we won’t be going back.  Now, if only the sourdough starter would cooperate, we could try out sourdough pancakes.  I continue to make a go of the sourdough starter.  It looks pretty good these days, no hooch, plenty of bubbles, decent smell but all of my resources give the indication that the starter should be doubling.  It’s not.  I have switched to bottled water in another effort to make everything come together for this stuff.  I really, really don’t want to admit a microorganism has defeated me despite the fact I’m closing in on having used nearly a 5 lb bag of flour on this now epic experiment.