The Kitchen Magpie

Planting for Honey Bees During National Planting Week!

I am thrilled to partner again with the Bees Matter initiative for 2017! Bees Matter is a Canadian website that partners with beekeepers, scientists, environmentalists and everyday Canadians to improve honey bee health and colonies. You can find valuable information on honey bees health and colonies in Canada on the website, as well as sending out the very popular Buzzing Gardens Seed Kits!

Who here ordered their seed kit last year? I sure did! There is nothing like free seeds to make gardeners happy, but seeds that are specifically put together to help honey bees and other pollinators?

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Last Week At The Magpie Farm: Chicken Tractor Build!

I have long been planning and pricing out how to get the chickens out into the pasture safely and on a budget. I love to research ideas to the smallest detail and research the best way to do things. I get these traits from my father who loves to consult his collected stash of consumer reports before buying a toothbrush. For over 6 months I have looked at other people’s plans and ideas and with their ideas I have to adapt them to suit my needs and my resources. So one morning while on Kijiji (looking for anything I can use for the chickens) I came across an outdoor dog kennel. With my cash in hand I went to pick it up by noon as fast as I could. [Read More…]

Magic Caramel Pudding Cake

I LOVE pudding cakes and this caramel pudding cake is no exception. There is nothing better than a quick, throw it together cake that bakes up with the batter on top and a delicious sauce on the bottom. By now I am sure that everyone has seen the Chocolate Fudge cake, videos abound on Facebook about it.

But did you know that there is a CARAMEL version? A caramel pudding cake??

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Stonewall Whisky Cocktail Recipe

Sometimes simple cocktails are some of the best ones. This is one of those cocktails. If you like Whisky, this one is for you, it’s called a Stonewall Whisky Cocktail and it’s super simple to prepare.

Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. The bulk of the cocktail recipes I enjoy the most are not only easy to prepare, but also pretty boozy! In the 50’s and 60’s, people didn’t mess around with pre-made mixes or concoctions nor did they measure things out with shot glasses very often. Cocktails were made with maybe 3-4 ingredients tops and most of it was alcohol.

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