Did I ever mention I love Chickens?    They just crack me up to watch them.  Some people think they aren't very smart.  I beg to differ.  Every evening when I go out to put the animals to bed (close the gates, give the goats some grain and separate the babies so I can milk the does in the mornings) I wind up watching these certain 5 chickens.  They are meat birds, so they are all white.  The same 5 head out to pasture first thing in the morning.  This pasture is south and east of their chicken hoop.  The rest of the chickens take off for other parts of the farm.  These 5 have their route!  In the evenings the same 5 are still out with the sheep, catching mosquitos!  They walk around and under the sheep catching mosquitos out of the air and eating them before they land on the sheep!  Talk about pampered sheep!  Seriously, they have discovered a food source that none of the others have.  It is so funny to watch them stretch their necks and sometimes almost jump for the mosquitos!  Again, cheap entertainment.

I promised Cathy the garlic scape pesto recipe, so here goes:

Garlic Scape Pesto

1 pound garlic scapes

1 cup grated parmesean

1/2 to 1 cup olive oil

1/2 to 1 cup pine nuts 

Chop the garlic scapes into 3 inch pieces.  Put in the food processor and process until pureed.  Add pine nuts and then olive oils slowly.  I also add a few large squirts of lemon juice.  This helps to thin it down a bit.  Then fold in parmesan when done.

I first heard of garlic scape pesto through Mary Jane's Farm.  She tells all about it.  I don't care for her recipe because I am not a fan of lime.