Karen Lynch gets the credit for this great salad. Her recipe has travelled around the USA because it’s so delicious. I first had it when my friend Jeani Zam made it for us; yesterday my friend Betty made it for a pot luck meal. With or without chicken, it always is a hit at parties [...]
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Root vegetables like beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions, rutabagas, and radishes are easy to grow in raised beds or containers, and if you love them like I do, they’re very rewarding crops. What most novice gardeners don’t think through before planting their root veggie seeds is that they need a good depth of loose, [...] I’ve been talking with quite a few south Florida gardeners lately and we’ve all come to the same conclusion: the long cold winter really stunted a lot of our crops. My basil never got nice and tall like it usually does, and although it’s still growing, I don’t have the abundance of basil that I [...] Onions are one of my favorite crops. They don’t require much attention, they’re delicious at every stage of growth, and they repel aphids and other predatory insects. Onions take a long time to mature, however. This time is greatly reduced by planting onion sets or bare root plants. I prefer the sets. I fertilize once before [...] I awakened this morning feeling a little funky, so decided to chop up a few veggies and make chicken soup. It turned into this: In a large Dutch oven, saute the veggies listed below. 2 Tbsp olive oil Saute for [...]
Yesterday I picked lettuce again. I took the outer leaves from every plant and it took me about 30 minutes. I harvested enough lettuce to completely fill my garden basket and the plants still look pretty much the same! We had a big salad last night for dinner and I have [...]
Square foot gardening is the best way to maximize your garden’s growing potential. I’ve done it both with and without the help of grids like the one pictured above. Mel Bartholomew says that the grids are essential for utilizing every possible inch of space in your raised beds, and his web [...]
My carrots are the pretty forest at the top of this picture. Some will be ready to eat soon. I’ve pulled a few “testers” and they’re still short – only about 4″ long, and the yellow carrots should get to be 7″ or so. When that happens, I shove them back down into [...] I made this soup today. Yum. The midwest and east coast areas are covered in feet of snow, the temperatures are in the 20’s, and your family is going to want a nice hot aromatic supper tonight. Here’s an old faithful recipe of mine for a meatless veggie stew. You can make it a soup [...] My brother Bob loves this recipe and makes it all the time. Don’t skip the tomato water – it’s the best part! The recipe is from www.foodtv.com’s site. Enjoy!
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