Growing carrots can be hit or miss. For some people it’s super easy and some people the carrots never get big. It mainly comes down to what type of soil you have and watering. It takes carrots 10-30 days to germinate. My soil makes bricks so growing root veggies can be challenging. Last year my…
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Taco Salad 3 Ways
Taco salad is my favorite type of salad and is so versatile. With these salads I kind of eyeball the amount of ingredients and the directions are very basic. I have tried to provide a baseline on how much you need, but some experimentation will be needed to get the perfect salad. Penner Holiday Taco…
Garlic Scape Pesto
Ingredients: 1/3 cup nuts (cashews, pine nuts, almonds….. Traditionally pine nuts are used) 1 cup finely diced garlic scapes 1/2 cup basil leaves 1/2 cup cheese. Traditionally Parmesan cheese is uses. 2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 cup Olive oil Directions: Blend all the ingredients, except the olive oil. Once everything is well blended add/drizzle in…
Garlic Scapes 101 and Recipes.
What are garlic scapes and how do you use them? If you grow hardneck garlic and have planted it in the fall in July you’ll start seeing these weird loops. These loops are called garlic scapes. If the scapes are not harvested they form a flower or bulbils. Inside these bulbils are “seeds” and they…
Preserving Herbs
I think the worse way of preserving herbs is to just hang them and hope they dry. It just seems so unsanitary to me. In my condo I have 5 cats so hanging them to dry would be not doable and drying them at the garden I just think of all the dust and dirt…
Edible Flowers
Flowers are so versatile. They add colors to gardens and they add colors to our homes through bouquets. Flowers can also add color to beverages, food, and desserts. There are many edible flowers and the bonus is there are a lot of them that grow well in containers so you get double the benefits: color…
Winter Squashes 101
Butternut: I grow 3 different varieties of butternuts: a butternut that gets huge and weight over 9 lbs. These are perfect for pureeing and freezing so you have squash for use through the year or cube and freeze. Butternuts also are nice in fall displays. I’m trying for my third year to grow a butternut…
You say toe-may-tos, I say toe-mah-toes.
I grow many different varieties of tomatoes. Romas, slicers, heirlooms, and cherries. Romas are meatier and less juicy. They are used for canning, making juice, and sauces. I grow red, pink, black/purple, yellow, orange, green, and speckled/striped. Tomatoes are one of the best veggies. There is so much you can do with them: tomato sandwiches,…
Dilly Dips.
Dill Weed Dip 1 cup mayo, miracle whip, or plain yogurt 2 cups sour cream Shake of onion powder or dice finely a tsp of fresh onions or onions greens Shake of garlic powder or dice finely a tsp of garlic or garlic scapes. 1/2 cup dill or more to taste. Mix together ingredients, chill,…
Summer is Perfect for Soup!
What to do with all those delicious veggies? One way to use veggies is to make soup. They’re hundreds of different kinds of soup you could make. Now I don’t cook (I can, but don’t enjoy it) so my personal recipe for veggie soup might seem a little strange. I fill a pot of water…
Pumpkinist Lora 