Cardoon is not just a gorgeous plant for your landscape, it’s delectably edible! If you love artichokes, you’ll love cardoon flower stalks. I’ve been patiently waiting for our cardoon to start flowering, and now it’s putting out very thick stalks with thistle like heads on them (but not blooming). The flower stalks are…
Pumpkin Bread
I don’t know why I got so hungry for pumpkin bread. When there are some nutrition benefits in my sweets, I feel a lot better about making them! This is not very sweet, so it’s great toasted with butter. Or, if you feel like you want a bit more sweet, smear some jam and/or cream…
More News on Omega 3
More high fives for fish! The New York Times published a good article on Omega 3, click here, to read. Just as a little aside, if you’re going to eat farm-raised salmon, the healthiest comes from Scotland or Norway, according to America’s Test Kitchen. The feed they use there is higher quality than those of…
Chimichurri Sauce
This is one of the best chimichurri sauces I’ve made. It’s fantastic drizzled on any kind of meat. It’s also good to use part of the sauce to marinate the meat in, then grill it. Then serve the meat with the reserved sauce. PrintChimichurri Sauce Ingredients1 cup (chopped & packed) fresh Italian parsley 2 cups…
Seeds, Companion Planting, and Spring Harvest
Information from Seeds from Italy Heat Resistant Lettuce Many gardeners have problems with lettuce bolting early or tasting bitter. Research in West Virginia found that several Seeds from Italy lettuce varieties showed excellent heat tolerance. Dr. Lewis Jett, the commercial horticulture specialist at West Virginia University, said that at his research station in central…