Recent content by COgirl

Goodness I haven't been on here for awhile..... but I can see that all you wonderful cooks/gardeners are still at it. I just finished cooking up some green beans from the garden and thought about how much I missed all you guys and your wonderful tips and recipes etc.... I'm babying some...

I got my first spaghetti squash out of the garden today. Roasted it and will be topping it with a sauce made from the garden, tomatoes, yellow squash, broccoli, eight ball, eggplant and onions and garlic touch of shiraz and topped with fresh grated parm, garlic bread and tiramisu for dessert...

Thankyou for the id Ron.... Dh got it out with a shovel, but I better check for roots, what a nasty bugger. HiDelight be careful getting that out! :rainbow-sun

How funny i had this growing by the chickens smaller yard. It got little melon looking things but they had terrible pokey spines also. Hope someone knows what it is, it kinda looked like my watermelon when it first started growing. :rainbow-sun

I would like to post some pics but since my computer crashed I'm on a borrowed one. This was my first year for heirlooms and they are really starting to come on well and they are just so so sweet, we picked one this weekend that was 1lb3oz, I took pics of that one, if I ever get my computer...

Thank you for the good advice, I will have to give them a call on Mon. :rainbow-sun

I'm so excited I just got a 16 qt pressure canner/cooker at a yard sale for 15.00 :weee. It is in excellent condition all parts accounted for except the manual which I just found and downloaded! The gasket looks brand new. Now I just have to get over my fear of useing a pressure cooker :hide...

Hey wifezilla, if you have pretty little white moths in your yard flitting around then you have cabbage moths whose eggs turn into cabbage loopers. Do you have alot of grasshoppers this year? I do even with the chickens!! I have been using BT and it is helping SO MUCH with any more...

That is some good looking corn and it is great that you planted it in front like that, talk about visual interest I love it!! :rainbow-sun

Thanks everyone. If it wasn't for the BT that Catalina suggested early on I probably wouldn't have a garden for all the cut worms this year, Thankyou again Catalina!! Asian type coleslaw yes that sounds awesome. Just came in from gathering some collards and saw that my rutabaga and beets are...

I just couldn't wait any longer when I was out getting the squash I just had to harvest it, it weighs 3.4 lbs, I just can't decide what to make with it :idunno I really love the color I will definately grow red cabbage again. Despite the rough start this year things are coming along, although...

I just wash them well toss with some olive oil then place on a shallow pan cover with foil and cook at 350F for 45-60 min or until tender. Peel and enjoy... Don't forget to saute the greens with some olive oil and garlic :rainbow-sun

Tonight is southern fried night!!!!! Southern Fried chicken Fried green maters(garden) Mashed garlic potatoes(garden) Gravy Collards(garden) cooked long and slow with bacon and all the goodies Pot likker and cornbread Rhubarb(garden) crisp Cholesteral be damned tonight :tongue I figure if I...

Ok guys I'm going to finish my coffee and go out and do a rain dance for ya'll so it will leave here and head your way along with the cooler temps, I just went out and checked the thermometer on my patio, 45F :ep my tomatoes are shivering. You guys in the Northwest broke high temp records and...

My beets are still doing well and while we are totally loving the roasted ones I want to try my hand at pickling some. Do any of you have a favorite recipe? I want to can them and the only recipe I found called for a 45 min processing time (waterbath) Even at my altitude, almost 7000 I thought...