Recent content by Natalie

Home made is so good! Here's what I put in mine, just whirl it all up in the food processor. I don't know how much of each ingredient, I just wing it. The garlic gets more pungent with time, so start light on your first batch Canned chick peas fresh garlic olive oil fresh squeezed lemon juice...

That's too bad. Do they still have a jalapeno flavor? You could make a mild batch of pepper jelly.

Oh yeah, you'll be fine! Might have more green ones to fry up than you'd like by the end of the season, but it's still worth it!

We saved seeds from two years ago and planted them last year. I didn't think about cross pollination between strains, so I ended up with a bunch of weird knobby pithy yucky things. They were not delicious, and I was mad. If you save seeds, make sure you are only growing one strain or that...

See, the thing is, it is NOT a vine. It is a shrub, like this

I think I will try the test. But it's the shrubby type, not the viney type. I think that might make a difference. I do like them, they still make nice pink flowers, just not where I want them.

I have a row of what I think is honeyrose honeysuckle at the lot line between my house and the neighbor. It has been neglected the entire 7 years that the previous owners lived there. It is now at least 12 feet tall and the leaves and flowers are only growing on the top third. Thus, you can...

It is a bunch of hooey. The landscaping on universities is always pristine. It's part of looking impressive to parents of future students, alumni who donate the big bucks, etc. According to the guy I had to ask, he has a lot of pressure to keep green space open. Thus, a garden works in...

Anyone here have one? I work in the Nutrition Department at a Big 10 University. Work within the department varies, but most people (faculty, staff, undergrads, and grad students) are very health conscious. Some of the research going on has been interdepartmental and focused on obesity, diet...

This is my first year growing beets. Can someone tell me what size they should be to start thinning and any methods or tricks to not breaking them?

Well yeah, I eat seeds from pumpkins and butternut squash. What I'm asking is can you eat the seeds from a gourd/squash that aren't normally eaten. you know, funky stuff like this: They were given to me as decoration, and I'd hate to waste all of them if I could eat the seeds. But I'd...

seeds from weird squashes? I have some gooseneck, some white and some green odd looking squashes. Or- are there any squash seeds I can't eat?

Yup, I do the bleach. It's barely any. It's the same ratio that restaurants are required to use in their dish-rinsing water. So if you ever eat out, all the dishes used to make and serve your food are also rinsed in 1:9 bleach water. The difference is that you can rinse/soak your seeds in...

Thanks! I think they have potential to be great again, just need some love!

When do I do it? I'm in WI, it's starting to feel fallish. I have a line of 20-25 honeyrose honeysuckle that apparently used to make a hedge, but is now overgrown. I'd like it to be hedgey again.