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Here's another one that works great for a lot of root veggies, including turnips, rutabagas and Jerusalem artichokes, but mostly in fall. Roasted Root Medleylots of ingredients but very easy. Perfect to accompany roasted poultry or pork and cranberry sauce 1 large squash or 4 cups pumpkin...

Hi--A couple thoughts: 1. Could it be blossom end rot caused by calcium deficiency and/or uneven watering/rain conditions? I had a lot of that last year myself. 2. You are NOT the only one on earth who can't grow zucchini!! For some reason, that is literally the most difficult thing for me to...

I'm wondering about flea beetles. They are so tiny they can be mistaken for specks of dirt but they leave tiny little holes everywhere. I waited for a day when they were blown off my kale and choy, then put on floating row covers. As has been mentioned before, they rarely kill a plant but just...

I think it helps to know what should be mulched and what might be better hoed. I am NOT mulching my brassicas this year because I don't want to give a home to the caterpillars. Those I planted in a way that I would easily hoe them. Melons are planted in black plastic, total weed control. The...

Absolutely! I love to eat, therefore I garden. It works the other way for me, too. If I can grow it, then I WILL find a delicious way to eat it :)

I just found out about the edibility last year. Here's a recipe I found but have not yet tried: Radish Top Soupallrecipes.com 2 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, diced 2 medium potatoes, sliced 4 cups raw radish greens 4 cups chicken broth 1/3 cup heavy cream 5 radishes, sliced 1. Melt...

Here are a few of my favorite ways to use kale: :) Colorful Chicken n Squash Soup (can be cut down in size) 1 chicken (4 pounds), cooked and cut up (or equivalent in breast meat). Do this ahead of time or use leftovers from a roasted chicken meal 13 cups chicken broth 5 pounds butternut...

Spinach souffle and maybe rhubarb crisp. Possibly salad with chopped green garlic. Boy, what great meals you all eat! Where's the drooly face when you need it?

Pesto!!!

Beautiful!! I saw my first grosbeak last week :) These days, we have lots of bluebirds, brown-headed cowbirds, goldfinches, grosbeaks and indigo buntings. Ahhh--love those spring birds!

I agree with Pat--Get to know your bugs! I don't put up with stink bugs, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles, tomato horn-wormed caterpillar or potato beetles (hmmm... a lot of beetles in that list) since the devastation and population only get worse with time. I hand pick them all. As Pat...

Swiss chard and kale, which produce all summer and until hard frost! :)

Steve--That orache is beautiful!! I will have to try some. Would it work yet this year, or for a fall planting? Ok--spinach-deprived gardeners, let me once again put in a good word for Bloomsdale Longstanding Spinach. Drum roll please. This is a beautiful, thick, dark green, gorgeous...

Good for you on the baskets :) I go to Goodwill and St. Vinny's around here to get cheap but beautiful baskets and wooden bowls. I need to have a LOT of them, since my customers don't return their containers until the following week, when I deliver their next basket. So, better go. Today is...

The baby leaves are wonderful in salad. Bigger leaves are good steamed and served with a little butter and salt. But, my favorite way is quiche: Swiss Chard Pie 1 onion, chopped 2-3 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon oil 1 bunch Swiss chard 6 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup shredded cheese 1 teaspoon...

I think turnips are okay just raw with salt or dip. Otherwise, I hide them in soups and potpies :) You CAN can them, too. Not sure how you would use them afterwards... Do you have any chickens to feed them to? Coworkers or neighbors to share them with (besides the neighbor who got you into...

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Very cool, BBH! All those nutrients going right back to the plants. Tonight, I got to use my very favorite weed-control method: Massive mulching with composted manure. My husband found an old compost pile in one of the barns on the farm and brought my 3 skid steer loads. It was just beautiful...

I planted mine April 11. Since then, we have had wildly fluctuating temps from mid-80s to mid-40s for highs. I just noticed the very first of my potatoes peeking out today, so I'm thinking yours should be soon! :)

Just beautiful! I'm not familiar with weeping cherry. Does it have edible fruit? Seems like lovely bee food, either way!