I made 14 day sun dill pickles last year, with a clove of garlic in each jar. For the heck of it, I planted 1 of the cloves of garlic when I finished the jar of pickles. What did I have to lose? I noticed today it is about 3 inches tall.
Here is some good info on Camellia sinensis. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/566527.html This is type tea for making drinking tea. The tea shrub is hardy to Zone 8. Your plant should be around 3 years old before you start harvesting leaves.
Growing tea is only half the battle...
I have 8 dogwoods and 2 pink dogwoods. All are less than 2 years old. More seeds in the refrigerator. The 1st leaves they put on are dark maroon red color. So I would say no worries on the color. Before the leaves fall off they tend to curl up. I wasn't able to see your picture. I'd guess...
I love pecan pies! I hate the crust! I bake my pecans for about 15 minutes on a cookie sheet 1st. I mix pecans in with all the rest of ingredients. When pie is finished cooking, the pecans are always on top.
easy-crustless-pecan-pie
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
6 eggs
2 tbsp...
I used this recipe about a week ago. It says to use 2 Tbsp per pound. I doubled that.
Sadly, store bought taco seasoning is full of nasty stuff with an ingredients label that reads like a chemistry textbook. If youve been wondering how to replace those small packets of MSG-riddled spices with...
I used some root starter. I scraped about an inch of outer layer off bottom of cutting. Then stuck it in root starter. Placed in pot with potting soil and kept watered good the 1st week. I did 2 cuttings that way this summer. I gave 1 away and kept 1. It has grown and looks good.
I already had...
I have garlic in 5 or 6 different places. They have probably been there 5 years. I just pull the garlic when I need it. Mainly when I make my dill pickles.
C & P
Propagation Methods:
By dividing the rootball
By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)
Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
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I have a question about dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon...
I saved some onion heads last summer for the seeds. I put them on a shelf on the porch. I guess the wind blew a lot of the seeds out in the yard. I've dug up several hundred onion plants out of the yard. I planted around 300 in the garden. I have at least that many more to plant. Majority of...