Of the 100 broccoli plants we put in the soil, only a very few are struggling, and the rest are big sprawling monsters. Read more of Digging Italy » But I can't really keep spraying the Bacillus because it's raining so often.
Native Americans ate the ripe fruit right off the tree, or dried it, or made breads, jams, and jellies with it. They also made a beer-like drink from it, and roasted the seeds for flour.
A gardenmate had advised me to weed these sprouts out because they never came to much, but I got to about six of them before the squirrels did and about half even ripened enough to be juicy and fragrant.
Looking to add a new fruit to spice up your meals? The core contains seeds, much like an apple. "Pear" these with your favorite foods to add a sweet, toothsome crunch to sweet or savory dishes!
Light-color roses are more sweet or light in flavor. Fill trays with water and freeze. The flavor of roses is varied as the colors. Cover petals with a spoonful of water and freeze again.
The first picture below is of the squash, prior to cooking. It also has a different texture and has shorter "strands" compared to regular pasta spaghetti. The second picture is the squash after I took it out of the oven and pulled the squash away from...
Boiling the nopales is the best way to remove the mucilaginous texture. At least a dozen other species have fruit commonly consumed in these ways.You will need to prepare them properly, though.
Chickens that live in coops are pretty much limited to whatever their owners give them to eat. Onions — not good for dogs, so probably not good for chickens garlic — unless we want our eggs to smell like an Italian restaurant mustard greens , kale...
However, if you pick the fruit from a tree, make sure your selection has slightly wrinkly skin and is light-green to yellow-orange in color for the best taste. Scoop some maypop into the mixture and eat on crackers or petit toast.
You may have a personal line drawn that won't allow you to braise Bugs. You'll have to taste it to be sure. Read more of The Hungry Locavore » Judith Hausman As a long-time freelance food writer, Judith Hausman has written about every aspect of food,...
An ounce of roasted pumpkin seeds contains about 125 calories, 15 carbs and no cholesterol. For extra flavor, you can season the seeds with garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce, lemon pepper or sea salt.
Feeding hawks and robins with grubs has been a hobby of mine for many years. Oh sure, like everybody from California, I've eaten a few chocolate-covered grasshoppers, but there is some weird uncertainty that keeps me from putting morsels like this grub...
These flowers are gorgeous in beds, climbing trellises, and in containers, and they provide food for your vegetable drawer. You can use them later in the day, or store them in water in the refrigerator for use the next day.
The rind should be of a dull green color with little contrast between the stripes of color. If you notice a lot of white on your melon, the fruit still needs to be ripen and should not be eaten.Pick up the watermelon.
Keep a close watch on the plants to make sure insects do not return. Make your own insect spray to controls aphids, using common household items.Finely chop the garlic with a knife on a cutting board.
Yellow onions store well for up to a month under optimal conditions. Plant transplants about 1 inch deep with 4 inches between plants and four to six weeks before the last spring frost.
For instance, deer avoid snapdragon, dianthus, yarrow, bee balm and vinca, so grow these around your roses to keep the animals away. Inspect the trap every few hours and reposition it you fail to catch the animal in a few days.Fence the area to keep the...
Treat Yourself to Farm-to-Table Dining Packing and preparing fresh food is not the easiest part of taking a vacation. The best mobile app for finding markets on the road is Farmstand .
Is one of the larger groups of cactus. The cacti are raised commercially in Mexico but you can also harvest your own pads if you live in an area where Opuntia are common. This amazing cactus has numerous uses, is easy to grow and is a symbol of the American...
Deer and the eastern cottontail rabbit often eat young bracken ferns.During the winter and early spring, the Azores Bullfinch, or Pyrrhula murina, eats the high-fat spores of three specific species of fern.
The National Cooperative Grocer's Association wants you to find out. With farmers-market season in full swing, it's never been easier to find local fruits, veggies, meat and eggs. But could you eat only local foods for an entire month?
A toss of edible flowers in a dish makes a great conversation piece. To save face as a foodie, I popped a bright red-orange blossom into my mouth and smiled. Then, sieve out the rose petals before using.
Peaches, almonds, lemons, grapes — just about everything you can think of is grown here, for distribution throughout the country. We saw lots of horses too, and even an unusual flock of sheep.
When I think of the iceberg lettuce in our salads and the frozen green beans that alternated with canned peas, I'm surprised I like green things at all now. Teach yourself a few favorite, flexible, go-to recipes.
Deer graze on many shrubs like golden currant and chokecherry, for example, but are much less likely to graze on a yucca. All organisms need energy and certain basic nutrients to survive.
It's healthy for us to remember our heritage and taste it, too. Prickly pears are a common landscape plant of the desert West, but did you know you know they're edible, too? I would buy them canned for visitors to try at my interpretive programs about...
They look like a clump of grass as they grow except that the leaf blades are not flat like grass but rather cylindrical and hollow.Wild chives will be one of the first plants to appear in the spring and easily stand out amongst the dormant grass.
