How To Eat Papaya

Whether you grow more vegetables than you can eat and just need a little goat cheese to accompany your heirloom tomatoes or whether you're desperate for fresh produce by the bushel, your local farmers' market could have just what you need!

In modern times, the hunting and gathering we humans do for food is more about researching than foraging. Also, I want to see the flowers bear fruit and/or seeds, which won't happen if I eat every blooming thing—a lesson to remember in our consumer-driven...

The leaf blade, deeply divided into segments, can grow to 2 feet wide.The trees bear fleshy flowers, some male, some female, some bisexual. A mature papaya is juicy, with a flavor not unlike a cantaloupe.

She will also make a few vegetable-cheese pies with the broccoli, and that's really tasty, too. I've seen a few cabbage moths, so I'm sure the worms will arrive at some point. We did plant a few other cole crops, like Brussels sprouts, cabbage , cauliflower...

Place the seeds on a cookie sheet, and mix with oil or butter and your choice of seasonings. You can eat them right away, or place them in a glass jar for storage. Native Americans ate the ripe fruit right off the tree, or dried it, or made breads, jams,...

Last year we decided not to grow melons again. The hard, under-ripe melons might become pickles. But those melon seeds are indomitable. I had top-dressed potted flowers with compost and planted annuals and herbs in compost-enriched soil so cherry tomatoes...

Rainfall increases the cellular turgor pressure, which is essential to keep a papaya tree alive. Firm the soil surface with your hands to eliminate air pockets.Mulch the area around the newly transplanted papaya trees with dead leaves or other pest-free...

Looking to add a new fruit to spice up your meals? Next, cut the pear halves into slices.You can eat a raw Asian pear with or without the skin. The skin of most brown varieties of Asian Pears are edible, however they are thick and tough, so these fruits...

Grasp the petals between the thumb and fingers of one hand and the blossom stem in the other hand. Scatter the small dry petals on everything from appetizers to desserts. The more elegant way is to fill trays half full of water.

Then, I sprayed each one with white vinegar and rinsed it. The picture below shows the seeds still a bit too close together; I will spread them out more and remove the strands tomorrow, before the strands mold.

Boiling the nopales is the best way to remove the mucilaginous texture. The juice can also be used to flavor margaritas, lemonade, aguas frescas (fresh waters), and sorbets. There is also a seed sac that should be removed (scoop it out as though dealing...

Plus, these antics keep pests in the garden to a minimum. It gives them something to do and probably makes them feel very special when they locate a particularly juicy bug. They have become consummate beggars, especially Mr. Mabel, the dominant roo.

When the fruit forms, from March through September, it falls to the ground when ripe. First, wash the outside peel with soap and water, and rinse it thoroughly. Sprinkle in some sugar to taste.

Add, also, a large bay leaf and a branch of rosemary, if you have it. Rabbit is absolutely normal and routine in most European cuisines: stewed in tomato (cacciatore) in Italy, braised with wine and mustard (a la moutarde) in France and roasted saddle...

Identify female plants, which develop large flowers directly out of the trunk and male plants, which develop sets of small flowers growing on branched stems from the trunk. Planting sites should be spaced about 8 to 10 feet apart from each other.Dig a...

Read on!any time before the first hard frost in autumn. It's perfectly safe (and extremely healthy) to eat the seeds shell and all. You'll know when pumpkins are ready to harvest – the vines will die and turn brown and the pumpkins will be bright orange...

I haven't tried raising worms and crickets together, but it seems like a natural combination. Once the grubs are wiggling, which is attractive to their eaters, I step back out of the way and wait for a bird customer for my offered snack.

Harvesting nasturtium plants as food is easy, as long as you know a few simple tips.Many people assume it is the leaves that are edible, like an herb or salad green, but you can use the flowers too, for culinary decoration and for eating.

A melon that is ready to eat will feel heavy. Several simple methods can be used to determine if a watermelon is ready to eat.How to tell when a watermelon is ripe and ready to be enjoyed.Thump on the top of the watermelon with your finger.

There are three types of trees, each of which carries a different flower. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are commonly called NPK. The tree needs to have a 5-foot area clear of competitor species around the trunk.

Allow to stand overnight.Strain the mixture the following morning, and add the water. Store any unused mixture in a sealed container in your refrigerator for later use. Make your own insect spray to controls aphids, using common household items.Finely...

The vegetable does not require refrigeration unless it is the green onion variety. The vegetables are mature and ready to harvest when the tops start to fall over. Amend soil at a depth of 2 to 3 inches with a 10-20-10 fertilizer prior to planting.

The otherwise shy and docile pests attack the plants at night or early in the morning, when human activity is absent. Place the traps strategically in your garden along with bait, such as slices of fruit, to lure them in.

Take a break at the welcome center and ask for a map of farmers' markets and farm stands, which some states publish. With more than 1,600 locations and a commitment to stocking their restaurants with as much local meat, dairy and vegetables as possible,...

Is one of the larger groups of cactus. Harvesting edible cactus pads is a bit like raiding a honeybee nest. Dress in long sleeves and thick gloves. The locality where the plants grow wild calls the pads nopales, a desert delicacy that has been transported...

The short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata, also eats fern spores. Other insects that eat ferns include aphids, whiteflys, cutworms, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers. Deer and the eastern cottontail rabbit often eat young bracken ferns.During the winter...

Participants can find local foods at the Co-op and local farmers markets as well as community-supported agriculture programs and their own backyards. “Summer is an exciting time of year for co-ops; the bounty and diversity of local foods are at their...