The kids gave me a book for Mother’s Day called “The Little Big Book of Roses”. It is a collection of recipes, tips, literary excerpts, facts, lore… a little bit of everything. I love it! One of the recipes in it is for candied rose petals. Here it is… Candied Rose Petals Candied rose petals […]
I love daylilies! They have got to be one of the easiest flowers to grow in Texas. The daylily (Hemerocallis) is a tuberous root perennial. The leaves look sort of like grass and the flowers bloom from late spring until fall. Daylilies are incredibly disease resistant and they are drought tolerant, but they will multiply […]
Who knew that the elderberry was such a pretty plant? The bush is about 12 feet tall and has gorgeous blossoms on it. It is actually considered to be an herb with numerous superstitions surrounding it. In the Middle Ages, legend says that the tree was home to witches, and that cutting down one would […]
That is one of the lines of one of Samantha’s favorite books – “Jamberry” by Bruce Degan. We LOVE our blackberries. I’m not sure exactly which variety they are, but they are big and gorgeous and taste incredible. And the very best part – they are thornless! These particular blackberry vines came from my mother’s […]
I’m sure that Mom probably got this recipe from someone else, but who knows who from. But I got it from her and it is wonderful and super easy! Ingredients: 1 cup of blackberries 1 cup of sugar 1 cup of flour 1 cup of milk 1/2 cup of sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp […]
Finish April’s chores! Isn’t that the way it always is? Spray Roses and crepe myrtles with baking soda spray weekly to control black spot and fungus. Mow weekly, tune up mower and sharpen blades. Pot up extra seedlings to give away. Give bad bugs a soapy bath. Pull dandelions to feed to chickens and bearded […]
I have to admit that I used to belong to a food coop (back then it wasn’t even organic) and I found that the same things I was getting in the co-op were the same things I was getting by the bucket full out of my garden – so I stopped. But if I didn’t […]
“The Three Sisters” is a method of companion planting that was used by the Native Americans. The trio consist of corn, pole beans and either squash or pumkins. This is a great combination to grow! We used squash and the corn we used was a strawberry popcorn. The three sisters each give the others something […]
I can’t wait to harvest my first tomato of the season! The plants are looking great with plenty of buds. The peppers are coming along too. In fact, we have little seedlings coming up all over the place! Here is what we have (so far): Tomatoes: volunteer grape tomatoes, Orange Oxheart, Old German, Beefsteak, Brandywine, […]
Blueberry Ridge Farm is another one of the vendors that we met at the Plano “Live Green Expo.” Jerry and Jill Graves were so sweet to hang around and talk with us even though it was time to pack up and head home. Blueberries are something that John and I have tried to grow several […]
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