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Continue reading →: Easy Quinoa Peach Crisp
Peaches are in season! Peaches are a wonderful addition to this twist on an old favorite, peach crisp. Quinoa (keen-wah) is a whole grain you will want to include in your healthy diet. It is delicious and nutritious. Some even call it a super food! It is one of my…
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Continue reading →: Garlic Trial Results: Final Thoughts
We wrapped up our “Year of Garlic” in the Demo Garden this morning with a tasting of all the different varieties and a chance to observe the size of the cloves, the number of cloves, and the size of the bulbs. I had also made some observations earlier to record.…
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Continue reading →: How To Tell if a Trellised Watermelon is Ripe
After my post last week about harvesting and tasting a couple of melons, I emailed with a reader who was wondering how to tell if her trellised watermelons were ripe and ready to pick. The real challenge is that the typical “first sign” is to look for the yellow spot…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
I have so many great pictures from this week that I feel like I need to do two or three PhotoEssays. Or perhaps I should just plan to write a couple more posts for next week? That might be a plan…especially since I’ve been struggling to get something posted on…
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Continue reading →: Squash Blossom Frittata with Garden Vegetables
Serves 6 2 small zucchini diced 1 large onion diced 1 green pepper, diced 1 large tomato, diced 2-3 stalks of Swiss chard or other greens 6 eggs ¼ cup low-fat 1% milk 1 ½ teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons garlic, minced 4 squash blossoms 1 cherry tomato…