by Judy | Jun 28, 2023 | CobraHead, Recipes, Vegetable Growing
I was looking through the Book Pages flyer at our local library and this book caught my eye: Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World, a History by William Alexander. We grow a lot of different tomatoes and I cook with them so this book sounded intriguing. I usually can’t make it to the end of a dry history book but this one kept me interested to the very last page. The author took us on a humorous tomato adventure from its origins in Mexico to Europe and back to...
by Noel | Jun 27, 2023 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
June is almost over and it’s going out very uncomfortably as we are experiencing the Canadian smoke that has made a lot of the upper U.S. extremely dangerous and unpleasant Air quality is awful. It’s suggested we do not even go outside. We’re still in a drought, but the heat has gone down. Without daily watering, it would be no garden, this year. But we are gardening, and I’m actually happy with the results, so far. The pea harvest is going great. This is the...
by Judy | May 31, 2023 | CobraHead
We are still using up the last of our 2022 potato harvest. While we love roasted potatoes sometimes you want a little lighter dish, i.e., less carbs! Bring on the cauliflower! By mixing the potatoes with cauliflower you still get that potato taste with a few light bites in between. Below is the approximate recipe I used for the two of us though we did have leftovers. You can always adjust the quantities depending on how many people you are feeding. Good any...
by Noel | May 31, 2023 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
May was very warm and very dry here in south central Wisconsin. I’m doing a lot of hand watering, trying to water just the plants so as not to encourage weed growth in open areas which overhead sprinkling would certainly do. A good thing about the open bed system I use is that it is easy to get a lot of water directly on the bed tops on with a hose and a wand. The bad thing is, of course, we could use a lot more rain, soon. Judy helped me put up a good fence for...
by Noel | Apr 28, 2023 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
April brings on the hard work period of the gardening season. I keep looking for ways to make it easier. This old guy doesn’t quickly recover from hard work like I used to. Here are a few pictures of some of the things going on in the garden. The hoop tunnel helps a lot. In the coming days, I’ll be putting starts directly from indoors to the soil in the tunnel. I have a brand new piece of 6-mil plastic for the cover and some easily removable doors. The tunnel is...
by Judy | Apr 27, 2023 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, Recipes
It’s almost asparagus time here in Wisconsin. For a diversion from steamed or roasted asparagus try these rollups. Great for a snack or an appetizer. Ingredients: 12 slices sandwich bread, crusts removed (I used cracked wheat ) 1/4 cup (more or less) stoneground or Dijon mustard 1/4 cup melted butter 3-4 T. grated parmesan cheese 2 dozen fresh asparagus spears **If the spears are skinny use two for each slice. if nice and fat you may only need one per each....
