by Anneliese | Mar 29, 2018 | CobraHead, Recipes
Sometimes you just want pizza. Okay, most of the time I just want pizza. So when Judy (a.k.a. “Mom”) told me on Monday that she was thinking of making pizza for lunch on Tuesday, I was excited to hear it. She planned on using ingredients left over from last year’s harvest, plus a few things we had on hand in the pantry. Then Mom told me she was going to use some frozen naan for the crusts. Now, there’s nothing wrong with naan pizza crusts...
by Geoff | Oct 1, 2010 | Gardening
A few mornings ago I saw a praying mantis just outside my front door. I rushed to get my camera and as I took the pictures, I wondered why she continued to pose for me. Then I realized that a spider web enveloped some of her feet. I broke off the strand of web as best I could and let her climb onto a broom handle to find a new home. I don’t know if the spider had already bitten her or not, but she still seemed to have some of her senses. She chewed off some of...
by Noel | Aug 3, 2010 | Gardening
I commented earlier that this year I cleaned off my compost area and stuck in some squash and melon starts. I didn’t start the seeds until the second week of June, but as you can see from the first picture, the plants are doing quite well. For a while I was worried that I was getting all foliage and no fruit. That is not the case. I counted well over a dozen relatively large squash and pumpkins hiding under the leaves and several are very close to...
by Geoff | Jul 15, 2010 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
Close Up Sunflower One might not be able to tell from this photo, but I was standing on a ladder to get the shot. The tallest of the Mammoth Sunflowers that I got from Renee’s Garden Seeds finally opened up at a height of ten feet six inches. Looking Down on Sunflower Here is the perspective from below. Sunflower from Below The plant reached well above the edge of the roof. Leaf Damage from Caterpillars Last week I had to take action to save these...
