by Noel | Feb 15, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
We knew little of what is referred to as “Lawn & Garden” in the worldwide marketplace before we started CobraHead. But we soon learned that if you can make garden writers familiar and happy with your products, there is a chance they might mention them when they write, and possibly the Lawn & Garden industry might notice, too. So we’ve promoted CobraHead products earnestly to garden writers and it’s been a very smart move. Henry...
by Geoff | Feb 14, 2012 | CobraHead, Recipes
Happy Valentines Day. If you’re like me, the first food that comes to mind when you think of romance is the sweet potato. This dish is usually served as a Christmas time children’s treat in Mexico. However, hand feeding this to your special someone will turn it into an adult dish. I also added a couple additional spices to increase the romance level. Normally, I don’t sweeten sweet potatoes and I almost always cook them in ways that heighten...
by Geoff | Feb 13, 2012 | Gardening
Ten days ago I pruned my peach and plumcot trees. Given our exceptionally mild winter, the first week of February was already on the late end of optimal pruning time. I still consider myself a novice pruner, but while at the State Master Gardener conference in California last year, three basic principles for fruit tree pruning were clarified for me during a workshop. With both of these trees that I planted in 2009, my goal is to achieve an open-centered...
by Noel | Feb 7, 2012 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening
Here’s a snowdrop that’s shown up over a month early. A lot of snowdrops and crocus have sprouted with our unseasonably warm weather. I’m going to drop some leaves over them to see if I can help them hang on until their normal blooming time later in March. Early blooming due to warm spells can be a real problem. Tender new growth can be frozen when the temperatures return to really cold. I worry about my fruit trees where new buds that come...
by Judy | Feb 4, 2012 | CobraHead, Recipes
Here’s a quick soup recipe that was ‘loosely’ adapted from a cookbook by Jeff Smith, ‘The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American’. I say loosely because the original recipe was made with cream and crawfish and garnished with hard boiled eggs. Well, even though the Crawfish River is only a few miles from us here in Wisconsin, we aren’t particularly into crawfishing. We didn’t have any cream sitting in the fridge, and when the soup was done, we really didn’t desire to...
