BOTANAS

BOTANAS

by | Aug 27, 2025 | CobraHead

Botanas translated from Spanish means snack. It’s more than a snack for us – it’s a main course. This botanas recipe is similar to nachos. I first made it in the early 1970’s. It came from the local newspaper in Wyandotte, MI. Ingredients Base 1 12 oz or 16 oz bag tortilla chips 1 lb. dry beans (pinto or black or your favorite) cooked, seasoned and mashed into refried beans or your favorite canned refried beans, thinned with a little water to make them pourable 1...
Got Lots of Tomatoes

Got Lots of Tomatoes

by | Aug 26, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening

How many different tomato trellises and other growing systems are there? The answer is lots and lots. As we like indeterminate heirlooms, trellising is imperative. I tried something different this year. I did almost no pruning. Mostly, I pruned leaves that could make ground contact and straggler stems that got outside the tied-down stems. I tied most of the stems to the bamboo poles and T-posts I use for the trellis. There were some negatives to this approach, but...

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