by Geoff | Jul 26, 2012 | Gardening
I garden year round in Austin, so there is no point at which I “put the garden to bed”, as is often done in more Northern climates. I never get to start with a clean slate for the next year’s season. At any given time in my garden I’ll have recently planted sections that are often still months away from harvest, sections in peak production, sections that are still producing but well past their peak, and sections that need to be removed. During peak planting...
by Geoff | Jun 25, 2012 | Gardening, Recipes
I grew bolita beans a couple of years ago as a dried bean and had yet to cook them. Last week I made this bolita bean soup with amaranth leaves, amaranth grain (hence double amaranth) and purslane. 1 cup dry bolita beans, soaked overnight 3/4 cup amaranth grain 1 medium onion, chopped 2-3 garlic cloves cumin chopped hot peppers to taste veggie broth amaranth leaves purslane leaves and upper stems Sauté the onions, garlic and hot peppers in olive oil. Add veggie...
by Geoff | Jun 21, 2012 | CobraHead
We’re pleased to announce the winners of our Photo Contest. We had a lot of great entries that you can see here. First prize goes to Paul O’Day. He wins two-hundred dollars cash. Second prize goes to Vicki Sappington. She wins a CobraHead Weeder and Cultivator, Garden Padd Kneeler and Brook and Hunter Garden Fork worth a total of $89.95. Third prize goes to Mike Avila. He wins a CobraHead Weeder and Cultivator worth $24.95. Congratulations to our...
by Geoff | Jun 20, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
We received a lot of great entries for our photo contest. Thanks to everyone who participated. Here are all of the entries. Click on the smaller images to see the full sized picture and caption. [portfolio_slideshow]
by Geoff | Jun 18, 2012 | Gardening
Even in hot Austin, our winters get too cold to leave lime trees outdoors when temperatures dip, so I’m growing both Mexican lime, Citrus aurantifolia, and Kaffir lime, Citrus x hystrix, in containers. Then I can move them indoors when necessary. Mexican limes are also known as key limes. Kaffir limes, or makrut, are grown primarily for their leaves, which are used to flavor Lao and other Southeast Asian dishes. I picked up both of these plants earlier...
