by Judy | Mar 29, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, savory sweet potatoes, sweet potato latkes, sweet potatoes
In spite of the hungry voles that ravaged our sweet potato patch we still have at least 40 lbs in storage. So I started looking through my cookbooks and was reminded about this latke recipe that I used to make several years ago from the book "Vegetarian Planet" by Didi Emmons, published in 1997. It's interesting how you cycle through recipes and then forget about them for a while. Anyway, if you think you don't care for sweet potatoes because...
by Noel | Mar 29, 2024 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
March is nearly over and we are getting serious about this year’s garden. I’ve got a few things started in the house and things are popping outside. This flat is bottom heated and top lit. It has peppers, eggplant and cauliflower. The peppers and eggplant haven’t sprouted, yet, but the cauliflower is taking off. I won’t start anything new for a couple weeks since we’ll be out of town the second week of April and I don’t want to burden Anneliese with too much plant...
by Judy | Feb 29, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, Adirondack Blue Potatoes, CobraHead, Recipes
We are still eating our Adirondack Blue potatoes (and other types) from last year’s harvest. They have done very well in Noel’s make-shift above ground root cellar in the barn. I have adapted our usual cheesy garlic potato bake and added some frozen green beans, also from last year’s garden. This dish was originally from Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and has evolved over the past fifty years in my kitchen...
by Noel | Feb 28, 2024 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
The weather in southern Wisconsin, as everywhere, is alarming. Record one day temperature swings. It was 73 yesterday and 12 this morning. It will be back to the 60’s in a couple days. This new normal will cause mostly grief for gardeners and growers, but I’ll try to take advantage of the warm days to do some garden prep that normally would wait until late March or April. The end of February marks the beginning of seed starting. I’ve put onion and leek seeds into...
by Noel | Nov 21, 2023 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Judy and I just got back from three weeks in Texas. I was behind in the garden before we left and three weeks away have put me quite a bit further back. I missed a lot of garden clean up and prep for next season. One fall chore that I never try to miss is getting a bed of garlic planted. When I’m on top of things, garlic goes into the ground the last week of October, but I’ve planted it in late December and still had a fine crop. So my first task upon our return...
by Anneliese | Nov 14, 2023 | CobraHead
Friends of CobraHead will know that we are avid supporters of community gardens and educational gardening projects. And now, we are proud to be a sponsor of the 2024 KidsGardening.org Youth Garden Grant! This year, fifty youth garden programs will be awarded $500 in funding and a collection of gardening supplies for their youth garden program. The application period is open through December 15, 2023. Beginning with 50 awards in 1982, KidsGardening’s Youth...
