by Noel | Mar 28, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
I’ve grown food for a long time. I learned a lot about home gardening from my mother who gardened because she had to, as we had little money. I also learned a lot from the neighbor next to us who was a vegetable gardener extraordinaire. Mrs. Martin came from her house in inner Detroit almost daily in growing season to garden a quarter acre plot next to our house in Warren, which borders Detroit on its north side. Rose Martin took a bus route that required several...
by Judy | Mar 28, 2025 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, sweet potato dessert, sweet potato pie
Here it is the end of March and we’re still working our way through our 2024 sweet potato harvest. It’s an amazing root vegetable and a nutritional powerhouse. We have been growing our own starts from saved plants for over 25 years. The variety is Jewel. It’s large, good tasting, with exceptional storage. They can last for up to a year, stored in our heated but cool basement, wrapped in newspaper. I’m always looking for unsweet ways to use them because I’m more of...
by Noel | Feb 28, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening
I haven’t been thinking too much about my garden in February, and I definitely haven’t done anything outside. The 14 below lows and bitter cold days have kept me indoors. It did warm up this week, so I went to the garden to check things out. The garden fork hits ice between 2 to 6 inches. Our lack of snow cover this winter means the frost is quite deep and will take a little longer to thaw out. I won’t be working the soil anytime soon. Here’s my compost pile. This...
by Judy | Feb 28, 2025 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, Cauliflower Curry, CobraHead, Recipes
Still got some frozen cauliflower and frozen tomatoes tucked away in the freezer? If not, fresh cauliflower and canned tomatoes work very well in this delicious stew. Serve it over basmati rice or mashed or chunky cooked potatoes – a tasty and filling meal. P.S. Add one cup of cooked white beans for a protein boost. (Tip from a Rancho Gordo recipe.) Recipe: 1 T olive oil 1 large onion – finely chopped 3-4 garlic cloves – minced 1 inch knob of ginger, peeled and...
by Noel | Jan 31, 2025 | CobraHead
Here’s a picture of our main garden. There’s nothing going on. That’s okay with me, as winter provides a vacation from most gardening chores. I don’t maintain a greenhouse, so things are pretty easy in December and January. But February brings on the work for the new season. Note the total lack of snow cover. We’ve had almost no snow this winter. In the old weather normal, we could often count on a good snow cover from December through March. And though it...
by Judy | Nov 20, 2024 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, CobraHead, Roasted Cauliflower
I’d like to say this is the year of the cauliflower because I keep finding new recipes but its popularity ebbs and flows. Apparently, per capita consumption peaked in 1946, then rose again during the hippy vegetarian era in the 70’s and 80’s before falling again until 2019. The low-carb and gluten-free trends brought back its popularity in the form of pizza crusts, pastas, tortillas, crackers and you name it. I prefer my cauliflower straight up though I do season...
