by Judy | Jul 6, 2017 | CobraHead
Our snow peas, sugar snap peas and capucijner soup peas are doing abundantly well this year. And Bambi, who has been frolicking in our yard hasn’t found them yet. Of course, Zuri, our watch dog has been running interference so I’m sure that has helped as well. Anyway, I found a Japanese soba noodle salad in a very old copy of Bon Appétit magazine that featured pea pods, so how could I not try it? I did change it up a little but used the basic...
by Noel | Jun 30, 2017 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Intensive gardening in open raised beds practically demands working with a lot of trellises. The system of concentrated planting doesn’t lend itself to sprawl, and the solution is to grow vertically. I stake or trellis many plants to get maximum production in limited space and to keep the aisle spaces passable. I use T-posts as my main trellis component. They are cheap, strong, and last forever. And they lend themselves well to various designs. Most of my...
by Anneliese | Jun 29, 2017 | CobraHead, Farming, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Hi, everyone. Anneliese here. I’m back! Did you miss me? After four years away from CobraHead, I’ve returned to the family business, and I couldn’t be happier about it. One of my resumed responsibilities is representing CobraHead at events like the Garden Bloggers Fling. Geoff and I attended the very first Fling in Austin, TX in 2008, and I continued attending every year until 2012. The garden bloggers who attend the Fling are invariably a...
by Judy | Feb 27, 2017 | CobraHead, Recipes
Stir fries are a good way to use up small amounts of various veggies. If you add some tofu or other protein it’s a very satisfying meal. Here’s what I came up with this time. 8 oz tofu, cubed 2 dried shiitake mushrooms 1 cup water 1 T. Tamari Simmer the above ingredients and drain, reserving the liquid. Chop the mushrooms (discarding the harder stems, and set the tofu mushroom mix aside. 2 T. Olive Oil 1 T. fresh ginger, minced 1 T. garlic, minced 1...
by Judy | Feb 26, 2017 | CobraHead, Recipes
“It is a homely thing in one or another sense of the word, depending on your point of views.” Glyn Lloyd-Hughes, Description of Shepherd’s Pie: The Foods of England I should perhaps title this recipe Shepherdess Pie which apparently is a variation made without meat but I hadn’t heard the term before I started looking at recipes. Shepherd’s Pie was traditionally made with minced lamb and Cottage Pie was made with minced beef....
by Noel | Feb 7, 2017 | CobraHead, Gardening
This old flat dates back to about 1990. I started making my own flats from some cheap fence wood I had acquired. I’m not sure where I got the design, probably a garden magazine or garden book, but it has proven to be long-lasting and very useful. The flats are built using 3″ x 12″ x 5/8″ wood for the ends and 3″ x 18″ x 5/8″ wood for the sides. Thus they are 3 inches deep. The construction is very rough, especially the...
