by Judy | Mar 23, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Yes, we are still eating last year’s harvest of sweet potatoes. They are a wonder crop, and if properly stored, will last until the next year’s crop comes in if you haven’t eaten them all. I have previously put shredded carrots in my home simmered spaghetti sauce but this time there was an abundance of shredded sweet potatoes in the fridge to use up. It seems that a certain visiting member of the family got carried away when making Sweet Potato Quesadillas and...
by Geoff | Mar 22, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
This year CobraHead again exhibited at the Philadelphia Flower Show. While Anneliese, Noel and I spent most of our time in our booth in the vendor section extolling the virtues of our wares to the passing public, in the evenings I would get a chance to take in the splendid display gardens. Several truly impressed me, but I tend to spend the most time going back to the ones that inspire me to do something in my own garden. This year The Chef’s Rooftop Garden...
by Noel | Mar 21, 2011 | CobraHead
I built this cold frame in January with a lot of help from my friend David Peterson who built a duplicate model for himself at the same time. David is retired, lucky guy, and he has put together a really well equipped workshop with lots of woodworking equipment to keep occupied. We were discussing cold frames over dinner quite a while back and I let David know that I had a whole lot of 1/4″ clear glass sheets about 2 feet by 6 feet that I thought might be...
by Geoff | Feb 17, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Over the holidays I discovered that I have borderline high blood pressure, due in part to genetics (Gee, thanks Dad!). Although I already eat a relatively healthy diet and exercise regularly, I’ve been researching what other changes I need to make to reverse the trend in my blood pressure before it becomes a more serious problem. Incorporating more herbs into my diet is definitely recommended. Being a gardener, I don’t just want to buy the herbs, I want to grow...
by Noel | Feb 16, 2011 | CobraHead
As our little business grows we’ve had to develop selling aids so the stores who sell our products can display them prominently. Hopefully the displays get noticed and entice people to buy. They are referred to as POP’s – Point of Purchase Displays. For the past several years I’ve been making them for both our short and long handled tools in my garage. The displays are okay looking and easy for me to produce cheaply in small...
by Geoff | Jan 10, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
Last week Ted Skenandore came to Austin for a visit and brought me a bundle of dehydrated Oneida White Corn that he grew at the Tsyuhehkwa Farm on the Oneida reservation in northeast Wisconsin. Ted and I used to work together at Tsyuhehkwa running the farm and community agriculture program before I moved to Austin. The Oneidas brought this variety of white corn with them when they resettled in Wisconsin after leaving New York State in the 1820s. It is the same...
