by Noel | Sep 14, 2022 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
The picture represents a very small fraction of the total tomato yield. I have forty plants growing in two beds. The 20 different types I grow our mostly heirloom varieties and a lot are started from saved seed. One hybrid I have grown for a lot of years is Sungold. This small yellow/orange cherry tomato is always the first tomato to produce and it remains very productive right up until frost. We grow several varieties of cherry tomatoes, different paste...
by Judy | Aug 31, 2022 | CobraHead, Recipes, Vegetable Growing
This has been a great year for cucumbers. We’ve had rainfalls mostly at the appropriate times so production has been steady. I’ll be making refrigerator pickles with a lot of them but marinated slices are an easy and fast fix for dinner. Here goes: 2-4 cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced 1/2 – 1 tsp. salt 1 T. white wine vinegar or to taste Using a mandolin (if you have one) slice the peeled cucumbers. Sprinkle with salt, give a quick stir and...
by Noel | Aug 30, 2022 | CobraHead, Gardening
For our first, and probably last, annual award for the worst weed in the garden, this year goes to bindweed, hands down. Weed of the year requirements are simple. What weed is causing me the most grief or the most work to control in the garden? This year bindweed is way ahead. It’s hard to kill, it has deep tap roots that easily snap off. After breaking off the plant from the root, the root quickly puts out new growth. The stems wind around other plants and can...
by Noel | Jul 31, 2022 | CobraHead, Gardening, Sweet Corn, Vegetable Growing
We had an excellent corn harvest. Unfortunately, raccoons ate about two dozen ears due to my negligence in leaving the garden gate open one night Nevertheless, we still had a lot of corn to eat and freeze. We froze 16 bags of corn, each 1.5 cups for a total of just over 12 pounds. We are stuffed with sweet corn, right now, and we’ll have delicious frozen corn to carry us through the winter.
by Judy | Jul 31, 2022 | CobraHead, Recipes
A couple of weeks ago we had some heavy rains. The rain, coupled with the warm weather, brought out some nice flushes of golden oyster mushrooms in our woods. They were a bit dirtier than the ones you buy at the market so I did have to wash them. Since they do absorb water quite readily I dry fried them for a few minutes to get rid of the excess liquid. Them I added the oil to the pan to brown them up for the risotto. Here’s the recipe I use: Instant...
by Judy | Jun 30, 2022 | CobraHead, Recipes
In honor of our 20th anniversary I thought I’d highlight some of our very favorite recipes from years past. When I looked at some of the posts I noticed that I still make a lot of them in exactly the same way. The rest have evolved over the years because I don’t always look at the written recipe. See if you can find a couple that might intrigue you. Sweet Potato Quesadillas Curried Squash Galette Oven Roasted Root Vegetables Sweet Potato Black Bean...
