“Pocono Home & Garden news: The giving garden; tomato blight update ... - Pocono Record” plus 4 more |
- Pocono Home & Garden news: The giving garden; tomato blight update ... - Pocono Record
- Bonnie Henry: Banking their own food - Arizona Daily Star
- Add a little 'danger' in the garden with native carnivorous plants - The State
- Restaurateur ready for 'Grilling in the Garden' at Mark Twain Boyhood ... - Quincy Herald-Whig
- In backyard vegetable garden, peace for breast cancer patient - Boston Globe
| Pocono Home & Garden news: The giving garden; tomato blight update ... - Pocono Record Posted: 05 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT Tammy Graeber noticed something was missing from the food pantry: fresh fruits and vegetables. So she decided to do something about it. She started the garden of giving and you can help.
Did you know you can find real medicine in the plants of both the gardens and weeds of wayside places? Take some from the British hedgerows detailed in Yardsmart this week. You don't always have to spend a lot of money to get gardening ideas. Sometimes a walk around a new neighborhood will do it.Our Home and Garden blog offers a tour in neighborhoods at the shore. You might be turning your thoughts indoors. If remodeling is in your future, consider a cast-iron sink. Sound old-fashioned? No, just smart.
If you just want a new look, try painting a mirror. Your friends will think it looks like real mosaic tile, but this faux tile is easy and only costs pennies. Might be worth looking at a yard sale for a mirror this weekend.
You can take it a few more steps and allergy-proof your house. Clean the air, clean the clutter and clean the cleaning room. But we have a long weekend and here are some ideas for cool food. Garlic Lime Beef with Avocado Salsa can be served in a tortilla or over some greens for a main dish salad. And Buttermilk Garlic Slaw is sure to be a hit with any menu. Take some time to relax and enjoy!  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bonnie Henry: Banking their own food - Arizona Daily Star Posted: 05 Sep 2009 10:36 PM PDT |
| Add a little 'danger' in the garden with native carnivorous plants - The State Posted: 05 Sep 2009 08:42 PM PDT Sarracenia flava is carnivorous because it traps insects in its long, pitchers. Insects are attracted by nectar secreted by the plant. The insects follow the nectar trail and it leads them deep into the cavity of the pitcher where they may end up drowning in a pool of digestive enzymes. There are numerous tiny hairs that point downward on the inside of the pitcher. These hairs make it extremely difficult for insects to climb back out. Oftentimes, if you split open one of the pitchers, you will find the exoskeleton remains of some unlucky insects. The plants use the insects as nutrients to supplement what they do not get from their boggy soils. Sarracenia flava is native to wet regions in soils consisting of peat and sand. They can also be well adapted as pond or containerized plants. If you have a pond or water garden, they make great marginal plants. By amending the pond's edge with a mixture of peat and sand, an ideal environment is created for growing Sarracenia flava. The peat absorbs the moisture from the pond, giving the plant the wet feet it desires. They perform best in full sun conditions, but will handle some light shade. They work nicely in containers or dish gardens if given the proper soil (peat and sand), but must be kept consistently moist. Often times they are grown in containers without a drain hole. Sarracenia are propagated by seeds, divisions and tissue culture. The most common method for the average gardener would be divisions from existing clumps. You can often find specimens for sale in local garden centers and box stores. If you cannot locate them locally, there are numerous Internet mail-order options. Be certain that you are buying nursery-grown specimens and not ones that were wild collected. While they are not an endangered species, Sarracenia flava is not terribly common and is truly a treat to see in the wild. A great local place to see this and several other species of carnivorous plants is Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve in Lexington County (dnr.sc.gov/mlands). Even if you don't have a water garden, give Sarracenia flava a shot in a container. They are fun, interesting and great educational tools. Kids love them! Andy Cabe is the botanical garden director at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Restaurateur ready for 'Grilling in the Garden' at Mark Twain Boyhood ... - Quincy Herald-Whig Posted: 31 Aug 2009 08:59 AM PDT HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum is planning a "Grilling in the Garden" program featuring Hannibal native Ken Norman, who will be preparing and plating a five-course meal at 6 p.m. Sept. 10, in the garden of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home Garden. The twist is that Norman, a restaurateur, will prepare each course on a grill. He has operated such restaurants as Park Place in Columbia and Eugene's in Hannibal. "Grilling is not just for meat. You can grill anything you eat," Norman said. "Grilling is my choice for most dinners, and I do so all year-round." Dinner will begin with French onion soup, followed by an appetizer of roasted pepper boats filled with two kinds of cheese and herbs. The third course will be salad with grilled lettuce, tomatoes and red Bermuda onions. "The diner gets the grilled flavors yet still has a garden fresh salad," Norman said. The entree will be marinated flatiron steak paired with roasted Yukon gold potatoes, and roasted squash and zucchini, along with grilled pineapple served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, maraschino cherry and whipped cream. Preparation directions and recipes will be available to the diners upon request. The jazz ensemble Music-Music-Music will provide musical entertainment. The band features Glenn Cornelius on vocal and lead guitar, Bill Cornelius on bass guitar and vocal, Tommy Williams on saxophone and band leader Brother Ronn Pashia as drummer/vocalist. The Main Street Wine Stoppe, 303 Main St., will provide drinks. Cost of the evening is $15 for museum members and $20 for nonmembers. Reservations are needed and can be made by calling (573) 221-9010, ext. 401. For more information, go to www.marktwainmuseum.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| In backyard vegetable garden, peace for breast cancer patient - Boston Globe Posted: 05 Sep 2009 11:30 AM PDT In late July, just two years after it began, Hope in Bloom planted its 71st garden in O'Halloran's backyard. It was one of two gardens donated by Kennedy, the other for O'Halloran's mother, Joanne Hopkinson, who got her garden on Aug. 11. O'Halloran's was the first vegetable garden planted by the organization.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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