Snow peas are a variety of garden peas with thin walls and very small pea fruit inside. The pods are flat but completely edible, unlike shelling peas which are too fibrous. The stems and leaves of the young plant are edible, too. Like all peas, …
Garden shelling peas are an annual vegetable than grow on a vine. These peas go by peas, shelling peas, English peas, and garden peas. The edible green pod fruit are contained in a slightly curved pod of the same color. Unlike its relatives the …
This recipe makes great use of your summer squash. This recipe is adapted from The Southern Junior League Cookbook: The Best Recipes from the Junior Leagues of the American South.
If you are looking for about the easiest and most consistent thing to grow in the garden, then look to radishes. They are practically foolproof, and they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and even colors. They can be planted in both containers …
Rhubarb is a perennial plant that grows from rhizomes. The leaves are huge and decorative (and poisonous). The stalks, or petioles, come in red, green, or speckled. The color doesn’t matter with rhubarb as far as flavor goes, and red and green can be used …
This split pea soup thickens up standing. In the event that it becomes a little too thick for your tastes, thin it with a little half and half.
Great naturally sweet salsa with fresh mangoes and pineapple. Using Anaheim chiles, it is a medium hot salsa. If you want it hotter, use a hotter chile.
If you have olives, you should be making tapenade right now. This recipe uses three different olives: black Greek, Kalamata, and green olives. Serve by itself with fresh baked herb crackers, or as a base for roasted pepper crudité. Finely chop the olives, or use …
If you’ve never tasted black garlic, then this description from Black Garlic, Ltd., a manufacturer of this ‘fermented’ favorite item, will get you sitting up: Black garlic is sweet meets savory, a perfect mix of molasses-like richness and tangy garlic undertones. It has a tender, …
Radishes Pulled up radishes this morning. I planted the Rainbow Radishes Easter Egg II (see link below). Or rather, my son planted them. His favorite things to plant in the garden are radishes, and who can blame him – with a super quick and almost …
The weather is starting to blaze up in my zone – zone 9b. And when this happens, my watermelon, eggplant, tomatoes, and cucumbers always pick up and go into a true growth spurt. They love the warm weather. So do my peppers. This is the first …