April 2009

Effortless Clotted Cream

Dairy Foods

Seriously. This stuff takes no effort. All you need is a coffee filter, funnel, and some heavy whipping cream. If you can only find ultra-pasteurized, like me, it takes WAY longer than it would with anything else.Do this with it:Leave in the fridge for two hours. Scrape cream off sides of filter. If, however, it [...]

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A Wager

FLOPS

How much do you bet the theoretically red-bloomed verbena on the left don’t make it? I thought they’d rally once I got them in the ground. Maybe….maybe not. Place your bets. Ivory

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Spinach Salad

Recipes

5 oz. fresh baby spinach2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms, I used “baby bellas”1/2 cup pecan halves4-6 cloves garlic, sliced2 cups sliced, cooked chicken breast1 large apple, chopped, I used Fujioptional, crumbled feta or chevre cheese, about 4 oz. Rinse and dry the spinach (a salad spinner does the trick for me). Set aside.In a medium [...]

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Climbing versus Clinging

FLOPS

This is a literal flop. That’s about 150 pounds of rose on the ground, I’m guessing. Erect, it reaches 20 feet. It’s not suspended off the ground in that arch you see. There’s just that much plant piled underneath it. It broken two well secured wires IN HALF. And….. Warped an iron trellis. Can you [...]

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Homemade Vegetable and Fruit Wash

Cleaning Products

I live and die by this salad spinner. She’s no spring chicken, though. She has a pull string. She has those little hairline cracks from being dropped too many times. She’s been with me a long, long time. I use the strainer part to carry vegetables from the garden to the kitchen for their baths. [...]

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