The best way to sprout strawberry seeds / growing strawberries Neat way to grow strawberry plants from the seeds on the berries you buy from the store. Fragile come unarose shows how to take seeds from your strawberries that you are eating and sprout them and then transplant the little seedlings into a container till the are ready to go in to the garden. I like it, you won’t have to buy seed or starter plants again. photo credit Fragilecomeunarose
Emerald - Heirloom, Untreated, Open Pollinated, Vegetable Seeds - Sustainable Seed Company Emerald Okra (56 days) Introduced by Campbell's Soup If I remember correctly this was a Cajun cook's dream. Granny always picked 3-4" okra to cut up, be dipped in corn meal and fried to perfection in the cast iron skillet I now have. You guessed it! Recommended by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The Texas Cooperative Extension at Texas A&M recommends this variety for Texas! For those of you in the South where I come from you will have no problem growing okra, but if like me you now find yourself in an area with cool summers like the Pacific Northwest growing okra can be a tricky business.
Shallots, Lemon grass and Apple plants from seeds Great video from My inspired creation. She has bought shallots,lemongrass and saved some seeds from store bought red delicious apples and has now got all of them to root. Then she can transplant to the garden and grow her own . Pretty neat. photo credit My inspired creation Garden Pool | A nonprofit organization to develop and teach sustainable ways to grow food. How to start plants from seed indoors to transplant in the garden later Andrea Levy, The PD With visions of plump, juicy tomatoes, crisp cauliflower and sunny marigolds dancing in their heads, some gardeners spend late winter sowing seeds indoors and pampering their emerging beauties until it's warm enough to move them outdoors. These indoor gardeners like to get growing early for several reasons. One, a packet of a dozen or so seeds, which costs a few dollars, is a fraction of what ready-to-plant botanicals cost. "It's cheaper than buying flowering plants and vegetable starts," says Christine Harris, an Ohio State University Extension Cuyahoga County master gardener, who won the statewide award of volunteer of the year at the International Master Gardener Conference in Charleston, W.V., last year. "Costs for these have skyrocketed due to fuel costs in greenhouses and for transportation." Harris, who has been starting seeds indoors for about 13 years, says she has discovered a lot of vegetables and flowers that are not available at local greenhouses. Materials
De Wereld Draait Door De twee grote culinaire specialisten Robert Kranenborg en Joris Bijdendijk zullen zich vandaag wagen aan 'Coulibiac'. Coulibiac is een zalmpastei uit de Russische keuken vaak met rijst of andere graansoorten, eieren en soms uien, paddenstoelen en dille. Het gerecht was in de eerste jaren van de 20e eeuw zó populair dat de beroemde chef Auguste Escoffier het opnam in zijn standaardwerk “The complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cooking”. Hoofdingrediënten: • zalm• half-zachtgekookte eieren• gekookte sint-jansrogge• flensjes• snijbiet• brioche• mierikswortelsaus Briochedeeg:• 1 kg bloem• 35 kristalsuiker• 35 verse gist• 6 eieren• 250 gr zachte boter• 250 gr melk• 25 gram zout Bereiding:Deeg maken ‘zoals het hoort’. Flensbeslag160 gram ei40 gram melk50 gram bloem10 gram maïzena Bereiding: Alles mengen en een uurtje laten staan. Eieren4 grote eieren koken tot de dooier net niet meer loopt (in kokend water 7 minuten en 30 seconden voor een groot ei).
How to Save Your Seeds I think the practice of saving seeds is due for a revival. Seed saving is rewarding in so many ways. It’s very easy. Basics What you basically do when you save seeds is this: you go to the seeds when they are ready and get them; you make sure they’re really dry, and then you store them. It’s as simple as that but … Getting good seeds at the right time involves knowing the usual life cycle of a plant and whether a seed will stay true. You can gather them in different ways such as plucking, rubbing, shaking or grabbing. Making sure seeds are dry enough means having a good drying space for them. Storing seeds well involves having appropriate labels and containers for them. Plant Types and Specifics Plants are annual, biennial or perennial. ~Annual plants (such as lettuce and tomatoes) flower and mature seed in the same year. ~Biennial plants (such as carrots and beets) are normally harvested as food in their first summer or fall but do not flower or produce seed until the next year. Lettuce Whew.
Gardens: the new yuzu | James Wong Walk into any garden centre and you’ll find rows of little lemon, orange and lime trees lined up for sale. But the best citrus of all is trickier to track down, and I can’t understand why. The yuzu is an uber-fragrant citrus from Japan. Its fruity zest and bracingly tart juice is a result of its mixed parentage – a natural cross between a mandarin orange and the wild Ichang lemon. Fresh yuzu are also far harder to find than other citrus fruits. They are also easy to grow. If you fancy the outdoor gamble, plant your yuzu against a sunny south-facing wall in early summer, ideally in well-drained soil that is on the acidic side. So: rarer and more interestingly flavoured fruits that are easy to grow. Yuzu can be used just like limes or lemons, though they have a more zesty, uplifting fragrance – think lemon sherbet with a touch of mandarin and grapefruit.
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Moringa oleifera - The miracle tree. MoringaFacts.net Native Seeds/SEARCH - The Story of Glass Gem Corn: Beauty, History, and Hope If you’ve spent any time online recently, you might have noticed a striking photo making its rounds. Feast your eyes on Glass Gem corn: a stunning, multi-colored heirloom that has taken Facebook and the blogosphere by storm. With its opalescent kernels glimmering like rare jewels, it’s easy to see what the buzz is about. This is some truly mind-blowing maize. For the staff here at Native Seeds/SEARCH, the viral explosion of interest in Glass Gem has been thrilling—but not surprising. Like many heirloom treasures, Glass Gem corn has a name, a place, and a story. Approaching old age, Barnes bestowed his precious seed collection to Greg Schoen, his corn-breeding protégé. The story of Barnes, Schoen, and their remarkable corn is not unusual. The bounty of genetic diversity our ancestral farmers and gardeners created in this way was shared and handed down across generations. Though much of this diversity may be gone, all hope is not lost. To Purchase Glass Gem Seed: