Ok, so here it is... dinner is served!
June 26, 2011
Garden Fresh
Finally time to pick my Rainbow Swiss Chard and my garlic scapes and while I am at it I may as well pick some parsley and kale. I also had some fresh shucked peas from the farmers market yesterday and a juicy orange tomato! What will dinner look like when it's all put together? My key ingredient will be wild haddock and Kalamata olives... YUM! Stay tuned....
June 22, 2011
Natural Ways to Fight Pests and Disease in Your Garden
So now that our gardens are in full swing so are the pests! They are happily munching amongst our salad greens - anything tender for that matter! Here is a great link to a recipe I found on making your own insecticidal soap. http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/7076/garlic-and-chile-insecticidal-soap-spray
If you are going to spray your gardens, veggie's especially or have pets please choose all natural/organic sprays to keep everyone safe :)
Here is a great link from Organic Gardening today on the Top 10 Pest list - http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/top-ten-garden-insect-pests?cm_mmc=OGNews-_-621410-_-06222011-_-learnandgrow-_-top_ten_garden_insect_pests
Now for the nasty slugs and snails, this products is at the TOP of my list. I use it at our home and all of my clients who suffer from these guys. Not sure if you have this problem? Check at dusk underneath a few leaves of your lettuce or look for a silvery slimy trail. They like to hid in cool damp places. As a kid I used to shake salt on them to kill them and watch the squirm but now I use Sluggo! I have actually seen slugs turn around after spreading this out and go to eat it instead of my plant! YIPPY! You will need to reapply after it rains. Try it once you'll know what I mean! Happy trails slugs! http://www.montereylawngarden.com/
One last quick tip for Powdery Mildew... you may notice your Garden Phlox or Bee Balm getting white powdery like spots on the leaves and slowly the leaves turn from yellow to brown and fall off. This typically occurs when it has been really damp and the leaves have not had a chance to dry and the air circulation is poor. I make a topical spray of one quart water and one-two tablespoons of baking soda. Apply til the leaves are dripping wet. Make sure you spray it as soon as you see it starting because it quickly spreads to other plants!
One product I swear by for curing plant diseases is Green Cure, an organic fungicide! It has cured every problem of Blight, Botrytis and many more and is safe for all plants including edibles. You can harvest 2 hrs after application and it even keeps fighting up to 2 weeks after first application. http://www.greencure.net/
Happy Gardening!
If you are going to spray your gardens, veggie's especially or have pets please choose all natural/organic sprays to keep everyone safe :)
Here is a great link from Organic Gardening today on the Top 10 Pest list - http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/top-ten-garden-insect-pests?cm_mmc=OGNews-_-621410-_-06222011-_-learnandgrow-_-top_ten_garden_insect_pests
Now for the nasty slugs and snails, this products is at the TOP of my list. I use it at our home and all of my clients who suffer from these guys. Not sure if you have this problem? Check at dusk underneath a few leaves of your lettuce or look for a silvery slimy trail. They like to hid in cool damp places. As a kid I used to shake salt on them to kill them and watch the squirm but now I use Sluggo! I have actually seen slugs turn around after spreading this out and go to eat it instead of my plant! YIPPY! You will need to reapply after it rains. Try it once you'll know what I mean! Happy trails slugs! http://www.montereylawngarden.com/
One last quick tip for Powdery Mildew... you may notice your Garden Phlox or Bee Balm getting white powdery like spots on the leaves and slowly the leaves turn from yellow to brown and fall off. This typically occurs when it has been really damp and the leaves have not had a chance to dry and the air circulation is poor. I make a topical spray of one quart water and one-two tablespoons of baking soda. Apply til the leaves are dripping wet. Make sure you spray it as soon as you see it starting because it quickly spreads to other plants!
One product I swear by for curing plant diseases is Green Cure, an organic fungicide! It has cured every problem of Blight, Botrytis and many more and is safe for all plants including edibles. You can harvest 2 hrs after application and it even keeps fighting up to 2 weeks after first application. http://www.greencure.net/
Happy Gardening!
June 20, 2011
Apologize for my tardiness....
For any of you that have been patiently waiting for my next blog, I apologize! Life in the gardens has been crazy!
Here a few pics of what I have been up to....
More product reviews coming next week! Happy Gardening!
Here a few pics of what I have been up to....
More product reviews coming next week! Happy Gardening!
Bryon Bay Cookie Company - Gluten free crisp breads
YUM!!! These super thin wafers from Australia are amazing! They have a great crisp texture and are perfect with most anything. Although, I really enjoyed the award winning Rosemary and Sea Salt crisps with a little brie. It's surprising that these are actually gluten free. I proclaim myself as a 'foodie' and these can certainly pass for serving at any of my parties. Pate would be killer on it too :) Ten crisps will only set you back 42 calories so there is no guilt here!!
I decided to see what my colleagues at work would say and just like I thought, they LOVED them!!
These will now be a staple in my house along side my other favorite cracker! Now I need to try the rest of their line!
Try these crisps for yourself!
Visit them on FB http://www.facebook.com/byronbaycookies
or check out their site www.cookie.com.au
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