All vegetable gardeners are eager for spring planting in the garden. After planning new gardens and features in January, cleaning up, starting seeds and pruning in February and March, we are ready for planting as soon as possible. The real fun begins in our area in the end of March, when, if the ground is […]
In 2013 we selected a hybrid seed called Dick’s Pick Hybrid Butternut Squash (from Jung Seed) this year for butternut squash. We planted it in late May when the soil was warm. This variety required 100 days to maturity. Pictured here is one of the plants almost ready for harvest. (Please disregard the powdery mildew […]
When my father (89 in 2013) was here for Christmas, we talked about food memories from his New Orleans’ childhood. One of many we discussed was stuffed mirlitons. He says that every year at the end of the growing season someone would put aside several mature squash in a closet. In February, the squash would […]
We’re planning to grow okra again this year. A couple of years ago I grew okra for indoor arrangements and for fall/winter containers. If you leave the pods on the plants, they eventually get woody, curl and split–looking like linen-colored lilies! The plants were easy to grow and got to be 3-4’ tall with sturdy […]
