Posted on 11/29/2013 3:57:22 PM PST by greeneyes
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Take two large pinches of needles, sprinkle over a roast, then bake as normal.
Or, use it in long-cooking soups and stews. It does best if it has a lot of time to soak in and soak up the juices.
You can use the longer stems (minus the needles) as kabob sticks.
You can also hang branches of it or lay them out in baskets, as an air freshener.
Oh wow! I’ve not been able to follow all garden threads here lately, so last I had heard you were still bummed out about the T Squash not producing. I’m so glad to hear the report that it IS producing satisfactorily! I had such a bad squash experience this past season, I am hoping this will salve my fractured id next spring!
What you said about tomatoes, “I think I have screwed up tomatoes enough to get it right for spring,” goes double for me too about squash AND tomatoes!
Oh my goodness! YUM! I’ll be right over! ;-D
That's not a coop. It's a townhouse for chickens. Awesome.
Glad you ate some homegrown food. Feels good, dudnt it?
It especially feels good when you have no idea how it will taste and find out it's good. And, that squash is the one sitting on the rolling plant caddy you made for me. I have rolled that plant around the deck over and over to get it in and out of the sun and move it when the long tendrils were about to attach to another plant or whatever.
Those really long tendrils seem to be able to know when something is close enough to attach to and they reach out and grab it.
I’m glad the container dollie is working out for you.
The similar squash that my parents grew was tasty, too. They said it got kinda tough if it got to 3ft.
I haven’t met a squash that I didn’t like.
I’m so looking forward to trying the TSquash this spring!
Where did you buy your T-squish? Is $1.40 for 1/8oz of seeds bout right?
Tromboncini squash - Got them at the link below Bountiful Gardens 24 seeds $2.50
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=VSQ-5469#.Upvbh8KA1jr
They dont tell what shipping is till after you give then all your info.
Shipping something like $4.00.
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This is the problem I have. I'm so used to doing it, I don't explain stuff like 'bruising the leaves'.
All herbs should be slightly crushed before taste or smell testing to release the aromatics. Nepeta is correct, and I am remiss in leaving out that important step.
In a commercial kitchen, I would demonstrate as I taught you to evaluate incoming herbs/spices from vendors.
It's different when only using words.
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We had a gift of some global warming this past couple of days, but a cold front is on the way. I spent the weekend going through the storage cans looking for clothes for the great grandchildren.
Their house burned last week, and all the earthly possessions were lost. The kids all got out with no one hurt. So we truly had a lot to be thankful for.
I found a bunch for the baby, but I haven’t found all the larger toddler stuff yet. It is not where it is supposed to be.
It sounds like you are truly ready for winter.
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