Weekly Garden Thread - August 17-23, 2019

August 17, 2019 | Diana in Wisconsin/Greeneyes

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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[trisham]

:)

[gundog]

Probably better than the commercial stuff.

[MomwithHope]

It looked great, she gave a jar once to my Dad, otherwise she did not part with it. Don’t blame her.

[Liz]

I just love the way they used frilled cupcake liners as coasters. There's a wonderful assortment available.

Foiled ones are nice depending on your dinnerware.

[trisham]

What a shame!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Liz]

All gardeners need a great breakfast before going out into the fields. With Praline Biscuits in the oven, you can rustle
up pedestrian scrambled eggs and feel like a master chef. Serving these biscuits glamorizes a plate of scrambled eggs.
CHEFS TIP Add tb sour cream to brown sugar praline, then put into muffin cups (makes a silky caramel sauce).

PRALINE MELTAWAY BISCUITS

ING 1/3 cup melted butter, 1/3 cup ea brown sugar, chp pecans 2 1/4 cups Bisquick 2/3 cup milk or Cream 2 tb granular sugar.

PRALINE Stir butter, brown sugar, pecans in small bowl; Divide among 12 sprayed regular size muffin cups.

BATTER Stir Bisquick mix, milk, sugar to soft dough . Place a spoonful of dough in muffin cups. Bake golden 425 deg 11-13 min. Turn pan upside down onto cookie sheet. Leave a few minutes to allow praline to drizzle over biscuits. Now set right side up in server---liftout topping from pan onto biscuits. Cool slightly before serving.

SERVE warm slathered with butter .

NOTE: A quicker breakfast made in 8" square baker--much easier than the cupcake pan! Just scrape out the caramel and spread on the biscuits. YUMMY!.

[yesthatjallen]

Thank you for the recommendations.

[yesthatjallen]

Thank you. Good to know.

[yesthatjallen]

I’ve always thought it’s a good idea to buy seeds and plants from a nearby location so they’d be acclimated over the generations to the same type of climate.

That's a great insight I never thought about. Thank you.

Do you happen to know of any seed sellers in the north east?

[yesthatjallen]

Thanks for the recommendations.

I'll order a little earlier than I have been.

[tubebender]

A mutated Kohlrabi about 12 or 14 inches in diameter...

[tubebender]

This skunk committed suicide by wandering into my raccoon trap...

[tob2]

Tomatoes finally ripe! They are tasty and especially good with basil, and bunching onions, which I have also grown.

[Califreak]

[Ellendra]

Found it: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3262023/posts#3

[Ellendra]

Do you happen to know of any seed sellers in the north east?

https://hartseed.com
and
https://www.neseed.com/

[tubebender]

Good job. I tried earlier and got no where...

[Silentgypsy]

Wow—my cup runneth over! Thank you so much, Ellendra!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

When the time comes, I want you on MY team!