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BLT Dip

BLT Dip

Makes: 3 cups

Ingredients:

1 pound bacon
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 large fresh tomato, diced

1 loaf of white bread, square top

Directions:
In a large skillet, fry the bacon until crisp. Let bacon drain on paper towels and cool.
Or you can buy precooked bacon which seems to work best.

In a medium size bowl, combine mayonnaise and sour cream. Crumble bacon into the sour cream and mayonnaise mixture. Mix tomatoes in just before serving.

Toast bread and cut corner to corner into triangles. Let the toast dry out for about two hours before serving.

Fried Granny Smith Apples

Fried Apples

10 or more Granny Smith Apples, cored, peeled and sliced

5 to 7 single serve packs of raw sugar (about 5 to 7 teaspoons) or to taste.

Butter or margarine

Melt butter or margarine in a large frying pan. Add apple slices and sugar and stir well. cook until apples are soft.

Re: Hello Gardenshare!

Hi Lisa,
The Miniature Blue Corn is OP so you won't want to plant it at the same time you plant other corn or it will cross. The ears are about 4" and can be ground into flour for chips.

Re: Hello Gardenshare!

Hi Lisa,
I really love this new site and want you to know how exciting it is to see this thing take off.
I've been snowed in for about ten days now and haven't been able to get out of the driveway to go into town so I've had plenty of time to watch it grow. It couldn't have come at a better time!
I was able to catch the mail truck a few days ago and send out some seeds. Please let me know if you got yours yet.
I have had time to spend looking around the internet and I think this is one of the best seed swap sites I've seen.

Thanks for sharing with all of us.

Happy Gardening 👍👍🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

Kathy

katjaqu Trade List 2-23-15

Seeds I have to trade:
VEGETABLES:

Autumn Rainbow Earth Tone Dent Corn,
Blue Miniature Corn,
National Pickling Cucumbers,
Clemson Spineless Okra,
Yellow Straight-Neck Squash,
Virginia Peanuts
Connecticut Field Pumpkin

FLOWERS:
Rose Of Sharon, mixed colors,

Seeds I am looking for:
VEGETABLES
ASPARAGUS:
Asparagus, Mary Washington
Asparagus, Precoce D'Argenteuil
BEANS:
Beans, Blue Lake Bush
Beans, Bolita
Beans, Borlotto Bush or Tongues of Fire
Beans, Calima
Beans, Cantare
Beans, Cherokee Trail of Tears Pole Bean
Beans, Colombian Lizard
Beans, Colombian Marble
Beans, Contender (Buff) Valentine Bush
Beans, Dragon Tongue Bush
Beans, Feijao Fidalgo
Beans, Fin De Bagnols
Beans, French Garden
Beans, Galopka
Beans, Garnet Rice (Vigna umbellata)
Beans, Gold Marie Vining
Beans, Golden Wax Bush
Beans, Good Mother Stallard
Beans, Greasy Grits
Beans, Haricot Tarbais
Beans, Henderson's Black Valentine
BROCCOLI:
Broccoli, Calabrese Green Sprouting
Broccoli, Early Purple Sprouting
Broccoli, Rapini
Broccoli, Romanesco Italia
Broccoli, Waltham 29
BRUSSELS SPROUTS:
Brussels Sprouts, Catskill
Brussels Sprouts, Long Island Improved
CABBAGE:
Cabbage , Aubervilliers
Cabbage, Bacalan De Rennes
Cabbage, Brunswick
Cabbage, Couer De Boeuf Des Vertus
Cabbage, Cour Di Bue
Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield
Cabbage, Glory of Enkhuizen
Cabbage, Greyhound or Eersteling
Cabbage, Henderson's - Charleston Wakefield
Cabbage, Kalibos
Cabbage, Koda
Cabbage, Late Flat Dutch
Cabbage, Mammoth Red Rock
Cabbage, Nero Di Toscana
Cabbage, Perfection Drumhead Savoy
Cabbage, Red Express
Cabbage, Tete Noire
CARROTS:
Carrots, Amarillo
Carrots, Atomic Red
Carrots, Berlicum 2
Carrots, Chantenay Red Core
Carrots, Cosmic Purple
Carrots, Danvers 126 Half Long
Carrots, Dara Flowering
Carrots, Jaune Obtuse du Doubs
Carrots, Koral
Carrots, Kuroda Long 8
Carrots, Limburgse Gele Van Mollenstaart
Carrots, Little Finger
Carrots, Lobbericher Yellow
Carrots, Lunar White
Carrots, Muscade
Carrots, Nantes Scarlet
Carrots, Oxheart
Carrots, Parisienne
Carrots, Pusa Asita Black
Carrots, Pusa Rudhira Red
Carrots, Shin Kuroda 5"
Carrots, Snow White
Carrots, Spanish Black
Carrots, St. Valery
CELERY:
Celery, Celeriac Giant Prague
Celery, Giant Red
Celery, Tendercrisp
Celery, Utah Tall
Celery, Zwolsche Krul
CORN:
Corn, (Kulli) Black Incan
Corn, Bedwell's Supreme White Dent
Corn, Cherokee Long Ear
Corn, Cherokee White Eagle
Corn, Dakota Black Popcorn
Corn, Dorinny Sweet
Corn, Golden Bantam
Corn, Morado Potolero
Corn, Oaxacan Green
Corn, Po'suwaegeh Blue
CUCUMBERS:
Cucumber, Armenian (Cucumis melo)
Cucumber, Beit Alpha
Cucumber, Boothby's Blonde
Cucumber, Crystal Apple
Cucumber, Dragon's Egg
Cucumber, Early Fortune
Cucumbers, Early Russian
Cucumber, Gele Tros or Large Dutch Yellow
Cucumber, Hmong Red
Cucumber, Hoffman's Johanna (Also known as Giganta)
Cucumber Pickling, Boston Pickling
Cucumber Pickling, Chicago Pickling
Cucumber Pickling, Chinese Yellow
Cucumber Pickling, Corporal Shmatko
Cucumber Pickling, Dar
Cucumber Pickling, De Bourbonne
Cucumber Pickling, Delikatesse
Cucumber Pickling, Double Yield
Cucumber Pickling, Empereur Alexandre
Cucumber Pickling, Fin De Meaux
Cucumber Melon, Carosello Barattiero Melon
Cucumber Melon, Carosello Scopatizzo Barese Melon
Cucumber Melon, Carosello Spuredda Leccese Verde Melon
Cucumber Melon, Carosello Tonda di Fasano Melon
KALE:
Kale, Blue Curled Scotch
Kale, Dwarf Siberian
Kale, Forage Kale Proteor
Kale, Marrow Stem
Kale, Russian Red or Ragged Jack
Kale, Scarlet
Kale, Tronchuda or Portuguese Kale (Couve Tonchuda)
LETTUCE:
OKRA:
Okra, Alabama Red Heirloom
Okra, Beck's Big Buck Snapping German Heirloom
Okra, Bowling Red Heirloom
Okra, Burgundy
Okra, Burmese Heirloom
Okra, Cajun Jewel
Okra, Choppee
Okra, Cow Horn
Okra, Evertender
Okra, Fife Creek Cowhorn Kentucky Heirloom
Okra, Gold Coast
Okra, Hill Country Heirloom Red
Okra, Jade
Okra, Jimmy T's Kentucky Heirloom
Okra, Jing Orange Asian Variety
Okra, Lee
Okra, Silver Queen
Okra, Star of David (Old Fashioned)
Okra, Stewart Zeebest Louisiana Heirloom
Okra, White Velvet, Family heirloom of Cheryl and Garey Hughes Family collected by Garey's great-uncle in Warrior, Alabama in the 1930s.
ONIONS:
Onion, Bermuda, Yellow
Onion, Brown
Onion, Buffalo
Onion, Burgundy
Onion, Cipollini
Onion, Crystal Wax (white pickling onion)
Onion, Early Yellow Globe
Onion, Ebenezer
Onion, Egyptian
Onion, Evergreen Long White
Onion, Green
Onion, Leeks
Onion, Maui
Onion, Pearl
Onion, Pickling
Onion, Purple
Onion, Red Wethersfield
Onion, Red Wing
Onion, Savannah Sweet
Onion, Scallion
Onion, Shallot
Onion, Silver Skin
Onion, Southport Red Globe
Onion, Spring
Onion, Sweet
Onion, Sweet Spanish, White or Yellow
Onion, Vidalia
Onion, Walla Walla Sweet
Onion, Welsh
Onion, White Lisbon
Onion, White
Onion, White Portugal
Onion, Wild
Onion, Tree
PARSNIPS:
Parsnips, Half Long Guernsey
Parsnips, Harris Model
Parsnips, Hollow Crown
PEAS:
PEPPERS - HOT:
Peppers/Hot, Anaheim
Peppers/Hot, Bhut Jolokia or Ghost Pepper
Peppers/Hot, Black Hungarian
Peppers/Hot, Cayenne , Golden
Peppers/Hot, Cayenne Long Thin
Peppers/Hot, Chimayo
Peppers/Hot, Corne De Chevre "Goat's Horn"
Peppers/Hot, Datil (Capsicum chinense)
Peppers/Hot, Estaceno Chile
Peppers/Hot, Ethiopian Brown
Peppers/Hot, Filius Blue
Peppers/Hot, Fish
Peppers/Hot, Goat Horn
Peppers/Hot, Goat Horn, Syrian
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, Caribbean Red
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, Chocolate
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, Lemon Yellow
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, Mustard
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, Peach
Peppers/Hot, Habanero, White
Peppers/Hot, Hinkelhatz
Peppers/Hot, Hungarian Hot Wax
Peppers/Hot, India Jwala or Indian Finger
Peppers/Hot, Jalapeno, Purple
Peppers/Hot, Jalapeno, Tam
Peppers/Hot, Korean Dark Green
Peppers/Hot, Lemon Drop Also known as Aji Limon. (C. baccatum)
Peppers/Hot, Leutschauer Paprika
Peppers/Hot, Maule's Red Also known as “Lady Finger.”
Peppers/Hot, Moshi
Peppers/Hot, Ostra-Cyklon
Peppers/Hot, Pasilla Bajio
Peppers/Hot, Pimiento De Padron
Peppers/Hot, Poblano
Peppers/Hot, Polostra-Rokita
Peppers/Hot, Rezha Macedonian
Peppers/Hot, Ring of Fire
Peppers/Hot, Rooster Spur
Peppers/Hot, Santa Fe Grande
Peppers/Hot, Scotch Bonnet Yellow
Peppers/Hot, Serrano Tampequino
Peppers/Hot, Tabasco (C. frutescens)
Peppers/Hot, Thai, Burapa
Peppers/Hot, Thai, Red Chili
Peppers/Hot, Thai, Yellow Chili
Peppers/Hot, Trinidad Scorpion
Peppers/Hot, Tunisian Baklouti
PEPPERS -SWEET:
Peppers/Sweet, Albino Bullnose
Peppers/Sweet, Arroz Con Pollo
Peppers/Sweet, Bell, Golden Cal Wonder
Peppers/Sweet, Bell, Horizon
Peppers/Sweet, Bell, Orange
Peppers/Sweet, Bell, Purple Beauty
Peppers/Sweet, Corno di Toro Giallo
Peppers/Sweet, Corno di Toro Rosso
Peppers/Sweet, Doux D'Espagne or Spanish Mammoth
Peppers/Sweet, Friariello Di Napoli
Peppers/Sweet, Mammi Huber's Stuffing Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Peppers/Sweet, Peperone di Cuneo
Peppers/Sweet, Red Belgian
Peppers/Sweet, Red Cheese
Peppers/Sweet, Red Mini Bell
Peppers/Sweet, Sweet Chocolate
Peppers/Sweet, Topepo Rosso
Peppers/Sweet, Yellow Monster
POTATOES:
RHUBARB:
Rhubarb, Glaskins Perpetual
Rhubarb, Victorian
SPINACH:
Spinach, Amsterdam Prickly Seeded
Spinach, Bloomsdale Long Standing
Spinach, Giant Noble
Spinach, Gigante d' Inverno
Spinach, Merlo Nero
Spinach, Monstrueux De Viroflay
Spinach, New Zealand (Tetragonia tetregonioides)
Spinach, Red Malabar
SWISS CHARD:
TOMATOES:
Tomatoes, Cherokee Purple Heirloom
GRAINS and Groundcovers
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Camelina or False Flax
Cat Grass, Variegated (Hordeum Vulgare).
Chuffa or Chufa (Cyperus esculentus)
Clover, Crimson
Flax (Linum usitatissimum)
Oats, Hulless (Avena sativa)
Millet, German Foxtail (Setaria italica)
Quinoa, Cherry Vanilla (Chenoppodium quinoa)
Quinoa, Brightest Brilliant
Quinoa, Shelly 25 Black
Rape, Dwarf Essex (Brassica rapa)
Rice, Blue Bonnet
Rice, Carolina Gold
Sesame, Light Seeded (Sesamum indicum)
Sorgham, Shallu/Egyptian Wheat
Wheat, Emmer (Triticum dicoccum)
Wheat, White Sonora (Triticum aestivum)
Sesame,Black Seeded
HERBS: Any
OTHER:
Carob
Tea
Coffee Beans

Re: Wine Making - Fruit Of The Vine🍇

I have a few bottles of green tomato wine aging that I made this past summer.
I love fried green tomatoes and wanted to can them to get us through the Winter.
I had a great deal of end pieces left over and decided to make wine.
I found a recipe on homegrown.com

http://www.homegrown.org/m/discussion?id=2263119%3ATopic%3A175182

I did a taste test and it wasn't bad. I think when it has had time to age it will be better.

I really love the Chai Ultra Spice Tea. I get free samples of it in the mail all the time and thought it would be worth trying.
Here is the link for the free sample.
FYI, I never give out my real email address "[email protected]" phone number "999-999-9999" or other personal info when I order samples.

http://www.twiningsusa.com/static/pantry/pantry.aspx

I had considered starting a thread of free sample links but thought I should probably talk to you first and get your thoughts on the idea.
I know it's off the garden path, excuse the pun.

Re: socalgardengals trade list 2/22/15

Hi Christine,
I would like to have some of the
Giant Belgium Pink Carrots
Landreth Stringless Beans
Purple Podded Pole Beans
Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean

I don't have much to trade yet but I have some
Virginia Peanuts,
Connecticut Field Pumpkin,
National Pickling Cucumbers,
Clemson Spineless Okra.

If you are interested in making a trade please email me at
[email protected]
and we can exchange address info.
Thanks
Kathy J

Re: The Best Fudge Ever!

Oh yeah, I'll be making this tomorrow!
I have all the ingredients for this in the pantry.

Thanks for posting the recipe!

Wine Making - Fruit Of The Vine🍇

I've been making a little bit of wine.
Persimmon, Chai Ultra Spice Tea, and Bradford Pear wine.
The kitchen smells a bit like the inside of a bar!
I'm not really much of a drinker but I love the idea of being able to make the things that I want rather than buying them.
There is a certain amount of freedom in being self sufficient.
The idea of planting the seed that grows the fruit, that makes the jam or wine is one of the most rewarding things you can do.

When I grew my National Cucumbers last year I let a lot of them grow full term like I always do to harvest the seed.
I really don't like to waste anything so I looked around the internet for a good recipe for ripe yellow pickles and found
"GRANDMOTHER'S OLD FASHIONED RIPE SWEET PICKLES"
on Cooks.com
Http://www.cooks.com/recipe/2h7ss0sw/grandmothers-old-fashioned-ripe-sweet-pickles.html

I'm not a real sweet pickle fan, but these were the best sweet pickles I've ever had. I made quite a few pint jars of them for my husband and gave some to friends.
I will be making extra this year, they were that good!

When I made the pickles the cucumbers had to be pealed, so looked up a recipe for cucumber wine. Yeah, I know that sounds a bit weird but I didn't want to waste any part of my cucumbers.
I found a recipe for the cucumber wine on WinePress.US

http://www.winepress.us/forums/index.php?/topic/1150-cucumber-wine/page-3

It still has a few months to go before it will be ready to drink, so I'm not sure if it is something I will make again.

I was pretty excited that I used all the cucumbers with just a little bit going to the compost bin.

Gardening Kitchen Scraps - Vegetables That Will Regrow

Plant your carrot tops, they will not grow a carrot but they will grow seed.

When you cut an onion, cut off the root end leaving about 1" of the onion place in a tray of water. You should see roots develop in a few days. Once this happens you can plant it. It will grow two to four more onions.