Idaho Gardener

Idaho Gardener has had a bang up time judging the Gardening Olympics. Here’s a list of the entrants and the winners:
Gold Medalists for Excellence: Three Winners, ($25 gift certificates to the online store of your choice.)
Prairie Rose Garden for the beautiful one hundred year old shade tree. Enough said.
Carol of May Dreams Gardens for [...]

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CSA Number 8
Famous Potatoes
It’s tater time in the garden patch this week. The stars of the show in this week’s grocery bag are the dozen or so small red new potatoes. And boy, oh, boy do I have big plans for these: wash, rinse, toss with a little olive oil and salt and [...]

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For my Red Dirt Girl who said SHOW ME,here’s the scene from smokin’ hot Idaho. I hate to say it, but as I type I think I see a nasty smoke cloud……just over the horizon. 105 in the shade and we aren’t even in July yet. Everybody into the pool!
So Dee, here [...]

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This recipe is from Mary Jane’s Ideabook. It appeared last week in the Spokesman Review newspaper and was forewarded to me by the one and only, Mary Jane.
Gotta tell you, I am groveling for more scapes from my farmer woman Casey. I can’t wait to try this. I have all [...]

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This is another way to beat the heat and eat well…….the recipe is from my tattered 1982 copy of the Silver Palate Cookbook.
Linguine with Tomatoes and Basil
4 ripe large tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 pound Brie cheese, rind removed and torn or chopped into irregular pieces
1 cup clean, fresh, basil leaves, torn into pieces
3 [...]

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