Image Credit: Bioadvanced Rose & Flower Care Allow me to preface this post by acknowledging that I deliberately purchase roses with very few issues with diseases. That being said, I occasionally find Black Spot on a few of my rose leaves, and I admittedly treat the problem with Bioadvanced 3-in-1 Rose & Flower Care. My…
How to Make Margaritas
I’ve said this before, but I am preparing to host a Cinco de Mayo party for some of my friends. As soon as I announced my plans, everyone wanted to know if we were having margaritas, and before I knew exactly how, I answered: “Yes!!!!” To my delight, one of my friends owns an event…
Recipe Knorr Spinach Dip
Image Credit: Knorr Image Credit: Knorr Ingredients 1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, cooked, cooled and squeezed dry 1 container (16 oz.) sour cream 1 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise 1 package Knorr® Vegetable Recipe Mix 1 can (8 oz.) water chestnuts, drained and chopped (optional) 3 green onions, chopped (optional) Instructions…
Recipe Apple Pie from Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbook
When I was a child, I loved to bake, and I cherish the memory of the Christmas I got two cookbooks to start my own collection of cookbooks. I was 12 at that time, and that year would have been about 1962. It seems that the cover of that old book was red and white…
Recipe Chocolate Cream Cheese Marble Bars – A Dessert You Can Bake Ahead and Freeze
Marble Cheesecake Brownies Recipe by Wilton Ingredients Cheesecake Batter 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Brownie Batter 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2…
Recipe Lemon Bars – A Dessert You Can Bake Ahead and Freeze
Lemon Bars I am planning a Cinco de Mayo Party, and in Mississippi, May 5 may be a bit warm. I’ll serve enchiladas and all other things Mexican — along with liberal splashes of frozen Margaritas. For a soft landing, I’ll serve French-pressed coffee, and I decided that Lemon Bars would be an excellent dessert. …
Papel Picado: How to Make a Cut Paper Decorative Flag for a Mexican Fiesta Garland
I am planning to have a Cinco de Mayo Party, and I hope that my friends will do some Mexican Paper Crafts while they are there. Use Colorful Tissue Paper to Create Papel Picado. I ordered the following rectangles of tissue paper from Amazon: Simetufy 360 Sheets 36 Multicolor Tissue Paper Bulk, 11.5in x 8…
Amethyst Falls Wisteria – The Mannerly, American Wisteria that Blooms the First Year
Image Credit: Biltmore Estate biltmore.com At least 50 years ago, I sat in the shade of the majestically vining wisteria plants that had been trained to cover a pergola at the Biltmore Estate. I had never before experienced anything more enchanting than that, and I vowed that one day I would have my own wisteria-covered…
Raised Garden Beds for Earlier Planting
Another week remains in March, but it seems like summer outside in my North Mississippi Garden. Tradition tells me that regardless of the temperature, I should postpone planting my garden for at least 3 more weeks, but since I plant in raised beds, common sense tells me that this year I can forego the limitations…
Roses in My Garden 2025
Ballerina Image Credit: Heirloom Roses Date Introduced: 1937 Type: Hybrid Musk Color: Pink/white eye Fragrance: Lightly Fragrant Size: 4′ x 3′ Rebloom: Continual Blooming Disease Resistant Has Thorns “Introduced in 1937, Ballerina is a profusely blooming rose of restrained habit. Expect hundreds of small, 2”, pink, single blooms with a white eye borne in huge clusters…