Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times So you’ve bought those delicious Colorado peaches from our Garden Centers. Here’s an amazing recipe you’re your family will love. Breakfast will never be the same! INGREDIENTS: For the Caramelized Peaches: 1/2 cup/100 g sugar 3 tablespoons/45 g butter 2 peaches, pitted, each cut into 8 wedges For the French Toast: 6 large eggs Four 1/2-inch-/about 1-cm-thick slices brioche bread 2 tablespoons/30 g butter 1/4...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Here’s a delicious recipe that helps use some of the abundant basil in your garden.  You and your family and friends will love this cool dish on a hot summer day. Ingredients • 1 cup mayonnaise • 1 cup chopped scallions, white and green parts (6 to 7 scallions) • 1 cup chopped fresh basil leaves • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons) • 2 teaspoons chopped garlic (2 cloves) • 2 teaspoons...

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WHAT ARE TOMATO HORNWORMS? IN THE GARDEN If you’ve ever grown garden tomatoes, chances are you have dealt with these green caterpillar pests. They can be found in most any region of the US and can ruin your tomato crop in record time; they also feed on eggplants, peppers, and potatoes. They can blend in quite easily with the green foliage and feed non-stop, creating spotty and chewed leaves and fruit. “Tomato hornworms...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Beets. Ginger. Organic extra virgin olive oil. Berries. Avocado. Raw Cacao. All of these everyday superfoods come together in a delicious gluten free and vegan Chocolate Beet Cake with Avocado Frosting. Chocolate Beet Cake with a thick and creamy Chocolate Avocado Frosting. Course Cake Cuisine Plant-based Prep Time 30 minutes Cook Time 40 minutes Total Time 40 minutes Servings 10 Author Lauren Glucina...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Spinach Basics Cooks classify this good-for-you green three ways: Curly-leaf spinach has crinkled leaves; flat-leaf spinach, often sold frozen or canned, has smoother leaves and a slightly milder flavor; and baby spinach is simply the flat-leaf type harvested when very young and tender. What to Look For: Look for bright green, unwilted leaves. Avoid slimy or spotted leaves. How to Store:Both curly- and...

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IN THE GARDEN Encourage Vigorous Growth By Becca Badgett The rose of Sharon shrub flowers on growth from the current year, allowing optimum opportunities for when to prune rose of Sharon. Pruning rose of Sharon shrub may be done in late fall or winter after leaves drop or in early spring before buds form. Rose of Sharon pruning done later than early spring may cause the loss of some blooms, but those that are not removed will be larger....

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