So Easy Recipe!

I saw this on Facebook - I do not bake dessert. Too lazy to spend too much time in the kitchen BUT... I am seriously going to try this one.

Three Ingredient Fruit Cobbler - Frozen Fruit, Cake Mix, and a 7-up 

Place frozen fruit in a baking dish. Add dry cake mix over the top. Pour soda slowly over cake mix. DO NOT stir the cake mix and the soda - this will give you a 'crust'.

Bake 350 for 45-50 min or longer until berries are cooked...that's it...seriously!

Seed Potatoes in a Barrel!

I have very little sunny space for gardening in my yard. This year I am doing Straw Bale Gardening and I will post my experiment here soon. In addition, I am growing potatoes in half barrels. My son gave me a big white plastic barrel that had been around his work yard for years. It had not contained anything hazardous. Bill sawed it in half and drilled 1/2 inch drainage holes around the sides and in the bottom of the half that was the barrel bottom.

Here's what the bottom of that barrel looked like when Bill was finished drilling drain holes. I used a coffee filter to cover the big hole that was in the top.
Next I put about 4 inches of compost in the bottom of both barrel halves, laid my seed potatoes on top of the soil as in the picture at the top. I did red potatoes in one and Yukon Gold in the other half. Next I covered the seed potatoes with more compost until I could not see any of the potato seeds. picture below:

As the potatoes grow, I will keep covering the vines, leaving a few leaves to soak up sun, until the vines reach the top of the barrel. At that point I will let them spill over the sides till it's time to dump out my harvest! I'll post more as they grow.

Medicinal Uses for Herbs

I found this helpful little chart on twitter. Thanks @TommiEL67 for giving me permission to use your picture.

HIMALAYAN SALT

Pink salt - who knew? On one of my Christmas shopping sprees I visited a local outlet store. One of those places that sell everything including the kitchen sink. I love to poke around in the food sections of those places. I always find something new and fun to try.

This time a saw pink Himalayan Salt. According to the label, it is hand-mined deep in the Himalayan mountains. because the salt has been locked in the earth for centuries it is infused with minerals. This is why it is rich in color and taste. The color ranges from white to deep red and the darker the color the more minerals.

My friend gave me a set of crystal grinders for Christmas and one was perfect for my Himalayan salt. We have been feeling good about eating salt ever since!

No Bake Energy Bites

I know it's a gardening blog but we all eat and gardeners need more energy than the average bear! Besides it's the middle of one of the coldest winters Tennessee has had in years and I'm bored. I found this on Facebook and am going to try it - looks yummy. Thought you might like it too. Post a comment if you try it, let everybody know what you think.