RECIPE: Hard White Frosting
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Comments (8)Wanda, you are right. Don't you remember last year? It was one of the mildest winters on record -- until the end of February, when we got our "first" and "last" frosts all within a week super late in the year. The garden was already in spring mode. So yes, it's early -- in fact, I think we're close to record lows, but it's not unheard of. Still, I don't think it's worth wrapping citrus and overpampering it. Most Citrus takes some amount of frost without protection, and we've never done anything to protect it. It's more "sub"tropical than tropical. I think all this business with cloudcover, lights, and wrapping them is well intended but totally unnecessary unless we were getting all-time records....See MoreLast Hard Frost Date?
Comments (29)Prairiemoon, I love the appearance of those Purple Viking potatoes! If I were to grow potatoes, that would likely be the variety I would choose, either those or one of the red varieties. Yes I do have a very short growing season here. I think I misread the map though. When I zoomed in closer, the Jun 1-10 (last frost dates) area is slightly south of where I am, but the May 21-31 is definitely overly optimistic. Usually our last frost fall right on or about May 30th. Jun 1st is typically the safe bet for plants to go out. Also -20 F is commonplace here in winter, and -30 happens sometimes. Years ago I used to buy tomato plants, and then I started my own from seed indoors a few times. Then the late blight hit and I gave up growing tomatoes. I tried growing pimento peppers from seed last year and that did not go well, so I've given up on peppers for now. I'm an easily discouraged gardener! Like you, defrost, we have deliberately unmowed areas where a variety of wildflowers grow. I chop a few undesirables like burdocks and poison parsnip, but mostly let nature take its course. I even let stinging nettles grow since I learned these are caterpillar food for black swallowtail butterflies. Several of our unmowed areas are in places where I have seedling trees planted, so eventually these will transform from meadow land to wooded areas. I'm trying to plan ahead to keep my remaining strips of unmowed land far enough away from the growing trees to avoid being shaded. The milkweed and other plants that attract beneficials need strong sunlight to grow. In the here and now however, the striking absence of a variety of insects and other creatures last year is alarming, even with abundant food supplies. I believe I saw only 3 or 4 monarch butterflies all last summer, very few honeybees, and zero barn swallows. No one near me uses pesticides or herbicides, but a lot of the former visitors to my patch of ground are migratory, so I imagine other parts of the country are less eco friendly than Vermont....See Morewhat kind of oil to use in this (frosting) recipe?
Comments (13)I honestly feel that there is no such thing as lowfat or low sugar cream cheese icing! That's why if I want to really cut calories I make my carrot cake in a bundt pan and then just lightly dust with confection sugar before serving, makes a lovely impression. Can also make as a flat cake and put a paper doily over the cake and then dust with confection sugar and then take the doily off for a nice effect. Carrot cake is very moist and doesn't need icing. Serve with ice milk or tofutti if you still need something creamy. Can also top cake with a pudding or cornstarch thickened fruit sauce after serving. That's low fat but not low sugar....See MoreRECIPE: 1-2-3-4 Frosting
Comments (5)I tried your recipe yesterday. I guess I had the wrong impression about this frosting. I thought it would whip-up to be fluffy and a greater volume... which it didn't. There was only a little bit for for a very thin coating on a single lamb cake. Did I do something wrong, or is this what this frosting is like... more of a drizzle running down the sides of a bundt cake?...See Moreginger_st_thomas
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