The Growing Patch

Getting started Don't know where to get lemon seeds? Buy a lemon, silly. Make some homemade lemonade using this recipe: Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1 cup hot water 2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice 1 gallon cold water Directions In a one gallon container, mix the sugar and hot water until the sugar dissolves. Add the lemon juice and cold water. Garnish with whichever fruits you wish. Planting and Pollinating   So now you should have many squished lemons, and consequently many lemon seeds. Carefully remove the seeds you want to plant and let them dry for several days. There is no need to rinse them. Next, plant the seeds about an inch deep in potting soil (acidic soil is better for the plants) and keep the soil damp. I only recommend one seed per pot. Put the pot with your seed in a very sunny, warm area of your home. The plants will do well as long as they are in a 70 degree environment.    Soon the seeds should germinate and tiny oval-shaped leaves ...

Tear off a 30x18 inch sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil. Fold it in half to 18x15 inch. Roll diagonally to form a hollow cone, about 18 inches long with a diameter of 5 inches at the widest end (Cornucopia opening). Fasten end with clear tape. Stuff cone with crumpled regular foil until form is rigid. Bend tail of cone up then down at end. Spray the outside of the aluminum cone with non-stick cooking spray. Place on cookie sheet. Beat the egg with the water to make a glaze. Open and unroll the first can of bread stick dough on work surface. Separate bread sticks. Begin by wrapping one bread stick around tip of cone. Brush end of next bread stick with Glaze and press to attach to end of first bread stick. Continue spiral-wrapping cone, slightly overlapping dough until there are 3 bread sticks left. Pinch one end of the 3 breadsticks together, then braid. Brush bread around opening of cornucopia with glaze. Gently press on braid. Brush entire cornucopia with glaze. Bake at 350 ...

So, we are on a blog about growing things, yeah? Well if you grew some pumpkins, turn them into pumpkin pies! This is so easy, even I made a smash hit. Get it? Smash...smashing pumpkins...anyway. I found this recipe a few weeks ago and the time seems right. If you make this it will be a great treat...Ha ha trick or treat!  By the way I found the recipe from  http://domesticfits.com/2011/10/17/how-to-make-homemade-pumpkin-pie-from-scratch/  The author's name is Jackie. Check it out. I loved this recipe and I bet you will too. Usually, one pumpkin is enough to make a pie. 🎃Preheat your oven to 400. 🎃First, remove the stem. Use a butter knife that you don’t care about too much (it may get bent) and run it around the edge of the stem to loosen it up then pry it off with the butter knife. 🎃Then cut it in half down the middle, right through where that stem use to be. 🎃Then scoop out all the guts, seeds and strings. 🎃Then put the ...