Strawberries and cream scones with orange zest
Strawberries shine, raspberries add color to versatile sauce
Ham and baby potato casserole with glazed carrots
Chocolate glaze especially appropriate for a holiday dessert
Baked lemon-Dijon chicken thighs with herbs
Recipe: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this delicious side dish
Recipe: Mom’s chili and beans with grated cheese and onions
Recipe: Poppy seeds add texture to vegan snack cake
Recipe: Easy asparagus-mushroom bake with eggs and cheese.
Recipe: Bake them in ramekins for easy serving now or later
Recipe: Brussels sprouts-spinach slaw with dried cranberries
Recipe: Make bourbon apple butter for extra flavorful filling
Hearty winter warmer also is gluten-free
Recipe: Pantry ingredients add up to a filling meal
Just a bite's worth and easy to make
Lemon-persimmon muffins with lemon glaze
Easy snack for game days or binge-watching, too
Merry Christmas frittata with spinach and red pepper
Recipe: Roasting squash increases the depth of flavor
Recipe: Sweet potato latkes, served with applesauce and sour cream
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and go to seed.
* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.
* Smell orange blossoms? Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.
* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.
* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.
* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes and squash.
* Plant onion sets.
* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias.
* Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.
* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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