NEW! Fresh strawberry-orange salsa with green onions
NEW Upside-down cake features stripes of rhubarb, dots of blueberries
NEW Strawberries and cream scones with orange zest
NEW Strawberries shine, raspberries add color to versatile sauce
NEW Ham and baby potato casserole with glazed carrots
NEW Chocolate glaze especially appropriate for a holiday dessert
NEW Baked lemon-Dijon chicken thighs with herbs
NEW 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
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Garden Checklist for week of Feb. 9
Be careful walking or working in wet soil; it compacts easily.
* Keep the irrigation turned off; the ground is plenty wet with more rain on the way.
* February serves as a wake-up call to gardeners. This month, you can transplant or direct-seed several flowers, including snapdragon, candytuft, lilies, astilbe, larkspur, Shasta and painted daisies, stocks, bleeding heart and coral bells.
* In the vegetable garden, plant Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and strawberry and rhubarb roots.
* Transplant cabbage and its close cousins – broccoli, kale and cauliflower – as well as lettuce (both loose leaf and head).
* Indoors, start peppers, tomatoes and eggplant from seed.
* Plant artichokes, asparagus and horseradish from root divisions.
* Plant potatoes from tubers and onions from sets (small bulbs). The onions will sprout quickly and can be used as green onions in March.
* From seed, plant beets, chard, lettuce, mustard, peas, radishes and turnips.
* Annuals are showing up in nurseries, but wait until the weather warms up a bit before planting. Instead, set out flowering perennials such as columbine and delphinium.
* Plant summer-flowering bulbs including cannas, calla lilies and gladiolus.