NEW Almond flavor three ways enhances the fruit-filled muffins
NEW Roast these little root veggies with garlic
NEW Strawberry quick bread with walnuts
NEW! Roasting the fruit concentrates flavors
NEW Orange-raisin sour cream scones with orange-vanilla glaze
NEW Celery adds crunch; mint lends an herbal note
NEW Purple flannel hash patties with roasted beets
This light dessert requires minimal stove time
Greatest hits recipe: Ricotta cheese, phyllo part of a perfect brunch dish
Triple-orange sugar cookies with or without orange glaze
Flavorful recipe can be a vegetarian main or lively side dish
The two-in-one vegetable in a frittata variation
Cheese-topped casserole a delicious winter recipe
Lemon and coconut work beautifully in corn cakes
Recipe: Baking and experimenting with fresh citrus fruit
Ripe limes, lemons become breakfast treat -- no canning required
In-season Meyers are sweeter, ideal for baking
Easy and warming, this treat can be tailored to taste
Applesauce, apple cider and fresh apples for flavor
Vegetarian tortilla soup is adaptable to all tastes
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April 8: When to plant summer vegetables
April 1: Don't be fooled by these garden myths
March 25: Fertilizer tips: How to 'feed' your vegetables for healthy growth
March 18: Time to give vegetable seedlings some more space
March 11: Ways to win the fight against weeds
March 4: Potatoes from the garden
Feb. 25: Plant a fruit tree now -- for later
Feb. 18: How to squeeze more food into less space
Feb. 11: When to plant? Consider staggering your transplants
Feb. 4: Starting in seed starting
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Garden Checklist for week of April 13
Enjoy this spring weather – and get to work! Your garden needs you!
* Start setting out tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes, and winter and summer 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.
* Plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* 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.
* 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.
* Weed, weed, weed! Don’t let unwanted plants go to seed.
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