Author: Our Little Chateau
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Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Flowers Recipe
This cute little salmon flowers make a cool and refreshing appetizer or snack on any occasion. We made these for our family movie night on a whim but we also like to make them for high tea sometimes. However they would be prefect for weddings and are fairly easy to make. Ingredients 8oz/200g Smoked Salmon…
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How To Grow Sweet Pea Flowers
Sweet pea flowers are beautiful small flowers that can be grown almost anywhere. Although they are called sweet peas they are not edible. They look amazing in hanging baskets and in flower beds. There are some care and maintenance tips on how to grow and care for sweet pea flowers. Sun – Sweet peas…
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Lightly Seasoned Carrot Salad Recipe
Today we are celebrating the flavor or the carrot. This is a lightly seasoned carrot salad that is meant to not completely drown out the flavor of the carrots. Let’s face it we all work really hard all season long to grow carrots and it is wonderful when we get to sample our first carrot…
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How To Grow Paris Island Lettuce
Paris Island Lettuce is easy to grow and can even be grown in containers. The flavor is a lot like butter lettuce and iceberg lettuce. You can also harvest it multiple times as it will continue to grow until it starts to flower. This blog is for basic care instructions on how to care for…
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Garlic Hassleback Potatoes Recipe
We generally make these potatoes for a holiday but I wanted to make a test batch before we kick of the winter holiday season. They are a amazing and have a soft center and a crunchy outer skin. They go beautifully with any holiday meal. Ingredients 1 800g/1.7pound Bag of New Potatoes3 Tablespoons Butter2 Tablespoons…
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How To Grow Blueberries
Home grown blueberries are very sweet. This delicious blue fruit is high in antioxidants and is a wonderful and easy edible plant to grow in your garden at home. Sun – Blueberry bushes need 6-8 hours of full sun day. They also need sunlight to help them grow through their dormancy phase it helps their…
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Strawberry Trifle Recipe
We are making the most of all of our fresh strawberries today by making strawberry trifle. Strawberry trifle takes the best of some classic desserts and mixes them together into something truly delicious. It has custard, a Swiss roll, whipped cream, and strawberries. Ingredients 1 Strawberry Swiss Roll Cake2 Cups Fresh Strawberries¼ Cup Strawberry Syrup2…
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How To Grow Purple Basil
We love to grow rare and colorful plants that you can’t always find on the store shelves. Purple basil is said to have a spicy clove flavor. It pairs will in dishes when it is not cooked but can also but cooked which makes the leaves turn black. It also looks amazing in a garden…
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Black Tomato Guacamole Recipe
Black tomatoes have a lovely aroma that has just a hint of pumps and a savory flavor that is slightly smoky. We love Justin them to make tomato guacamole when we are bar b queuing to enhance and bring balance to are dishes. Ingredients 2 Black Plum Tomatoes Diced3 Avocados½ Small Onion Diced½ Lime Juiced¼…
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6 Types Of Soil And What Edible Plants To Grow In them.
1. Loamy Soil – Loamy soil is a mixture of clay, silt, and sand. You can make a loamy soil by mixing equal parts clay, silt, and sand. Plants you can grow in loamy soil Tomatoes, peppers, green beans, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, sweet corn, okra, radishes, eggplant, carrots, pole beans, greens, and spinach. 2. Peat…