Country Lore: February/March 2007

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February/March 2007
 
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A salsa garden: My salsa plot consists of tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, onions, tomatillos, celery, cilantro and dill. All these plants grow as well together as they taste together.

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A garnish garden: Many herbs can be used as garnishes, but this patch is for plants that I use only for garnishes when serving meals — parsley; pansies; chives; cherry tomatoes; ground cherries; nasturtiums; and pineapple mints, chocolate mints and peppermints.

A snack garden: Homegrown snacks are more nutritious than commercial, packaged ones. The garden changes from year to year, but can include popcorn, strawberries, peanuts, sunflowers for their seeds and a potato plant or two for homemade chips.

An ethnic garden: I usually plant a garden for the ingredients used in Italian cooking. You could do the same for other regional specialty vegetables, such as Greek, Mexican or Thai. In my Italian garden I plant eggplant, basil, oregano, garlic, thyme, rosemary and slicing and paste tomatoes.

An edible flower garden: There are many different kinds of edible flowers, from sweet to peppery tasting. Here are just a few:

  • Nasturtium: mustardy and hot
  • Garden pea flowers: like fresh green peas
  • Rose: perfumed, sweet to bitter
  • Violets and pansies: mild, like a leafy salad green

M. Eileen O’Dea
Central Bridge, New York

Use Vinegar for Stain-free Diapers

Both my little ones are in cloth diapers, and I’ve found vinegar to be very effective in removing stains and odors. I add the vinegar to the rinse cycle (fabric softener compartment), and it also washes out the detergent better, preventing diaper rash and making the cloth softer. My 5-month old is wearing stain-free diapers that I made for his big sister. It works on the rest of the laundry, too (but not on dark colors because it can cause them to run).

Shayna Rehberg
Tekoa, Israel

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