Casket Spray

Casket spray designed in white with touches of red. Lilies, roses, snapdragons and seasonal greens.

Air Plant terrarium

Air plants aka Tilandsia

Valentine's Day!!

GARDEN TIP

Yummy HIBISCUS Cheesecake

HIBISCUS CHEESECAKE

Ingredients:

For Oatmeal Cocoa Crust:

• 1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened ground chocolate
• 2 tbs sugar (can sub with sugar substitute or any other sweetener)

For Cheesecake Filling:

• 3 boxes (8 oz each) fat free cream cheese, (can sub with dairy free as well) softened
• 3 egg whites
• 1 can (14 oz)sweetened condensed milk (You can use homemade sugarless condensed  milk)
• 1/2 cup hibiscus jam
• 2 tsp orange extract

Directions:

1. To make the crust, mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Pour into 8 inch cheesecake pan and press onto the bottom. Bake in a preheated 400F for 10 minutes.  Set aside.
2. To make filling, blend  cheese, milk, orange extract and eggs in an electric mixer until smooth. Add hibiscus jam and stir with a spatula or wooden spoon, incorporating the hibiscus carefully.
3. Pour cheesecake batter into the prepared pan.  Place in a water bath and bake for 55 minutes at 350F. Remove from oven when center is almost set (still jiggly and not firm). Run a thin knife between cake and rim of pan. Refrigerate uncovered  for at least 2 1/2  hours before serving. If making ahead, wrap airtight when cool and chill up to 2 days. Spread hibiscus jam with syrup on top just before serving.

FOR MY LOVE

Easy way to Grow fresh Garlic

Hello all,

Well winter has almost set in so why not prepare ourselves for some delicious everyday seasonings while we still have time. 

Let's talk garlic. Yes, garlic. That yummy seasoning that adds the perfect zing and taste to just about every dish we cook--from sauce to eggs to chicken and fish. 

This is an easy one. 

Plant cloves of garlic about 6 weeks before heavy frost. Take large cloves of garlic, tip up in prepared soil. Burying about an inch or 2 above soil; below ground level in zones that are mild. In zones that have harsher colder weather; plant twice as deep. So about 4-6".

Keep the area free of weeds and watered. If possible, use organic, rich well drained soil. 

If all goes well, the garlic should should be ready in 9-10 months from the Fall

 

planting. So in about July. 

Let us know how it goes, we would love to see pictures and comments on how your fresh garlic cloves came out. 

Find your planting ZONE

For those of you that want to start planning Spring planting. Here is a zone chart. Click on the link and just type your zip in and it will tell you what zone you live in. So, when choosing plants, shrubs, etc. you will know how to choose based on your location.

http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

HIBISCUS WILL BE ON 
HOLIDAY BREAK FROM
JAN 3-12TH