Comments on: Spring

By: Kerry's Garden

Kerry's Garden — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:47:46 +0000

Cutting Success and Unknown Figs…

A coup of years ago I purchased what were supposed to be 2 Brown Turkey Figs from two different suppliers, one local and one via the Internet. Looking at the fruit below it appears that at least one is mislabeled.

I’ve scoured the net and I….

By: kerry

kerry — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:23:02 +0000

Stevia has been used as a sweetener for hundreds of years in its native area of South America. I’ve used it in teas for the most part. I know there are recipes out there for use in baking but sometimes those are for the extract. You can make the extract yourself, try googling homemade stevia extract or something similar. It doesn’t last long in the fridge but I would image it would last in the freezer, perhaps frozen in those really small ice cube trayes. I generally cut mine back when it first begins to show flower buds. I hang the stems to dry the leaves then strip and keep the leaves in a mason jar in a dark cupboard. It lasts for a long time this way. I have had it come back the following spring with a heavy leaf mulch but typically it is an annual in areas that freeze during the winter.

If you find any good stevia recipes for the leaves please send them my way.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:42:40 +0000

I picked up some Stevia the other night too. I’d never seen it before the checkout line was long, and the taste lingered on my tongue.
Do you use it for anything in particular? Because although I thought it was cool, I have no idea what I’ll actuall DO with it!