Flowers have been arriving at Roger’s this week literally by the truckload. Everywhere you look, the blooms of spring are waiting for their official presentation among the designer tabletops and displays featured throughout The Gallery this weekend for
TomatoMania seedlings sale at Roger's Gardens
If I could successfully grow one vegetable every summer in my garden, it would be tomatoes. Forget the eggplant, corn and celery. Just let me pick warm, sun-ripened tomatoes off the vine
This annual workshop showcased designing and maintaining beautiful ‘Gardens Under Glass’ with the choice of one of three styles; succulents, ferns, or tillandsias. Students had a ton of fun getting their hands dirty with Cathy McEntire, our expert
Gourmet Foods is stocked with some wonderful new Paccheri Pasta. This is not your ordinary grocery store fare, so do something special with it! Try my recipe for these big thick tube shapes that stand up to hearty
Total time: 1 hour Serves: 4-6
Ingredients:
1 pound cooked fusilli or farfalle pasta (your choice )
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups sliced wild mushrooms (fresh or dried) If using dried, pre-soak them in hot water for 15 minutes
1 tablespoon diced
Certain ornamental plants are not only stars in the garden, but also will re-seed prolifically, thereby providing “free plants.”
For some gardeners this can be a bonus, for others it can mean pests.
Here are five of these free-seeders, all
Serves: 4-6
Total time: 15-20 minutes
Ingredients:
4 cups whole Crimini mushrooms (without stems)
3 tablespoons Cetinelle Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
2 tablespoons chopped onions or shallots
3 crushed garlic cloves
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
¾ cup white wine
¼ cup chicken broth
Rosemary sprigs
Serves 4
Total time; 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 pound chicken tenders
2 cups wild rice (or any rice of your choice)
3 tablespoons mango chutney
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
¼ cup chicken broth (or water)
½ cup roasted cashews
½ cup chopped fresh parsley or cilantro for
I am about to share a well-kept secret. This walnut cake is the easiest and tastiest cake you will ever bake. It is my “go to” recipe when I am in a time crunch. The ingredients
Imagine walking into a home that’s full of green plants. When you open the door the area greets you with an unmistakable feeling. The air is alive and clean, full of positive energy. The plants seem to be
Ingredients:
2 cups diced carrots
2 cups diced zucchini
2 cups diced sweet potatoes
2 cups diced red bell peppers
2 cups diced butternet squash
4 tablespoons Honey Pear Vinaigrette
2 tablespoons of Very Good Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning
Serious gardeners love a challenge, especially when it comes to zones, frost, temperatures and all that boring technical stuff. Tell a serious plant lover that you can’t grow one and they’ll buy two. Tell them it’s too tropical
For summer flowers, there is nothing better than the Dahlia family.
I first fell in love with Dahlias in the early 70s. While traveling in Europe, I stumbled upon, on the shores of the Danube, a twenty feet wooden
Ranunculus, with their layered, crepe-like petals that explode in blooms of red, yellow, orange, white and pink, are cheery in the Fall and equally festive in the Spring. The bright beauties spread their rainbow
