January 8 , 2015
America’s Test Kitchen + Family Growing Together
Here ’s to raw starts , dreams and rainfall that reigns this class !
To snag Trisha ’s tips for winter vegetables , director Ed Fuentes and I headed out in November to herLake Austin Spa Resortgarden .
Is n’t it gorgeous ? It ’s not too later to match leafy lettuce , kale , Brassica oleracea italica and others against tasty multiplying onion ( get Trisha ’s peak for keeping them multiplying ) .
That ’s Mark Morrow steering the microphone as head gardener Dustin Mattson demonstrates how to cut leaf simoleons for portion of cat valium until blistering weather .
Dustin also shows how to glean spry - grow kohlrabi , protect with bird netting to fend off deer .
Trisha like office supply clamps to anchor netting ( and inhuman weather quarrel cover ) to her rebar hoop . To harvest , simply slip the veiling / row natural covering back up .
Even though Trisha ’s vegetable tout ensemble is pretty on its own , she commingle in flowers ( many edible ) to heighten her color rack across seasons .
efflorescence are n’t just for show , as this Eastern Black Swallowtail can tell you .
Fall blooming asters and milkweed invite Monarch butterfly along with good deal of pollinators and beneficial insect to police and fuel her garden .
In winter , Trisha include snapdragons , genus Viola , and genus Dianthus in her edible plant arsenal that also feeds bee , butterfly and tiny beneficials on warm winter mean solar day . See how she moderate winter cuss and lots more .
Daphne ’s got the preventive tip to fend off some of those irritating critters that damage our fruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree : horticultural oil ( also name dormant oil ) .
By spraying in wintertime , these crude - based product choke overwintering pests , including scale . But it ’s called dormant oil for a reason . retrieve out why we do n’t want to use it in strong temp .
Now here ’s a fun surprise!CTG meets Christopher Kimball , publisher and editor ofCook ’s Illustratedmagazine , and dear host ofAmerica ’s Test Kitchenand Cook ’s Country on PBS .
Last summer , Ed and I caught up with him at theLong Centerto recover out what leave him down the kitchen path and the scientific discipline behind memorable meals .
Through Christopher ‘s behind - the - scene narrative , let on how the Test Kitchen squad turns bad intellectual nourishment into honest food . Like us in the garden , it can be render and test again . What turn and why ?
The “ set ” where they tape 26 show in just 3 weeks is the tangible test kitchen , where Christopher ask the question that viewers want do .
And discover how his long terminus age group sometimes play tricks on his taste bud !
It ’s not too late to plant trees , but do get them in before long while it ’s still cool . For large gardens , what about deciduous Mexican lacewood , Daphne ’s plant life of the Week ?
You will take some room since they can mature at 50 ’ grandiloquent by 30 - 40 ’ wide . Those rustling silvery - backed leaf against austere white barque certainly are a standout !
In topsy - turvy Texas , many gardeners had spring bloom bloom this gloam . Viewer Picture goes to Nelwyn Persky in Bartlett , whose bluebonnet has flower since September .
His comrade Kirk Marek near Killeen boasts an Indian paintbrush that geared up last fall . And now Nelwyn ’s got iris and springtime amaryllis bloom . What a yr !
Experts at theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centersee this every year . One observation : “ There are always a few mortal in a population that are phenologically out of sync with the norm . Could be familial , could be environmental or some jazz band of the two . If it is isolated occurrences of just a few individuals , I would speculate micro - clime and look for a causative component ( like flora side by side to affectionate paving , specially sound territory , etc . ) . ”
On tour near La Grange , run across a family that ’s growing together !
Home school parents Brianne and William Bernsen added homegrown organic food for thought to their family curriculum . Brianne and the kids explain how they maximize place with treillage that multitask crops .
In this chemical - free garden , wedding tulle fend off rambunctious grasshoppers . Robert Avila on microphone monitor blustery winds .
When Brianne ’s mom Lori visits , the children are always eager to show what ’s coming up .
fence around the garden protect it from cervid and errant ball !
Get their secret for healthy soil , which by nature includes compost work day by day by poulet .
What they do n’t eat , share , can or freeze , they trade to La Grange restaurantBistro 108 .
With cows feed containers from the local recycling shopping center , each of the honest-to-god baby acquire individual miniskirt - gardens . And find out how they made their own stepping stones !
And would n’t you love a surreptitious clubhouse like this ? The Bernsen kids build up it themselves from recycled materials .
Meet them now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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