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Hi Gardeners
It’s a very gloomy day, raining now after we got 3-4
inches of snow and near the freezing mark so I am a little anxious, although at
the moment I don’t see any ice build-up.
The birds are swarming the bird feeder, easily a hundred birds at the
feeders outside my home office window. That’s
always a sign of bad weather. I even saw
a wren, which is unusual, at the feeder.
My run away or rather fly away ducks finally all made
it home. A neighbor told me they were on
his farm pond, he has an aerator on it and that leaves an open area of water,
even when the temperatures were going near 0.
There was no way we could catch them so we had to wait until they got
hungry enough to come home and finally I trapped them in the barn. Before I open the pens up again I am going to
clip some wings.
Until today we had no snow left on the ground for about
a week and very cold temperatures which isn’t good for plants. I noticed that my euonymus, a broad leaved
evergreen which is usually nice looking all winter, looks “frosted.” It’s wilted and darkened. I think the odd
warm then cold weather cycles we’ve had kept it from hardening off correctly. It’s always a favorite target of deer in the
winter, maybe they’ll leave it alone if the leaves aren’t crisp and juicy. It has lots of buds that will probably repair
the damage if they are left alone.
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| Euonymus |
I just read that 2016 was the 2nd hottest
year in the US since record keeping began.
It lost to 2012 by a ½ degree. I wonder
if 2017 will be hotter. The drought in
the west may finally be lifting however; California and other coastal states
have been hammered with heavy rain and snow.
While that’s good to replenish snowpack that feeds creeks, and fills reservoirs,
it’s causing flooding, avalanches, and mudslides.
One of my houseplants, the Lemon Cypress, hasn’t
appreciated the conditions inside and is drying up. I moved it to the cooler porch, hoping that
will revive it. That means a spot under
the lights has opened up. Hmmn. What new houseplant do I need?
Today I wrote about some more new plants I’ve found in
my catalog browsing. I’m also working to
revise and update the catalog list on the page to the right of the main
blog. I’m putting it in alphabetical
order and tidying it up a bit. The old
list is still there, but look for the new one soon. If you are ever bored just click on the garden
catalog page and start clicking on catalog links. I can plant browse for hours. There are a few new plant pages on the right
too.
Chenille plants
Chenille plants, (Acalypha
species) sometimes called Red Hot Cattails, or Strawberry
Cattails, are an interesting houseplant or patio plant and can be a garden perennial
in zones 8 and above. Children love the
bright fuzzy flowers. When they are
happy the plants will bloom almost continuously.
There are two species of Acalypha common in cultivation
and several cultivars of those species. Another species A.
reptans, commonly referred to as dwarf Chenille plant is sometimes offered.
Acalypha
hispida and Acalypha pendula are sometimes mislabeled and when young the
species can be hard to tell apart. A. hispida is a larger plant, in
tropical climates it makes a large shrub.
The growth is more upright. A. pendula is a smaller, more flattened
plant and is the plant often seen in hanging baskets although it too gets quite
large in warm climates.
It’s interesting that when looking up the natural habitat
of Chenille plants I found several conflicting answers for both species. They are not native to North America but
might be native to Cuba, the South Pacific Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines,
Java and the Malay Archipelago to name a few places cited. Chenille plants have
naturalized in parts of Mexico.
Chenille plants have nice looking, evergreen foliage. The leaves are oval or heart shaped with
serrated edges. There is at least one
cultivar with variegated foliage but the plants aren’t usually grown for their
foliage. Most plants kept as houseplants
will be in hanging baskets, A.hispida is sometimes trained into a standard, a
bare trunk with a weeping top. They
could be put in containers as a “spiller.”
In warm climates where they are planted in the ground
Chenille plants become shrubs or groundcovers depending on species. At the edge of the hardiness range (reported
to be zone 8b if mulched) they may die back to the ground each winter.
Chenille plant flowers are actually clusters of tiny
flowers along a stem. They appear fuzzy
or puffy like a Cat’s tail or maybe a thick pipe cleaner. They are named for a thick, soft, puffy
material used in clothing. They can be a
2 inches long or less to a foot long. A. pendula tends to have fatter but
shorter flowers than A. hispida. The
flowers are pendulous or drooping.
The color of chenille flowers is sometimes described as
hot pink rather than red, and there is a natural range of color from purplish
red to paler pink, although the most commonly encountered color would be
described as red. There are cultivars
with white and cream flowers. (See the
new plant article below.)
I have seen hummingbirds hover around the red flowers
of Chenille plant but they don’t seem to feed on them. Bees and butterflies occasionally visit flowers
but they aren’t a big attractant for them.
Chenille plants are dioecious, that is the male and
female flowers are on separate plants.
Since only the female plant has the fuzzy red Cat’s Tails nurseries
reproduce the plant from cuttings, all the cuttings from a female plant will
also be female, and male plants are not sold.
Therefore you shouldn’t get any seeds from your Chenille plant. Some people report they have had seed develop
but the seed is always infertile.
Growing
Chenille plants as houseplants
Because of their tropical origins Chenille plants like
warm, humid conditions. To keep them blooming they need to be kept above 60
degrees F. Indoors they need very bright
light to bloom well, when moved outside in the summer, which they love, they
need to be in what is known as bright shade, or partial shade and not in direct
sun.
Any good houseplant potting medium will work well for
Chenille plants. They need to be kept moist, but not waterlogged. Pots should
drain well. If the humidity in the home
is low Chenille plants need to be misted or given showers once in a while.
To keep them blooming inside Chenille plants need
regular fertilization as well as bright light and humidity. Use water soluble fertilizer for blooming
plants as the label directs for houseplants about once a week. Keep old flowers that are starting to brown
cut off to encourage bloom.
Indoors Chenille plants in low humidity tend to get spider
mites, scale, mealy bugs and aphids. To
avoid having to use pesticides make sure your Chenille plant is kept moist and
in humid conditions. Keeping the plant
in a bathroom near a shower or above the kitchen sink might help. You can use
trays of rocks and water beneath plants or a room humidifier also.
Caution
All parts of the plant are considered toxic if ingested. The sap from broken branches can cause skin
irritation. Children can touch the
catkins carefully but keep them out of mouths and away from pets.
A few more new plants
Acalypha
hispida alba marginata may not be truly new but it is seldom
offered on the market and considered rare.
This Chenille plant has yellow to cream catkin flowers and the leaves
are variegated with white. It’s a larger
shrub form of Chenille plant but pretty in baskets and containers when young. Find it at Glasshouse Works https://www.glasshouseworks.com/
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| Acalypha hispida alba marginata Credit : Glasshouse works |
‘Miracle
Lemony’ hosta is being snapped up left and right by hosta
lovers even though it’s still a bit expensive.
It’s the first hosta ever with lemon yellow, lightly fragrant
flowers. It’s about 12 inches high, chartreuse
foliage with wavy edges. Gardeners have
told me it’s a bit harder than other hostas to grow. Many places are sold out so if you want one
order early. I found it at Brecks http://www.brecks.com/ and K. Van Bourgondien
http://www.dutchbulbs.com/
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| 'Miracle Lemony' flower Brecks |
Eucomis
'Zulu Flame' is a new pineapple lily. I love pineapple lilies and have several
varieties. This one has chocolate-
purple leaves and spikes of plum purple flowers through the summer. It’s hardy to zone 6. I am at the margin of zone 6 and 5 and leave
mine in pots sunk in the ground over the summer which I bring inside to an
unheated porch before a hard freeze.
Some of the varieties I have go dormant, others stay growing, but not
blooming, all winter. You can find this
one at Avant Gardens www.avantgardensne.com/
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| Eucomis 'Zulu Flame' Advant Gardens |
Four
O’Clock ‘Orange Crush’ Mirabilis
jalapa This
is a beautiful peachy orange selection of Four O’Clock that’s sweetly scented
and opens late in the day to be visited by night flying moths. Vigorous grower
and blooms all summer. Annual. (Poisonous). Buy it at Select Seeds www.selectseeds.com
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| Four O' Clock 'Orange Crush' Select Seeds |
‘Yellow
Cocotte’ Asiatic lily- this stunning golden yellow lily with
a maroon edge has outward facing 4”-5” flowers carried several to a stem. Blooms midsummer, buy the bulbs from K.Van
Bourgondien http://www.dutchbulbs.com/
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| 'Yellow Cocotte' Breck Bulbs |
Queen
Anne's Lace 'Dara' is an interesting new cultivar of Daucus
carota or Queen Anne’s Lace. The
huge lacy flowers start out white with a pink tinge and as they age they obtain
various shades of purple until they reach a deep wine purple color. They make excellent long lasting cut flowers
and would be an interesting addition to wildflower gardens as well as flower
beds. They are biannual so you may not
get flowers the first year. Get the
seeds from Select Seeds www.selectseeds.com
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| Queen Anne's lace 'Dara' Select Seeds |
Golden
Lotus Banana (Musella lasiocarpa) is a fascinating new perennial,
houseplant or tropical container plant to try.
It is hardy to zone 7 actually and may survive in zone 6 if heavily
mulched. It is considered sacred in
China. It has those nice broad banana
leaves and in summer one huge, striking golden yellow flower that lasts for
weeks. It doesn’t produce edible bananas.
Full sun. Buy it from Logees
http://www.logees.com/
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| 'Golden Lotus' Logee's |
Summer
Snow™ Gardenia is new to me anyway, I couldn’t tell if it’s
new to the trade or I just never found it.
Its selling point is that it’s very hardy- said to be hardy to 0 degrees
F. that’s probably zone 6b. Beautiful white fragrant blooms in late spring to
early summer, 4-5 feet tall, perennial.
Find it at www.FarmerSeed.com
Ruby
Darling Apple™ is a new apple offered by Stark
Brothers. It’s a cross of HoneyCrisp and
Gala apples , crunchy sweet and a long keeper.
It’s a heavy bearer and ripens later in the season than HoneyCrisp. It’s
available in dwarf or semi-dwarf sizes.
Pollenate with Golden Delicious, Jonathan or Red Rome. https://www.starkbros.com/
‘Zoey’
Onion F1 is a new intermediate
day onion that is adaptable to most parts of the country. A
high yielding jumbo size onion with a mild sweet flavor, light brown skin. It
stores well too. Get it from Johnny’s Seeds www.Johnnyseeds.com
‘Picasso’
sy sweet corn –is a new flavorful and beautiful sweet corn
being offered by Gurneys. Large ears are
bi-color white/yellow crisp and sweet but with good corn flavor. However this corn is also a stunner with red
striped foliage and husks and pink silk on the ears. 75 days.
www.Gurneys.com
Growing with the flow- Garden Trends 2017
My garden has always had an informal style and I choose
what I like to do without worrying about what’s trendy in gardening. But I
can’t deny that I am sometimes drawn to something I’ve seen elsewhere,
something different or striking or maybe funny and try to incorporate something
similar into my garden. And I enjoy
visiting and looking at all kinds of gardens.
I try to make my garden personal, not a copy of
something of someone else’s garden and make it appealing to me and you should
do so too, if it’s your personal garden.
Your garden should be all about what you like. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want
inspiration from other gardeners. And your garden will probably evolve and
change over the years, whether you consciously chose to follow popular trends
or not, based on things you have seen in other gardens or heard about. So I
present to you what seems to be the “in” trends in gardening this season.
Houseplants
are hot
I’m really happy about this trend. I have always had houseplants, since I was a
small child with a bedroom window filled with them. In the 1970’s houseplants were “happening” and
everyone had them it seemed. That trend
disappeared for a few decades but I’m happy to say houseplants have made a big
comeback. Decorating magazines and
homemaker sites are all promoting the value of houseplants to make the home
environment happier and healthier.
Instructions for making pretty pots, hangers, and making visual
statements with plants abound. And even
office cubicles are getting plants!
According to nurseries Fiddleleaf Figs (Ficus lyrata),
Split leaf philodendrons (Monstera
deliciosa),sometimes called Swiss Cheese plant, succulents, airplants
(tillisandria), bromeliads and orchids are hot sellers. But the sales of all houseplants have picked
up as has accessories such as elegant pots, hangers, and display shelving. More varieties of houseplants than I have
seen in a long time are being offered in stores everywhere. You can even find
macramé hangers again!
If you don’t have houseplants in the home, get
some. This is one trend you really need
to follow. And if you are an office
worker get a plant for the office, even if you just have a cubicle. You can put some plants under desk lamps if
you don’t have natural light. If you
don’t have personal office space convince your work location that plants in
break rooms and other places make people happier.
Indoor
and container edibles
Along with houseplants for decorating and plain
enjoyment, indoor fruit, vegetable and herb growing is skyrocketing. From herbs on the windowsill, to a tomato
plant in a lighted cubicle to growing lettuce hydroponically in the basement to
miniature fruit trees lining a pocket sized yard, people want to grow some of
their food. New technology has helped
get this trend going, with LED grow lights that don’t use much electricity and
pose little risk of fire to easy to use hydroponic system kits. Strawberries
and lettuce are popular hydroponic crops.
(And in states where it’s legal you can now grow your own “meditative
recreational herb” right on the windowsill or under a light.)
Plant breeders have developed many compact or dwarf
varieties of fruits and vegetables that even people with small yards or just a
balcony can grow. We have miniature
grapes, blackberries, apples, melons, even corn varieties and much more on the
market now, with new varieties being added each year. People are buying tropical fruits like mini
pomegranates, dwarf limes, figs, and fruiting bananas they can grow in a
sunroom, or under lights.
Grafted
vegetable plants
Grafted vegetable plants are popular in Asian countries
and that popularity is spreading.
Grafted plants take the qualities of hardiness and disease resistance of
one plant (used as the bottom portion or rootstock of a plant) and combine them
with good tasting or very productive fruit or vegetative parts of another plant
(that will become the top part of the plant) through grafting. Grafted plants are more expensive than
regular vegetable plants.
Tomato plants are the oldest and most common grafted
vegetable plant offered. However many
catalogs are now offering grafted peppers, eggplant, melons, cucumbers and
squash as grafted plants. If you are
someone who likes to try something new, you may enjoy growing grafted
vegetables this season.
Brewing
and dye plants
The hobbies of producing your own beer and using
natural dyes on home produced fibers and clothing have sparked an interest in growing
hops and other brew flavorings and plants known to produce good dyes. Many garden catalogs offer a wide assortment
of hops varieties and may feature collections of plants for those interested in
natural dyes.
Many hops plants can make beautiful additions to the
garden as ornamental plants and they do attract pollinators. Dye plants can also be great ornamentals and
pollinator feeders.
Pollinator
friendly and mosquito shooing plants
Gardens that are pollinator friendly and that provide
homes for things like bats and birds that eat harmful insects have been popular
for years. While including some native
species in a garden to attract pollinators is always wise, your garden doesn’t
have to be composed of only native plants to be pollinator friendly. Catalogs often list plants that attract and
sustain important pollinators. (Check
out the pages listed to the right of the blog for more information on butterfly
gardens, hummingbirds, native plants and other topics.)
Many gardeners are also becoming bee keepers. Beekeeping supplies are being offered in more
catalogs and garden stores every year.
It’s a way to help preserve pollinators and produce some of your own
food, but it’s not for everyone. Keeping
bee’s has many similarities to keeping other forms of livestock and it takes
time, labor and money.
Another trend this year because of the Zika outbreak,
is the popularity of plants that are said to repel mosquitoes. While these plants are popular, there’s no
evidence that simply having these plants in the garden or on the patio will
actually repel mosquitoes. Don’t trust
your health on this trend. There are some plants that when made into oils or
sprays and applied to skin may provide some mosquito protection. But simply growing them will not repel
mosquitoes.
Less
lawn space and fake grass
Reducing the space devoted to lawns and growing other
types of plants instead, from vegetable gardens to no fuss ground covers, has
been steadily growing in popularity.
Conservation of water and the trend to native plants helps drive
this. This is a great environmentally
sound trend that I hope continues. Some
communities are even adjusting ordinances that would prohibit vegetable gardens
or “wild” gardens in the front yard. But
before you rip out the grass in the front yard and plant tomatoes and beans
better check your local laws.
Remember that in areas where wildfires are common a
small amount of lawn around homes and buildings can be an important
firebreak. Mown lawns or short
vegetation may also discourage ticks and mosquitoes around homes.
In the drought stricken areas of the west fake turf is
replacing real grass. It’s become very
realistic and sturdy. I suppose this is
a good thing, because lawns use an awful lot of water. And the color green instead of a dry parched
brown is more visually soothing. I’d
rather see gardens of native plants but sometimes that might not be practical.
Combining
gardening with art and crafts
Gardeners have long incorporated art into the
garden. This year trends like “color
blocking” and painting murals on fences are hot. Color blocking is simplistic art where big
swatches of a bold color are the background for plant collections. Usually the color is on a wall or other
structure, the plants have pots of a contrasting color and the plants are
chosen for structural interest, giving a 3D effect. It highlights shadows and interesting effects
of light, a living painting so to speak.
Garden based social media sites are filled with
pictures of beautiful murals painted on dull privacy fences or the back of a
garage. Some garden catalogs and stores
are offering stencils and even stick on art for murals. (Be careful with this; make sure you can pull
off art and not an eyesore.)
Recycled art is still popular. What’s old is toilets
and bath tubs full of petunias, tire planters, planted wheel barrows and
wagons, “spilling baskets”, chairs with plant seats, and bicycles with baskets
filled with flowers. Instead people are
building bottle trees or planters from colored glass bottles, making faux
rivers and ponds from pieces of tumbled colored glass, painting pallets in
bright colors, standing them upright and filling the slots with succulents or
trailing flowers, turning pots and pans into planters, making figures from painted and stacked clay
pots, and using manikins in the garden.
Very realistic and creative “scarecrows” are in too.
Pink flamingoes are once again popular, why I don’t
know. I wouldn’t spend much on them if
this whimsical “art” appeals to you, because this fad will be short lived. Solar “fairy” lights are very popular
now. I admit I am indulging in this
fad. Powered by collecting sunlight
during the day and turning on after dark, they come in a wide range of shapes
from flowers to lanterns to dragon flies and butterflies. They also come in a variety of colors and can
twinkle or glow steadily. They can be
woven into the underside of trees, along the edges of water features, through
perennial beds, strung over patios and porches and line path ways. They produce a charming ambiance and don’t
generally affect the sleep cycles of plants and animals.
(I am testing red blinking solar lights strung around
my evergreens this winter to see if they deter deer munching.)
The
color gold
This year’s trendy garden color is said to be
gold. Metallic gold accents in garden
décor, even gold sparkles in patio stones and the golden color of many
perennials, trees and shrubs are in.
Golden flowered annuals for containers and beds are promising to be
popular this year too.
Remember that in the garden golden foliaged plants
should be accents, if they comprise most of the color in a setting they tend to
lose their “pop” and become less appealing.
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| Gold Juniper |
Recycling
Christmas trees
The holidays are over and it’s not a moment too soon to
get the live Christmas tree out of the house.
Live Christmas trees that are drying out are a big fire risk and
shedding needles make them less welcome indoors too. Here are some safe ways to dispose of or
recycle Christmas trees.
If you live in the city or suburbs without much of a
yard you will probably want to re-cycle your Christmas tree through a
commercial re-cycling center. Some
municipalities have one or more days when they will pick up trees at the curb
for re-cycling. Other areas have
re-cycling drop points, where you take your tree to dispose of it. Call your city or township offices and ask
what the plan is for Christmas tree re-cycling. If you pay for trash service on
your own, call that service to see if they will accept trees and when.
When you are talking to your local government about
recycling the Christmas tree make sure you ask how they want the tree brought
to the pick-up point. While it makes
less of a mess to enclose the tree in one of those large plastic tree bags some
places will not accept Christmas trees for re-cycling if they are in
plastic. And since most of the community
re-cycling efforts take place shortly after the New Year don’t delay in finding
out what the re-cycling plan is.
If you have a compost pile and a little time you can
make the Christmas tree suitable for re-cycling at home. Store the tree near the compost pile until a
mild, sunny winter day, then sit out there with pruning shears and cut the
branches into small pieces and add them to the compost pile. Pieces about 6-8 inches long will break down
pretty quickly in the spring. The trunk
can be cut into smaller pieces with a saw.
Of course if you have a chipper- shredder you can simply turn the tree
into mulch.
Many gardeners have learned that the branches of
Christmas trees can be cut off and laid over perennial beds to help protect
them from cold. The prickly branches
will also discourage deer and other animals from disturbing things like
heucheras that don’t lose all their foliage in the winter. Even after spring comes and most of the
needles have fallen from the branches, the branches can be laid over newly
seeded garden beds to keep animals from scratching out seeds. Remove the branches once the plants begin to
grow.
Some people recycle Christmas trees by re-purposing
them as bird feeding stations. They set
them up where they can be seen from a window and tie balls of suet, popcorn on
a string, little net bags of seed and other treats on them. Just make sure there is no artificial tinsel
left on the tree. This can wrap around
birds feet or be swallowed and prove fatal.
If you are trying to attract game animals like rabbits,
you can take your Christmas tree and maybe your neighbors too and make brush
piles for animals to hide in. You don’t
want these too close to garden plants and orchards because you don’t want to
encourage animals to hang out there, but in the woods or pastures they can
provide safe winter shelter for wildlife.
If you simply take the Christmas tree to a wild area on your property it
will decay over time. Cutting it up
makes that happen faster.
Owners of large ponds with fish sometimes re-cycle
Christmas trees by placing them out on the ice. When the ice thaws the tree sinks and becomes
a haven for fish to lay eggs and for baby fish to survive the jaws of big
fish.
Country dwellers have been known to use re-cycled
Christmas trees as a snow fence. Upright
and on their sides they do catch and hold snow, but make sure you have a place
to put any extra trees you drag home from the neighbors when spring comes.
If you are legally allowed to burn on your property you
could re-cycle your Christmas tree by burning it. Be aware that dry evergreens burn quickly and
sometimes explosively. You never want to
burn the Christmas tree in an indoor fireplace.
It makes a big carbon build up in the chimney and can send sparks into
the room as it burns. They can make a nice outside bonfire to warm skaters on a
cold winter day.
Don’t just dump your tree along the road
somewhere. Christmas trees can clog
drainage ditches or blow into the road and pose a road hazard. Responsible people who cared enough to
support a green industry- growing Christmas trees- should be green enough to
dispose of a tree properly.
Banana Caramel French toast
French toast is an easy way to make an elegant
breakfast or brunch or even a cozy dinner.
It’s inexpensive and it’s a dish that kids could help prepare. This banana caramel recipe is a gourmet
version you’ll love anytime.
French toast is best when the bread used in the recipe
is thickly sliced, like Texas toast, but any bread can be used. It’s a good use
for slightly stale bread. You can use egg substitute in French toast but the
rich, creamy taste of real eggs and milk make it so much tastier and better for
you.
You can cook French toast in a skillet, in an oven or
even in your waffle maker. It’s a meal
that should be eaten as soon as it’s done so cooking it right at the table in
an electric frying pan or waffle maker is a great idea.
Ingredients
4 large eggs
¼ cup cream or
milk
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
¼ teaspoon
cinnamon
¼ teaspoon
vanilla
1/8 teaspoon
nutmeg
4 slices thickly sliced bread
Banana
Sauce
2 tablespoons of butter
½ cup of firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup of rum- or use 2 teaspoons rum flavor in ¼ cup
water
3 bananas
Whipped cream- optional
Mix sauce before cooking toast. Put sauce ingredients except banana and
whipped cream in a pan. Heat, stirring
constantly, until the sugar melts and syrup thickens. Turn off heat. Add thickly sliced bananas to pan and let sit.
Beat the eggs with the cream or milk by hand until
frothy. Add sugar if using and
spices. Blend well.
In a shallow pan lay out the bread slices and pour the
egg mixture over them. Let them soak 2-3
minutes then flip with a spatula and let the other side soak a few minutes.
Spray a skillet or electric frying pan with cooking
spray and heat to medium - about 350 degrees.
With a spatula lift bread pieces and let them drain a minute before
transferring them to the heated pan, one layer thick.
Let them brown on one side and release from the pan.
Then gently flip the bread pieces and let the other side brown. Cook until the center is set and a knife
inserted comes out clean. Spoon bananas
and sauce over warm French toast. Add a
dollop of whipped cream. Serve warm.
Thank
goodness for plant catalogs, so I don’t die from garden withdrawal.
Kim Willis
“He who has a garden and
a library wants for nothing” ― Cicero
And
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