Good Reading

Kathy of Skippy’s Vegetable Garden has a very interesting post up about figuring out how well the bee population is doing in your area. The trick involves sunflower seeds. Intrigued? You’ll have to click over to find out more.

A different Kathy, Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening, is having a contest in honor of the fact that she has been blogging about gardening for…SIX years! The challenge is tough, but the prizes are pretty good. Check it out if you’re a plant identification expert. She also has a really awesome looking Lemon Cornmeal Cake recipe up. I think I am going to try it out for dessert tomorrow night, but tweak it slightly to make it gluten free so my mom can have a slice.

Update: I made the Lemon Cornmeal Cake linked to above. The only substitution I made was to use gluten free flour mix instead of all purpose flower. My mom, grandpa, husband and dad all loved it!

Finally, Elizabeth (which is one of my favorite names, btw–In Hebrew it’s Elisheva which I think is so, so beautiful) of Gardening While Intoxicated has a useful list of five non-suggestions about keeping your garden looking fresh into Fall.

September 4, 2008 | Filed Under Good Reading

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Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening on September 5th, 2008 6:57 pm

We have friends who must eat gluten free and I think that cornmeal cake would adapt well. It is not a fluffy cake to begin with. Closer to a moist cornbread.
Roberta on September 6th, 2008 6:01 pm

The cake was fantastic. I’m a resolute chocolate lover, and I thought this dessert was delish!!! My dad loved it so much he took two pieces home for later. The raspberry-blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream made it just about perfect.
Fern on September 6th, 2008 9:11 pm

Mom — I’m glad you and Grandpa liked it!

Kathy — As you can see, the cake was a big success!