Spiced Almonds ( I used pecans)

1 egg white - beat until foamy

Toss 3 cups pecan or almonds with the egg white.

In a small bowl - combine 1/3 cup sugar, 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.

Mix with nuts, and pour on baking sheet in a single layer.

Bake at 250 for 1 hour.

Cool slightly and break apart.

Cool completely and store in airtight container

Gears in the snow.

Who knew beer was a pot luck item?

POT LUCK CRESCENT ROLLS

INGREDIENTS:

Crescent rolls

Honey mustard

Swiss Cheese

Pastrami

Egg

Heat oven to 350 F.

Roll out crescent rolls and pinch perforations together.
Spread honey mustard down center.
Lay pastrami and Swiss cheese on top of honey mustard.
Cut sides of crescent rolls to 3/4 inch strips.
Fold strips over meat and cheese.
Whisk egg and brush on crescent rolls.

Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes.

Cut into strips or squares.

pachysandra

Pachysandra is a genus of four or five species of evergreen groundcovers or subshrubs, belonging to the Boxwood Family, Buxaceae. The species are native to eastern Asia and southeast North America, some reaching a height of 20-45 cm, with only weakly woody stems. The leaves are alternate, leathery, with an entire to coarsely toothed margin, and range from 5-10 cm long.  This pachysandra has been growing in the University Rock Garden since late 1980's.  It is an evergreen and is shown in November with a mulch of fallen leaves.  It has set buds for next years flowers and will bloom in the spring.  A very good ground cover for a shady area.  Not too much weeding needed because of the dense cover of leaves.

garden girlz

Table of desserts

for last Garden Girlz class.

leucanthemella serotina

Giant Daisy - leucanthemella serotina - loves to have its face toward the morning sun.  Its almost as tall as me.  I planted it in a somewhat shady area and it has been moving out.  Slowly moving toward the sun as it sends out rhizomes and expands.  It doesn't move very fast.

Helen's moss garden

Helen's moss garden

Mike & his bike

Water lily is still blooming

clematis tangutica

Clematis tangutica

A yellow late blooming clematis that is native to Western China.  Also called Russian Virgins Bower.   The yellow blooms in late summer are fallowed by the typical fluffy seed heads.  Best time to prune is early spring.  Prune to 6-8 inches.

tin man

The Tin Man

is alive and well.

cows

Cows at the Olli 

open house at the tech.

Spodiopogon grass

Spodiopogon sibericus

Silver Spike Grass, Frost Grass, Graybeard Grass

A grass of many charms, its fuzzy stalks of green leaves resemble bamboo. In mid-summer, clouds of tiny purple flowers shimmer on tall stalks. The fist frost turns foliage purplish-brown.  Not listed for our zone 4 but it grows here (Grand Forks, ND) very well.  The picture was taken in University Park Rock Garden.	Spodiopogon sibericus Plant Type: Grass Bloom Season: Mid Summer Flower Color: Purple Foliage: Deciduous Height: 2 ft. to 3 ft. Width: 4 ft. Sunlight: Full Sun, Partial Sun Climate: Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Tangletown Art & Garden tour was a blast.

A hybrid daylily from Coral that is blooming in my yard now.

Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace

Known as Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota) or Wild Carrot, the plant provides us with numerous benefits:

• The caterpillar of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly feast from the leaves

• Other insects drink the nectar

• Other predatory insects (those who rid our gardens of unwanted insects such as aphids) are drawn to this flower.

• The taproot was once familiar to us as the carrot and is edible. Its carrot is not consistent with the carrot we know now.

• The leaves of the plant, however, are not edible and may irritate the skin. 

Evening Primrose

Oenothera is a genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America.

This Evening Primrose is in the north end of the Rock Garden in University Park.

Kathy's garden

Kathy's garden was in full bloom.

Clivia

blooming at the right time this year.   Last year it bloomed after I had cancer surgery in March.

Olli lecture

We toured the Cessna Citation Research Aircraft operated by the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at UND.  What was a 12 passenger plane is now filled with instruments to measure clouds.  And other atmospheric stuff.  It can fly up to 42,000 feet and take airborne measurements.  Most research is done at a lower altitude.  

J.P. CONNELL ROSE

Supposed to be yellow but really pale this year because of all the rain and no sun.  Hybridized by Svejda Agriculture Canada 1987 1.25m ('Arthur Bell' x o.p. seedling of 'Von Scharnhorst') Part of the explorer series of hardy roses produced by Canadian research.  A non-suckering upright narrow plant with butter yellow blooms that fade to ivory. Superbly formed and repeating till frost. Productivity increases with age. The flowers are deliciously fragrant.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE

EERC

Olli class 

touring EERC in yellow hard hats.

Mike helped me get

bowling ball fountain going.

Luminaries in University Park

at Relay for Life.

Deb's Square Foot Garden

The rain came down and the unbrellas came out.  Deb made her square foot garden with cement block and Dakota peat.

brick edge

Melinda & I put down a brick edge for her flower bed.  Looks good.

Iris

The rainbow flower because it blooms in so many colors is blooming now.

Peony

Paeonia officinalis rubra plena - The Red Memorial Day Peony has intense brilliant crimson red color and has been cultivated for centuries in Europe. It is a true antique of great garden value yet today. Some years it is more susceptible to fungal blight and the old foliage should be removed in the fall and proper levels of potassium should be maintained in the soil.  Growing here with white flowers of rhubarb behind, a purple allium and 'Limelight' artemisia  in front.

Hypertufa trough

planted with orange calibricoa, orange profusion zinnias and purple linearia.

Valerie Finnis Artemisia

Artemisias are prized for their light, almost silver, aromatic foliage rather than for their flowers, which are dull, yellowy-brown and insignificant. This cultivar has long, pointed, notched leaves and forms a upright, natural mound. Once established, it can also cope with drought.  The aromatic foliage can also be used in dried flower arrangements.  In the photo it is paired with purple iris, a blue spruce and a rock in the University Park Rock Garden.

Weeping Candied Apple Crabapple

Weeping Crabapple trees blooming in University Park.

Kisoana primrose

Kisoana Primrose

Hot pink flowers with fuzzy stems - likes the same conditions as the European ginger- the smooth, shiny leaves growing with it.  Grow in a shady moist area.

Kelsey Crab

A double flowering crabapple that has red buds that open to a deep pink.  A 20-25 foot tall tree with persistant red fruit.

A waterbell fountain - what fun!

Mothers day 2010

Come home from a plant buying trip and find a present and cake on the kitchen table, can life get any better?

Daylilies planted at Larimore.

At the Museum of Art

Bloodroot hasn't seen the sun yet so its not open.  The clasping leaves hug the stem and will unfold with the sun also.

Draba

Melinda has the most beautiful purple hycinths blooming.

Melinda has lots of flowers blooming.

conservatory/greenhouse

Here it is.  Now what?

Paxistima  cambyi
Native to the central Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.  Mostly found on calcareous soils and rocky locations
A low, multi-stemmed groundcover, stems are fine and flexible, slow growing evergreen, 12" tall, spreading to 3' or 4' or more
Opposite, simple, evergreen leaves, 0.25" to 1" long and less than 0.2" wide, lustrous dark green color, petioles are short; leaves crowded on stem, leaf margins are coarsely serrate, mostly above the middle.
Another name is Rat Stripper because rats pick off the stems to use in their nests.

Black Bean Chocolate Cake

1 box Devils Food Cake mix

15 oz can black beans with liquid

1/2 c applesauce

1/2 c chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350

Mash beans

Add applesauce and cake mix.

Batter will be thick.

Sprinkle top with chocolate chips

Bake 35 min for cake, 20 min for cupcakes

This recipe decreases fat and increases fiber.

One of doorprizes at Bagley Spring Wake Up Conference 2010