Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff answers:

I am with you! Olive Garden’s is wonderful, but his one is so close! And, it’s so easy! Use this recipe (I would double it, it is even great the next day). Buy either the crispy chicken tenders (which would be closer to the OG kind) or the grilled chicken, both in the freezer section. Make this sauce, and cook the chicken according to directions. Add the sauce to the pasta and top with the chicken. OMG, it will be so wonderful!!! Here is the recipe:

Creamy Alfredo Sauce

8 ounces dry fettuccine pasta
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1 pinch ground nutmeg
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
In a medium saucepan, combine cream cheese, Parmesan, margarine, milk, garlic powder and basil and stir over low heat until smooth and creamy, 10 to 15 minutes. Toss sauce with pasta and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve.

If you want sides…here are my favorites for pasta dinners:

Homemade garlic bread:

1 cube real butter
3-4 cloves garlic, minced

Saute together about 5 minutes.
Spread on fresh sliced french bread with a pastry brush. Heat under the broiler until light brown. Yummy!!

Caesar Coleslaw

1 pkg pre-made coleslaw
1/4-1/2 cup shredded parmesean cheese
1/2 pkg caesar croutons
1 bottle creamy caesar dressing

Toss first three ingredients together. Add enough dressing to coat. It’s even good the next day!

Hope you like…it took me a long time to find the best alfredo recipe!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Locusts are just grasshoppers that have started swarming and gone through some physical changes because of overcrowding. If you had locusts there would hardly be any green in your garden and you would see them all around.

There are some kinds of cutworms that will eat a whole seedling. Cutworms also hide during the day, so the only sign that you have them is when seedlings are cut down, or totally disappear.

They are easy to deal with in a garden. You just need to put paper collars around the young plants and push it into the soil 1 1/2 inches or so and the cutworms won’t be able to get at your plants. The collars can be made from paper cups, rolled up newspaper, toilet paper rolls, or whatever else your little heart desires. The collar will decompose over time so you don’t have to remove them.

Here is an example picture: http://wildsagehomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/martha-stewart-paper-collars.jpg

If you make your garden an attractive place for birds, they will help get rid of the cutworm adults.

GardenersCardiff answers:

I don’t know of any bugs that crawl into vegetables on the top of my head i know their are some usually they tend to be rotting or over ripen though at least the ones i know of do this. But for tomatoes no i don’t know any that crawl into them. Get some good bugs that will nto harm your plants for example lady bugs are highly wanted due to the fact they eat aphids which no one wants. Or pray mantis. Usually if their are bugs in your vegetables or crops their are signs to begin with. Like holes in the vegetables.

If you plant leafy greens you might want to check them for tunnelers they are easy to spot due to the tunnels they make in the leaves.

Other then that it’s pretty much a trial and error thing grow them and learn from your experiences and mistakes im new to gardening this is my first year and i have made so many mistakes but learned from them as well.

Also if you want to grow organically i HIGHLY suggest you look up somehting called vermicomposting and get one going. It’s cheap and easy to do and take little effort and time great fertilizer naturally and also good for keeping some pests away as well.