Spring

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Carrots

~ lindy

 

We used these for party favors at our Easter Dinner Party  and these carrots would also be fun for a garden party.

Note:  I know candy melts are a true chocolate covering, but you could use any chocolate you like  to cover pretzels.

 

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Carrots

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*Stick Pretzels, I used around 70, filling 7 bags
*1 cup Orange Candy Melts
*1/2 cup Green Candy Melts
*Carrot Bags, Dollar Store or Walmart
*Jute
*Wax Paper
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In 2 glass measuring cups, melting colors separately, melt the candy melts in 30 second increments until melted.  Dip the pretzel into the cup with orange melted melts 3/4 the way up the pretzel.  Then allow them to dry on wax paper.  Then dip the other end of pretzel into the melted green candy melts and allow drying on wax paper.
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Place 10 covered pretzel carrots in each carrot bag and tie with a piece of jute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Lindy

Seed Planting 2015

~ lindy

 

 

Start a garden today to have a great harvest in the fall and food to store for winter.  Below is a selection of the seeds we grow in zone 4.  Also see our Gardening section  for more gardening tips and planting.

Seed list for Planting 2015

*2 pounds Pontiac Potatoes (1 pound potatoes will plant about 10 feet in garden)
*3 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes
*Dulce Grande Onions, bunch starts (last 3-6 months in cold storage, dig up in the fall)
*Red Zeppelin Onions, bunch starts (last about 4-5 months in storage, dig up in the fall
*Red Shallots, 7 bulb starts
*Long White Bunching onions, 1/16 ounce
*Detroit Dark Red Beets, 1/8 ounce
*Blue Lake Bush Beans, 1/4 pound
*Slenderette Bean, 1/4 pound
*Jade Bush Beans, 1/4 pound
*Ambrosia Cantaloupe, 1/64 ounce
*Nantes Coreless Carrots, 1/8 ounce
*Little Finger Carrots, 1/8 ounce
*Ambrosia Corn, 1/4 pound
*Spacemaster Cucumber, 1/32 ounce
*Pioneer Pickling Cucumber, 1/16 ounce
*Black Bush Dry Bean, 1/4 pound
*Curled Herb Parsley, 1/64 ounce
*Flat Italian Herb Parsley, 1/64 ounce
*Buttercrunch Lettuce, 1/32 ounce
*Dwarf Blue Curled Kale, 1/16 ounce
*Great Lakes Lettuce, 1/32 ounce
*Outback Romaine Lettuce, 1/32 ounce
*Correnta Spinach, 1/8 ounce
*Little Marvel Pea, 1/4 pound
*Lincoln Pea, 1/4 pound
*Early Frost Pea, 1/4 pound
*Cherry Belle Radish, 1/8 ounce
*Rumbo Pumpkin
*Acorn Squash, 1/16 ounce
*Banana Squash
*Burpee Butterbush Butternut Squash, 1/16 ounce
*Victory Freezer Pea, 1/4 pound
*Cinderella Pumpkin, 1/16 ounce
*Big Max Pumpkin, 1/16 ounce
*Early Sugar Pie Pumpkin, 1/16 ounce
*Lumina Pumpkin, 1/32 ounce
*Fancycrook Crookneck Squash, 1/16 ounce
*Spacemiser Zucchini Squash, 1/16 ounce
*Spaghetti Squash, 1/16 ounce
*Pink Girl Tomato, 100 mg
*Roma Tomato, 100 mg
We also planted 6 bare-root  Heritage Raspberries and 25 Honeoye June Bearing Strawberry starts bare-root.  I’ve had June bearing strawberries for about 8 years and they were getting tired in the spot I planted them so I’m adding soil amendments:  Humate, Peat Moss, Soil Building Compost and planting new bare-root starts.
 

 

Enjoy Gardening!

 

Lindy