Fat Frog Diary

 It's too hot to cook in Florida and most of the Deep South right now. It's mid-July, and sometimes all I can do is reach for a popsicle.  These easy sandwich spreads are the perfect answer to "not another sandwich!" and "we can take this to the picnic table" at the theme park or zoo rather than spend money at an overpriced restaurant with pretensions of grandeur.  I hope you like them as much as I do. The Deviled Egg Sandwich Spread is one of my go-to staples, since hard-cooked eggs can be made well in advance. Keeping them around to make the spread is the issue since hard-cooked eggs are a real temptation. 

​ YOU SHOULD ADD A STRAWBALE OR TWO TO YOUR GARDEN If your ground is too hard to work, you end up getting a late start, or if you just don't feel like cleaning up in the garden, you might want to look into getting a few Straw Bales for your Spring/Summer or even Fall Garden.  If you haven't tried this method, you might want to try it out on at least a part of your Garden. The ability to grow in a smaller space, no digging involved, and much less problems with insect pests is making more Families switch at least part of their Gardens over to Straw Bales. Here is some info on this gardening method from Joel Karsten.  Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is actually the straw bale itself, held together with two or three strings, the outside crust of the bale serves as the container. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decompose, the straw becomes "conditioned" and ready to plant. The step-b...