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Shamrock Pie
for St. Patrick's Day
Whether or not you believe in
leprechauns, elves, fairies, and
other such mischievous creatures,
you’ll find this light, creamy pie to
your liking. The ground shamrocks
give it a pale green color, perfect
for St. Patrick’s day. This pie is a
light textured dessert (but not
necessarily low calorie!) that
would also make a delicious
dessert for your Easter dinner or
any company meal.
Shamrock Pie
1 9-10” pixie dust crust, recipe
below
1 3-ounce package ground
shamrock leaves (if these are
unavailable in your area, use
lime flavor gelatin)
1 cup magic water (use dew
collected from four-leaf
clovers, or substitute tap water
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ME RECOMMEND
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BROADEST-SPECTRUM
CONTROL YOU CAN GET.
When you plant com for a
Irving, you can’t afford to take
chances with your crop.
Growers around here know
they can come to us for
COUNTER' systemic
insecticide - nematicide.
COUNTER delivers the
broadest'spectrum control
available. COUNTER pro'
tects your crop with outstand'
mg control of rootworms,
nematodes, seed com mag'
gots, seed com beetles,
wireworms, symphylans,
v*hite grubs, billbugs and flea
beetles And COUNTER
delivers cutworm suppres
sion, too. All at one low rate.
1 8-ounce package elf cheese
substitute cream cheese, if
necessary)
Vt cup ground Blarney stone (if
unavailable, use sugar)
1 leprechaun’s lemon (one lime
will do)
1 0-ounce container fairy fluff (or
use Whipped Topping, or 1 cup
whipping cream, whipped)
1. Heat magic water in a two-cup
glass measure for minutes on
high, until boiling. Stir in ground
shamrock leaves, until dissolved.
Set aside.
2. Grate rind of leprechaun’s
lemon into a small bowl. Heat fruit
for 30 seconds on high, then
squeeze juice into bowl with rind.
(Heating the fruit releases more
juice.) Set aside.
3. Place elf cheese in a large
glass or plastic mixing bowl, and
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Conservation Tillage
If you practice conserva*
tion tillage, COUNTER fits
your operation. You can apply
it banded or in the seed fur
row, where it can’t blow away
or get hung up in crop rest-
dues. COUNTER is seed safe,
even applied uvfurrow. And
COUNTER controls on con
tact and systenucally to pro'
tect your young crop and get it
off to a fast, healthy stand.
Best for First-Year Com
Rootworms may not be a
major problem in your first'
year com, but there’s a com'
plex of other pests that attack
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soften by heating for 1 minute on
low (30,3 defrost). Using an
electric mixer, beat in ground
Blarney stone, then juice and rind
from leprechaun’s lemon until
very smooth and creamy. (Scrape
bowl several times during beating
so no elf cheese lumps remain.)
Beat in shamrock mixture until
smooth. Chill in refrigerator for 45-
60 minutes, until almost set.
4. When mixture is thick and
almost set, beat in fairy fluff until
smooth. Turn into pixie dust crust
and refrigerate several hours or
overnight. Makes a 9-10 inch pie.
Pixie dust crust
IVfe cups pixie dust (or use graham
cracker crumbs)
V« cup ground Blarney stone
(again, substitute sugar if you
need to)
% cup leprechaun’s gold
(margarine or butter can be
substituted, if necessary)
1. Place leprechaun’s gold in a 6-
10” microsafe pie pan. Heat on
high for 45-60 seconds until melted.
Stir in pixie dust and ground
Blarney stone until well mixed.
2. Press into bottom and sides of
pie plate using a flat bottomed
bowl or custard cup.
3. Heat crust 2 minutes on high to
set. Rotate a quarter turn after 1
minute if your oven heats
unevenly. Cool before filling.
Note: The times given above are
for microwaves with 600-700 watts
of power. For 500-600 W, add 10
seconds to each minute; for 400-500
W, add 20 seconds to each minute.
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your crop and can substan
tially reduce plant vigor,
stands and yields. Many
farmers around this part of the
country are reporting much
better stand counts and yields
after using COUNTER insec
ticide on first-year com.
So if you plant com for a
living, stop by and see us for
the best crop protection you
can get Come by for all the
facts. And see why we rec
ommend COUNTER for the
broadest-spectrum control
you can get.
Agricultural Otvtaien
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lot of friction, and friction causes
heat (just rub your hands together
briskly!). So the heat which cooks
your food in a microwave oven
comes from the friction created by
the food molecules vibrating. Very
simply, your food rubs itself
cooked! and that’s not magic, or is
it?
This intense vibration causes a copyright mb, Lam Bloomer
Did you know that microwave
ovens don’t really cook your food
by magic? Microwaves are at
tracted to fats, sugars and liquids
in foods. When microwaves enter
food, they cause the food particles
(or molecules) to vibrate very
rapidly millions of times each
second if you can belive it!
Beat garden peals
wrfti early pesticide applications
NEWARK, Del. Home gar
deners can get ahead of the gar
dening game with timely pesticide
and fertilizer applications, says
Delaware State College extension
agricultural agent Glenn Layton.
Late winter is the time to have soil
tested so that gardens can be
fertilized and limed before spring
planting. It’s also the time to apply
dormant insect sprays to fruit
trees and ornamentals.
In general, vegetable garden
fertility levels can be maintained
by applying 50 pounds of limestone
per 1,000 square feet every threa>to
four years, and by adding two to
three pounds of 5-10-10 or 10-10-10
per 100 square feet each spring.
Putting on an additional pound of
fertilizer per 100-foot row six to
eight weeks after planting will also
be helpful. Though these practices
will usually maintain soil fertility,
Layton says it’s wise to have
garden soil tested periodically.
Another way to get a jump on the
growing season is to spray
susceptible trees and shrubs for
scales, spider mites (not true in
sects) and mealy bugs. These are
among the hardest pests to control
as well as the most damaging. ‘‘lf
any of your trees or shrubs have a
history of these insects, take steps
right now to reduce spring and
summer infestations,” the agent
says. “Dormant oil sprays such as
supreme oil or volck, can be ap
plied while plants are still dor
mant.” These sprays work by
coating the eggs or bodies of
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overwintering insects and suf
focating them.
Spider mites can’t be seen
without a hand lens or microscope,
but their damage is easy to spot.
The leaves on infested plants lose
their shine and become yellow or
speckled. If uncontrolled, mites
will eventally weaken and
sometimes kill the plant.
“Most scales don't look like
insects at all,” Layton says. “The
branches on an infested plant have
crusted appearance. Up close, the
scales look like bumpy little tor
toises without legs, heads or tails.
Usually the only time you can see
legs on a scale insect is when it is
newly hatched, and even then
they’re so small you can’t see them
without a magnifying glass. At this
stage the young are called
crawlers.” This is when they’re
most susceptible to insecticides,
but the stage lasts only a few
hours, which is why dormant
sprays are usually preferred.
The eggs of most scale species
hatch in May or June, so plants
must be watched closely then to
make sure the dormant oil
treatment was effective. If
crawlers are present, a rescue
spray with another insecticide
may be needed.
Lawns can be fertilized in March
and April. Laton recommends
using five to 10 pounds of 124-8 per
1,000 square feet. Heavier ap
plications are usually made in the
fall. Again, a soil test is the only
way to know exactly what is
needed.
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