Almanac for Homemakers

Use Dandelion Greens for Salad "When you cut dandelions out of your lawn, make use of them as salad greens. Gather them before the   flowers bud, cutting the plants at ground level with a sharp knife." Our Almanac really likes to inform us that you can totally eat things out of your lawn and garden that you normally wouldn't think about eating. We talked about eating flowers. We have even talked about eating bugs from your yard. Now we can add another item to the list. Dandelions. Everything about the plant is edible. Flowers, stems, and leaves are all good eatin'. Here is a simple recipe from our book: Wash the leaves several times and blot dry. Fry bacon to a crisp and leave the fat in the pan. Crumble the bacon over the greens along with a hard cooked egg. Pour the bacon fat over the greens to wilt them. Add vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. Toss and serve. I really don't know what I am more excited ...

Recycle Bacon Fat to the Winter Birds "What happens to the bacon fat produced in your household? Does it all go into the garbage? You can make good use of it in feeding winter birds." Ummm Es-queeze me? So I have never thought about this but most birds are straight up meat eaters. Yeah they will eat seed from a feeder but they love some bugs. In the winter months, bacon fat won't melt as easy and stay solid longer outside for birds to come and enjoy. You can attract some different types of birds to your yard by doing this. I even found a craft on a website for this because of course Click here to make your own Bacon Fat Bird Feeder Here is the good thing about attracting birds to your yard; birds eat and hunt bugs. We used to have some garden spiders but they disappeared soon after the birds found them.  So remember that these birds that come and peck on your feeder are dangerous animals who descended from dinosaurs. They just ...