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Country Garden And Lucille: But even without blanching, the tender stalks and the root are used in soups. Outer stalks are discarded. Joe Seals of the Country Garden and Lucille Nava of Lava, New York (each of Italian ancestry) have informed me that "carduni" are also cut into pieces 6 inches long, partially boiled, then dipped in seasoned bread crumbs, then pan-fried.
And, Joe added: "Cardoons have also naturalized in parts of three counties in South Carolina, where the flowers are harvested, dri and sold as 'luck' flowers or cardone puffs, often dyed obnoxii colors."
Janet and Tom are good friends who live in New York City. They visit our country garden in the Catskills every weekend during the season of warmth a regrettably short time, with usually only 110 days between frosts and we always send them home to Manhattan with a bouquet of fresh flowers.Obviously a meadow garden is not for everyone. It does not belong in a single front yard in a suburban housing development where it will be surrounded by dozens of clipped and perfectly kept lawns. There the meadow would be viewed as a thorn among an acre of roses. But for a vacation home, a secluded backyard, or most any rural setting, such a garden is a joy to have that time. In the colder parts of the country, sow the seed in a spring. See Also Rock- Garden Plants:THEY ARE immensely varied in character, some being tiny shrubs, some herbaceous plants, others bulbs, corms, or tubers. Though the majority enjoy open sunny places and well-drained soils, suitable rock plants can be found for almost any situation in the garden, including those that are moist and shady. The fact that rock plants have developed from wild plants brought from many different lands accounts for their fascination with collectors, who can grow a wide variety of plants with different origins in a small area. It is not essential to have a rock garden in order to grow rock- garden plantsgarden plants. Many will grow just as well in ordinary beds, provided the soil is suitable and they are not overrun by larger plants. Dry walls and raised beds are also satisfactory substitutes for rock gardens and may fit more appropriately into the design of small gardens, including even those of formal design.Garden trees; Hedges; Shrubs for year-round interest; Rhododendrons; Climbing and screening plants; Clematis; Colorful perennials; Annuals and biennials; Bedding plants; Fuchsias; Bulbs; rock- garden plantsgarden plants. Climate, more than any other factor, determines the success or failure of the gardener. A garden requires adequate sunshine and rainfall if plants are to thrive in it, but it also needs protection against extremes of weather. On The Other Hand See Garden Supplement":The text is by Andre Maurois, with a "garden supplement" by Jean Coc-teau. The principle recitant is Charles Boyer, whose rich diapason tones are very effective in filling a square mile or so of garden air, and the recitante is Mme Jacqueline Morane. Stars from the Comedie Frangaise and other famous theater groups of Paris supplement their efforts. Drama is piled on drama as we hear, and almost see, Louis XIV, le Roi Soleil, recklessly squandering State funds on the building of his castle and its gardens, and on lavish entertainments for his successive mistresses, Mme La Valliere, Mme de Montespan and Mme de Maintenon, which latter lady he finally married. Late in life he became religious, at his wife's urging, and we hear the music of organ and choir from the palace chapel. As death approaches so also does the king approach his people for a paternal talk from a castle window.The Versailles Spectacle occurs every summer night but on Fridays there is an extra-price gala performance (1000 francs, for further restaura-tion of the chateau) with many hundreds of chairs conveniently placed in the garden for patrons. The show is called A Toutes les Gloires de la France and re-creates the whole drama of this master-chateau, from its construction and enlargement under the 13th, 14th and 15th Louis to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles after Germany's defeat in the First World War. The text is by Andre Maurois, with a "garden supplement" by Jean Coc-teau. |
