Dear Neil: Maybe it was the last two cold winters. The top half of my crape myrtle is dead. The bottom half is green and has new growth. Can the dead part be removed, or does it need to be cut off at the ground?
We’re not talking about throwing crazy berserk planting parties, but what an idea! The enthusiastic (have you ever been around a birder who spots a new bird?) Tulsa Audubon Society hosted their 29th annual Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour & Plant Sale May 14-15. The theme: “Gardening for Wildlife. Invite nature to your yard.” Five private residences have planted their landscapes to share with wildlife. We humans were invited to visit these private spaces that nurture native plants, including host plants for butterflies. Clean water was available in every single garden, along with birdhouses, rocks, trees and cool paths to wander. The gardens provided nourishment and shelter year-round, but this time of year, the spring flowers took center stage. Along with the PGA Tournament. More on that later.
Foy Wallace scholarship recipients announced Jaymison Bella Voto has been awarded the Foy Wallace Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 by the Sherman Rotary Club. Voto recently graduated by Gunter High School.
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, plus 3 tablespoons juice (1 lemon) 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil ¼ teaspoon honey Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 pound zucchini (2 medium) 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, finely grated (about ½ cup), plus shaved to serve ½ cup lightly packed mint, torn ½ cup lightly packed fresh basil, torn ¼ cup hazelnuts, toasted, skinned and roughly chopped In a large bowl, whisk together the lemon zest and juice, oil, honey, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Set aside.
NEW YORK (AP) — As a kid, Eitan Bernath didn’t collect baseball cards, comic books or coins like his peers did. He collected kitchen tools. “My fondest memories from my life are always around food,” he says.
LAPLACE, La. (AP) — With the back-to-back punch of COVID-19 and Hurricane Ida, chef Jarred I. Zeringue decided it was time to shake things up — and finally get out the cookbook he had been working on for several years.
Dear Abby: My husband and I are in our 40s. Last year, we decided to make a very big change in our lives. We decided to seek out a second wife (sister wife) for my husband. I was completely on board with it at first. He reached out to a woman he knew years ago and asked if she would consider joining our family. However, I started getting this feeling that she wasn’t the right woman to bring into our family. She ignored many of my in-depth questions about why she wanted to live this type of life.
Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 85-year-old female. Three years ago, a podiatrist diagnosed neuropathy (non-diabetic). He prescribed an orthotic for my shoe, measured some numbness and said come back in a year. I have made two yearly visits with his cutting my nails and checking feeling, which has progressed with numbness in my toes and the balls of my feet.
Spiralizing zucchini into “noodles” often translates into a wan and watery dish, a poor imitation of the pasta it attempts to emulate. Generally, it’s better to let an ingredient shine on its own merits. And for raw zucchini, we didn’t need to look far to find a better answer.
Dear Abby: When my boyfriend found out I have the money to do it, he asked me to pay off his car. Now, because I said no, he won’t answer the phone or talk to me. I have helped him in the past, but he continues to ask me for money. I think he’s using me. He tries to make me feel guilty by accusing me of not caring about him because, “If I did, I would pay off his car.”