Grilling Times for Beef, Pork, Fish, Chicken, & Veggies

Found a great website that details grilling times for all cuts of meat, fish, seafood and vegetables. Grilling Times.com

Often I have the meat on the grill and I am scrambling to remember how long to cook it. I have printed these times and have them stored in my grill cabinet.

Tips and Grilling times for Beef Roasts

Tips and Grilling times for Beef Steaks

Tips and Grilling times for Fish and Seafood

Tips and Grilling times for Pork Chops and Steaks

Tips and Grilling times for Pork Roasts

Tips and Grilling times for Poultry

Tips and Grilling times for Vegetables


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Pork Tenderloin Recipe for the Grill
Firecracker Grilled Salmon
Great Burger Recipe
Marinated Grilled Shrimp Recipe
Cajun Chicken
California Grilled Veggie Sandwich

When and How to Prune Roses for the Novice

Found this very helpful post on Backyard Gardening Tips Blog about how to prune Roses. There is a video that is really great. Having someone talk to me about pruning roses I find very helpful.

How to Prune Roses -Growing Roses-Care of Different Types of Roses

Pruning Roses for Maximum Display- includes video

some other sites I found useful:

How and when to Prune Roses By Marie Iannotti

Pruning Roses..University of Illinois extension

How and When to Prune Roses video

Pruning Roses video

Pruning Roses from Rose Magazine

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July Plant of the Month

Obtained information from Gardening Green for Less Magazine & Ball Horticultural Company

Sangria Ornamental Pepper

Features:
It may not pack the heat, but it can take it. A drought-tolerant option for hot summers, this ornamental pepper features loads of striking purple-and-red fruit that is safe (not hot) for small children, should they happen to conduct a taste test of their own.

Uses: This showstopper will stand alone in containers, or look great in mixed displays or the parts of your garden that could use a little exotic flair
Scientific Name : Capsicum annuum
Common Name : Chili pepper
Hardiness Degree : 40°F (4.4°C)
Plant Habit : Mounded, Upright
Characteristics : Drought Tolerant, Colorful/Attractive Foliage, Heat Tolerant, Low Maintenance
Water : Medium
Fertilize : Every two weeks
Spacing : 14 - 16" (36 - 41cm)
Height : 10 - 12" (25 - 30cm)
Width : 16 - 18" (41 - 46cm)
Exposure : Sun
General Information : Plants have a full and somewhat spreading habit, and produce striking purple and red fruits that are non-pungent (not hot when eaten).
Idea & Tips : Extremely drought tolerant and easy to produce under hot summer conditions.

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Other Postings that may be of interest:
Plants of the Month
Plant some Fall Bulbs for added color in your Garden
When and How to prune roses for novices

View these Garden Paths

16 Beautiful Garden Paths
By Sunset

This link to msn real estate.. is a slideshow worth viewing..will give you many ideas

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Some other postings that may be of interest to you:
Grow kids interest in Gardening with these tips
Great Gardening Blogs and Websites
Top Landscaping Sites have great ideas for your outdoor living space

Tomato Blight

We all know that the amount of rain that we got over the last month is not good for our vegatable gardens.

I found a posting on Doug's Green Garden that addresses the serious problems at hand for tomatoes specifically.

The problem is sweeping the East Coast right now - confirmed lab reports from several states and many gardeners reporting dramatic plant deaths - and with the cold wet weather, this is going to wipe out a lot of tomatoes - commercially and in the home garden.


If you hang out on the Net at all, you're going to be reading about it everywhere gardeners congregate. Here's the real deal on what it is, how you recognize it, and what to do about it if you get it. Tomato Blight Post on Doug Green's Blog