Cypress North November 2019

Recipes
and Gardening Tips
Creamy Spicy Guacamole
You could make this on National Spicy Guacamole Day November 14th!
INGREDIENTS:
3 large avocados - peeled, pitted and diced
1 tomato, seeded and chopped
2 green onions, finely chopped
1/2 lime, juiced
1 tablespoon salsa or more to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon sour cream
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Mash avocado in a large bowl. Stir tomato, green onions, lime juice, salsa,
garlic, sour cream, vinegar, cayenne pepper and cumin with the mashed
avocado until evenly mixed; season with salt and black pepper. Cover bowl
with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
Source: allrecipes.com
Three Cranberry Relish
You could make this on National Cranberry Relish Day November 22nd!
Ingredients:
1 pound cranberries
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
1 1/2 cups sweetened-dried cranberries
1/4 cup orange juice
2/3 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon orange zest
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a 3-quart saucepan and cook over medium
heat until cranberries pop. Serve warm or cold. As it the relish sits it
thickens up.
Source: allrecipes.com
Gardening Tips For November
• Brown patch will continue to plague St. Augustine lawns as nights get cooler and humidity and rain continue. Discolored circles will appear in low
areas almost overnight. Apply a fungicide recommended for brown patch according to label directions. Avoid walking through brown-patched turf.
It spreads easily from the bottom of your shoes. If brown patch appears in the same lawn areas every year, add an inch or two of sandy topsoil to
eliminate those low spots.
• Fertilize St. Augustine turf with a winterizing formula to promote root growth over the winter months. Lower your lawn mover blades now and mow
on a schedule that cuts no more than one-third of the grass blade away.
• As chrysanthemums and other perennials finish blooming, cut flowering stalks to the ground to permit all strength to be used in making root growth.
• Feed roses lightly, but avoid nitrogen fertilizers. Do not prune now. Keep up spraying program and water deeply.
• Remove dead foliage and plant debris to help eradicate insects and disease organisms. Thin out and transfer volunteer seedlings. Beds made now
will benefit by weathering before being planted. If soil is heavy, dig six inches deep, leave rough, cover with gymsum and strawy manure, water and
allow to mellow.
• Bananas are more likely to bear fruit if the trunk does not die back in winter. Cut banana stalks back to six feet, wrap with newspaper and burlap.
• Continue mulching for winter. Build up a thick top mulch to protect roots from freezing and winter drying. Don’t throw away those pine tree needles;
they make great acidic mulch for azaleas, gardenias and next Spring’s impatiens.
• Place pansies in beds after weather has cooled. Use a little blood meat mixed in soil under each plant.
• Now is the best time to plant trees and shrubs.
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November 2019 | Cypress North