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