1 ½ cup flour ¼ teaspoon salt 6 tablespoon shortening Water

Plants for Creating the Easy-Care Summer Garden Plan 3 Catmint (Nepeta × faassenii): Zones 4-9 2 Daylily (Hemerocallis ‘Johnny One Note’): Zones 3-10 1 Bearded iris (Iris ‘Immortality’): Zones 4-9 2 Perennial geranium (Geranium Rozanne): Zones 5-9 2 Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ‘Merlot’): Zones 3-9 2 Blazing star (Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’): Zones 4-9 1 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium ‘Summerwine’): Zones 3-10 3 Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicfolia): Zones 4-9 2 Perennial sunflower (Helianthus multiflorus ‘Flore Pleno’): Zones 4-9 2 Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora): Zones 4-9...

Tips for Planting Bare-Root Roses If bare roots arrive before you’re ready to plant, or before the ground thaws, it’s important to protect them until you can get them in the ground. As long as the roots stay moist, they’ll be fine for a day or two. Open any plastic wrapping around the roots, and refresh them in a bucket of water if you’ll plant within 12 hours. Otherwise, sprinkle the roots with water and leave them wrapped in plastic for a day or two....

Poaching pan directions: Lightly grease each cup of an egg-poaching pan. Place poacher cups over the pan of boiling water (water should not touch bottoms of cups); reduce heat to simmering. Break an egg into a measuring cup. Carefully slide egg into a poacher cup. Repeat with the remaining eggs. Cover and cook for 4 to 6 minutes or until the whites are completely set and yolks begin to thicken but are not hard....

1 cup pomegranate juice 1 cup granulated sugar ¾ cup packed brown sugar 1 dried pasilla or guajillo chile, seeded and crushed

1 ¼ cup whipping cream ¼ cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel Candied Orange Peel 2 medium oranges 1 ⅓ cup sugar ⅓ cup water

3 cup sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb 1 cup ketchup ½ cup apple-cranberry juice ⅓ cup packed brown sugar 2 tablespoon cider vinegar 1 tablespoon coarse-ground mustard ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper For Easy Cleanup: Line your slow cooker with a disposable slow cooker liner. Add ingredients as directed in recipe. Once your dish is finished cooking, spoon the food out of your slow cooker and simply dispose of the liner....

Test Kitchen Tip: Prefer pepperoni or a meatless pie? Think of this quick dinner for two recipe as a template and trade in any of your favorite toppings based on what you have, crave, or need for dietary preference reasons. Test Kitchen Tip: More in the mood for soup? Simply top your bowl with store-bought or homemade chicken broth.