National Garden Bureau Declares 2013 As The Year Of The Gerbera

March 28, 2013 National Garden Bureau

Few flowers capture the hearts of people more than Gerbera Daisies since the daisy shape is such a familiar form and is easily drawn by artists of all abilities. Combine the pleasing shape of Gerbera with bright luminous colors and you have an irresistible plant for today’s gardens.

Gimme That Ragtime Garden Music

March 28, 2013 Floragem

What better way to jazz up a planter than to add some Ragtime garden music? The striking hot pink and white two-tone edges of Ragtime Petunia flowers are the perfect complement to any plant composition.  Ragtime is sister breeding to the highly popular Rhythm and Blues, a petunia that took the garden world by storm a few years ago.  Now with its magenta sibling in town, this is one duet that is sure to be a hit in any venue.

Cheese Of The Week: Pinconning & Colby

Soon enough after Colby’s invention, however, Dan Horn, a dairyman in Pinconning, Mich., decided to make a more acidic version of Colby that could be aged. The result, in 1915, was Pinconning cheese.

Reser’s Introduces New Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

March 28, 2013 Reser's

Reser’s combined two of America’s favorite foods—bacon and Ranch dressing– to elevate its classic pasta salad. Reser’s new American Classics™ Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad is packed with zesty flavor, thanks to the addition of Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Seasoning Mix. This gourmet pasta salad is studded with crisp bacon, mini penne pasta and zesty seasonings.

Hidden Springs Creamery's Ocooch Mountain Earns Sweet 16 Spot In US Championship Cheese Contest

March 28, 2013 Hidden Springs Creamery

Hidden Springs Creamery’s flagship farmstead cheese recently earned a top spot in the March Madness of American cheese, placing in the Sweet 16 of top cheeses at the 2013 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.