The Rural Voice, 2003-09, Page 56before serving. Sprinkle with icing
sugar. Cut into 10 to 12 diagonal
slices.
BEST EVER APPLE CRUMB PIE
Crumb Topping:
In small bowl combine 1/2 cup
(125 mL) all-purpose flour, 1/3 cup
(75 mL) brown sugar and 1/2 tsp (2
mL) cinnamon. Using fork, blend in
1/4 cup (50 mL) cold butter until
coarse crumbs form. If desired stir in
1/2 cup (125 mL) coarsely chopped
nuts. Set aside.
1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) corn starch
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon
4 cups (1 L) sliced, peeled apples
(about 4 medium)
1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice
1 9 inch (22 cm) deep dish pie
shell
In large bowl, combine sugar,
cornstarch and cinnamon. Add apples
and lemon juice; toss to coat. Turn
into pie shell. Sprinkle with crumb
topping.
Bake at 400°F (200°C) 15
minutes; reduce heat to 350°F
(180°C) and bake 35 minutes longer
or until apples are tender.°
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52 THE RURAL VOICE
Gardening
To get beautg of butterflies you need uglg worms
Rhea
Hamilton:
Seeger and
her husband
live near
Auburn. She
is a skilled
cook and
gardener.
By Rhea Hamilton -Seeger
While sitting at my desk one day I
noticed two butterflies fluttering by
my window. One was a rather exotic
Black Swallowtail and the other a
little golden gem called an Admiral.
Butterflies are so delicate and so
desired in our gardens. They are like
the icing on the cake. But how do we
keep them in our gardens. There are a
number of popular books on the
market that go into great detail about
plants that attract butterflies, the
importance of water sources, and now
wooden bird houses designed for
butterflies to offer them shelter. I
don't understand the houses concept.
If your garden is a butterfly friendly
place they should be laying eggs on
the plants they favour and
spending their life cycle
in the
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garden.
the rub.
Butterflies lay their
eggs on select plants which
offer food for the ensuing
larvae or
caterpillars.
These unsavory
little creatures
then feed on the
plant material,
in some
cases
decimating
a plant,
before withdrawing into a chrysalis
and performing one of life's ultimate
miracles, metamorphosis.
It is during the caterpillar stage
that they are most vulnerable. Birds
see them as lunch and there are other
insects such as wasps that use them
as hosts for their own young. And
there are the gardeners that see them
as destructive annoyances.
I had two infestations in my
garden. About 50 little lime green
caterpillars with white and black/grey
markings were making short work of
an old rose variety I had started from
a clipping. Now I know in my mind
that the rose bush is hardy enough to
take the°damage but in my heart I was
annoyed and before spraying with
insecticidal soap and squashing a few
others I took some pictures with the
idea of identifying what the end
butterfly would have been.
Further down the perennial border
was another horde of caterpillars.
These were darker green with a fine
turquoise stripe. They were chowing
down on a hardy annual but only on
one or two plants. The rest were
unscathed. So 1 left them go to it
knowing that there is enough plant to
share and that with those great
colours they were probably black
• swallowtails. Well, I will never make
the pages of National Geographic
with my nature photos. They were so
fuzzy you couldn't even tell what the
picture was of let alone what the
markings were on the caterpillars.
A picture is worth a thousand
words and after researching on the
internet and at my favourite library,
and checking out both local and city
bookstores, I discovered there really
is no great book on identifying
caterpillars for the gardener. There
are some great books on butterflies
with pictures but only written
descriptions of the larva stages. I
went to my trusty Gardener's
Bug Book (4th edition) by
Cynthia Westcott. It is written
to aid gardeners in identifying
garden pests and their control.
(I am careful with her