Summer berry ice cream - recipe

Use boysenberries, blackberries, or olallieberries to make this very rich ice cream.

Photo: For flats, make 10 rows at a time bypressing homemade form into soil. It's great for large-scale seed-sowing jobsPhoto: For tubs, ice creamstick presses perfect, straight seed rows in potting mix; wiggle the stick when you press to make the rows wider than the stick's edgeIf you sow many flats, the row-maker atleft is easy and effective to use. It's made of a scrap of board cut to fit a flat (flats are different sizes, so you'll have to measure yours and cut the board to fit). Nail or glue strips of 1/2-inch beveled molding across it to make the rows. To make the board easy to hold, attach a pair of drawer handles to the back. You can regulate the depth of the rows by how far you press the board into the soil.On this page, we show three tricks to helpgardeners who start large parts of their gardens from seed. The techniques are simple and make the job go faster."That's an important part of the show, to bring in as much new product for the people,' said Hitts. "Sometimes we can and sometimes we can't get new products. We don't actively seek it. We respect the position of the manufacturers and wouldn't pressure them to give us product they don't feel ready to introduce.Show specials at the last housewares show held in November of last year included four electric West Bend items that had been marked down. The Mini Food Processor was reduced to $39.96 from $44.96. Slow cooker, popcorn popper and electric work models by the vender were also promoted.At The Andersons, the housewares department differs from typical discount stores in several ways. Incorporating consumer electronics such as televisions and VCRs plus furniture in with the usual electric and basic housewares, the department occupies 20,000 sq. ft. in a roughly 130,000-sq.-ft. store.If you sow in small tubs like the oneshown above, ice cream sticks are good row-makers; raked across the sown tub, they make covering the seeds easy, too.

Crank until dasher is hard to turn (or cream is frozen in automatic machine). The softly frozen ice cream can be served now. If you want a firmer texture, remove dasher, cover ice cream with plastic wrap, and replace lid; freeze until firm (or store in freezer). Makes about 2 quarts.