February 2012: Warm enough to shed outer layers of clothes
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Mushrooms in the greenhouse
One cool morning a few weeks ago, I arrived at the greenhouse to find a half-dozen or so logs propped up next to the chard. Greg arrived shortly afterward and confessed that the logs were his. He pointed out that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornell University, eating, Edible Fungi, gardening, greenhouse, hoop house, Hudson Valley, Mushroom, Shiitake
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The $5 Challenge
Slow Food USA is taking on the fast food “value meal” by challenging people to make a meal that costs $5 or less per person. What would you cook? Since the weather has taken a crisp turn overnight, my inclination … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, eating, food, gardening, greenhouse, Hudson Valley, Lentil, locavore, Sausage, Slow Food, winter harvest
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Kale salad with beet “croutons”
A nearby restaurant, Millbrook’s Aurelia, offers a kale salad that is so good that riots would ensue if it were removed from the menu. It has shredded kale (possibly blanched), currants, pine nuts, aged balsamic vinaigrette, and some shredded aged … Continue reading
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Tagged beets, Cooking, eating, greenhouse, greens, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, recipe, salad
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You can eat carrot greens! Who knew?
Sometimes, a piece of information falls into your lap at precisely the moment you need it. That’s what happened when I read “Yes, Carrot Tops are Edible…and Delicious” in Gilt Taste, a new online magazine and specialty shop selling artesanal … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby carrot, Carrot, Cooking, eating, food, garden, gardening, greenhouse, greens, Hudson Valley, New York, recipes, Temperature, vegetable, vegetables
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What does a heat wave have to do with winter harvest?
This morning, Logan and I spent some time at the greenhouse, trying to get a bit of work done before the impending heat wave. We spent about a half-hour inventorying projects and identifying items recently planted (that is, Logan identifying … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrot, cover crop, eating, food, garden, greenhouse, greens, Heat wave, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, Lettuce, locavore, winter harvest
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Chard with an Asian Twist
Since we rolled the greenhouse off the winter bed awhile back, crops have gotten plenty of water, and finally, a good dose of sunshine. The chard that we planted in February under the greenhouse is now lush and mature. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, Chard, Cooking, eating, greenhouse, greens, hoop house, Hudson Valley, locavore
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Beating back the inevitability of Food, Inc.
A week or so ago, I attended a screening of the documentary Food, Inc., at the Cary Institute. It was a thorough demolishment of “food as usual” in the U.S., covering the now-familiar ground of feed lots, high fructose corn … Continue reading
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Looking backward . . . and forward; reintroducing the Winter Bounty Project
It’s been just six months since a half-dozen of us stood in a blank slate of a field and talked about where the greenhouse should be. Logan had recruited us–old friends and new, gardeners and black thumbs–because we all had … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, eating, eliot coleman, food, greenhouse, greens, Hudson Valley, locavore, New York, winter, winter harvest
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Two hearty winter dishes with greens
I’ve been using my greens in salads, sauteeing them, or adding them to soups and stews. But the other day, I saw a recipe from chef Suzanne Goin that I decided to adapt. I cooked some barley until it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, eating, food, greens, jamie oliver, recipes, suzanne goin, vegetable, winter harvest
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A Thanksgiving without green bean casserole
For Thanksgiving, I slivered up half an onion and sauteed it for five minutes in my biggest skillet. Then right before we ate, I added large handfuls of Winter Bounty chard, which I had cut into strips. When the greens … Continue reading
