February 2012: Warm enough to shed outer layers of clothes
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Things with Wings
One rather chilly morning 10 days or so ago, Logan and I were thinning lettuce and weeding inside the greenhouse, waiting for it to warm up enough to work outside. Peter was wheeling loads of compost from Logan’s backyard to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluebird, brassica, Brassicaceae, cabbage white butterfly, Caterpillar, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, Nest box, New York, Tree Swallow
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Black Friday at the greenhouse
Perhaps unsurprisingly, none of us involved in the Winter Bounty project are Black Friday enthusiasts; no, we don’t enjoy dodging fellow shoppers armed with pepper spray to obtain dubious bargains. However, I didn’t want to let the Thanksgiving holiday go … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, blackfriday, greenhouse, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, radish, Thanksgiving, winter harvest
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Preparing for winter bounty by fighting the caterpillars
It’s been a little over a year since the Winter Bounty Project got underway. We’re now back to where it all began: watching things that we planted in the last month begin to sprout and grow, and helping them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Caterpillar, food, garden, greenhouse, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, New York, pest control, winter harvest
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Out with the Kale, in with the Kale
“Hey, Logan,” I asked. “Have you ever tried to grow fennel?” “I have, but it always bolts,” she said. And that’s why I ran right out and bought fennel seeds after another workday at the greenhouse. Based on our experience … Continue reading
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Tagged eliot coleman, fennel, greenhouse, greens, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, vegetable, vegetables
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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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“A meal any way you look at it”: Cooking from the greenhouse
I asked people in our group how they’d been cooking from the greenhouse lately. Lydia said, “I am just a fan of sautéing some onions and garlic and throwing in anything we picked from the greenhouse. I cook it for … Continue reading
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Tagged Beet, Carrot, Cooking, food, garden, gardening, greens, high house, hoop house, Hudson Valley, kale, locavore, Mizuna, Radicchio, recipes, salad, vegetable, vegetables, winter harvest
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