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A farewell from Winter Bounty
Over the next few months, the Winter Bounty Project will be drawing to a close. Several of us are moving away from the area, and the greenhouse will be sold along with the property it stands on. For now, a … Continue reading
Smaller-scale growing season extenders
A visitor to our garden once called our Rolling Thunder hoop house “the Cadillac of greenhouses.” It’s suited to a small farm, or, as in our case, a collective of a handful of families. But what a lot of people … Continue reading
Black-tie kale
There was a party, in honor of the speakers at a Cary Institute event. Our friend and onetime guest blogger Akiko Bush has just published An Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science. She spoke and read from the book, in … Continue reading
Some more recipe links for greens
Our greenhouse group is favoring salads and simple, improvisational ways of using greens these days–like adding them to pastas or stir-fries. So I’ve gone online to find some new recipes to feature in the blog, including one rather unusual dessert … Continue reading
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Tagged Chard, Cooking, gardening, greenhouse, harvest, hoop house, Hudson Valley, locavore, Martha Rose Shulman, Pioneer Woman, recipe, Ruth Reichl, Spinach, The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses, winter harvest
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Ladybug sex
Ladybugs are our most viable tool in the war against aphids until we can harvest some tomato leaves this summer and use them to make a tea/repellant. As I mentioned in an earlier post, several members of our group have … Continue reading
A sister project in Maine
One of the goals of the Winter Bounty Project has been to show others what can be done with an unheated greenhouse in a cold climate. So we’re happy when we hear that others have followed our lead. For example: … Continue reading
Kale for all seasons
We’ve gone from bitter cold to spring warmth in a matter of days, and it appears that we may be headed back to the chilly side of things. No matter. We have a kale recipe for every weather mood, and … Continue reading
At war with aphids
The other day, I found a ladybug at the base of a kale plant, and Marsha said, “I hope it has a napkin around its neck!” That’s because ladybugs are one of the two currently available weapons in our continuing … Continue reading
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Tagged Aphid, garden, greenhouse, greens, hoop house, Hudson Valley, Winter Bounty, Winter garden, winter harvest
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The Winter Bounty Project 