It’s hard to know which cliché to use: April Fool or April is the Cruelest Month. Either one suits the continuing stretch of cold temperatures we’ve been experiencing the last few months and the stark disbelief of seeing a forecast … Continue reading
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
In January, some of the Winter Bounty group attended a talk by Cary Institute scientist Peter Groffman, entitled Snow is Good. Peter described experiments in which he removed snow pack from forest areas in the White Mountains of New Hampshire; … Continue reading
Subzero is an upscale refrigerator brand, but it was also our temperature in the Hudson Valley for a few days this week. On Sunday, Logan emailed this report: “At 4 pm today I finally looked in on the greenhouse. As … Continue reading
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More than a foot of snow fell in the Hudson Valley last week, our third major snowfall this winter. Marsha visited the greenhouse the day after the latest snowstorm, and took these pictures before shoveling some of the snow. As … Continue reading
In the category of counting our blessings, we are grateful that we didn’t experience the high winds and heavy snows that the Midwest suffered last week; unlike the Metrodome, our greenhouse is still intact! But we’ve had an unusual cold … Continue reading
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