vegetables

Markets Are Hotter Than Ever

09.05.2011 Food
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Late Summer is such a treat and the market is full of delicious food. We spent Saturday morning at the Union Square Greenmarket where we were taken with peaches, peppers, and other edible delights. We even developed a new farm crush on Tweefontein Herb Farm. The peppers are from the Eckerton Hill Farm, and the [...]

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Radishes, who knew?

07.19.2011 Cooking
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These are radish seed pods. It’s what happens when you don’t harvest the root and let the plant go to seed. They taste just like a radish with the added pop of a sugar snap pea. You can sautée them, as well, but they lose most of their flavor in the process, so why bother?

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Training, Weeding, and Bugs…Oh My!

07.17.2011 Gardening
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It has been a perfect growing season in Astoria. The weather has provided a magical mix of rain and sun. The result; we are completely overgrown. In years past our tomatoes have reached 3-4 feet tall; this year, they are 8 feet tall and still growing. Our cucumber and bean trellis has exceeded our expectations [...]

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Homecoming Harvest

07.12.2011 Gardening
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Well, I’ve been in Alaska for five weeks working for an amazing organization. The weather there was cold and wet. While I was gone, Erich was working his butt off keeping the garden alive. The result is that I got to come home to a harvest that looked like this:

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Here come the Cukes!

06.20.2011 Gardening
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That was then (four days ago), This is now

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How do I look?

06.14.2011 Gardening
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Forgotten Herbs- Comfrey

05.11.2011 Gardening

I‘ll admit it- I’m a total sucker when it comes to herbs. If it was up to me at least half of Garden B would be devoted to herbs. And like most things in life the more obscure the herb the more I want to grow it.  I collect herbs the way some people collect [...]

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