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04/28/2021

Hudson Walking Map. Spring/Summer 2021 Edition.

07/12/2019

My radishes did very well this year due to a cool early summer. My harvest was huge with a beautiful plump German Giant variety that I received from the Hudson Valley Seed Company. With all those radishes, I decided to try a pickling recipe I've been holding onto for a while: Sweet Riesling Pickled Radishes. Delicious on their own, they're sweet from the wine and a hint of sugar, but still maintain that distinct radish bite from being processed so fresh from harvesting. [ 157 more words ]

My radishes did very well this year due to a cool early summer. My harvest was huge with a beautiful plump German Giant variety that I received from the Hudson Valley Seed Company. With all those r…

08/05/2017

I've never grown eggplant before. I know, I know. What kinda of Sicilian am I? Did I mention I'm Sicilian? Im not, really. I'm American. My great grandparents were from Sicily. And I have some distant cousins living their, none of whom I've met. But I've seen pictures my great aunt Stella has shown me on occasion. But I digress. [ 93 more words ]

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I've never grown eggplant before. I know, I know. What kinda of Sicilian am I? Did I mention I'm Sicilian? Im not, really. I'm American. My great grandparents were from Sicily. And I…

07/31/2017

It happens every year. I spend days-no weeks, eying and spying on all my plants looking for first flowers, then buds, in hope they'll form that yummy fruit. Cucumbers are no exception. They're great at hiding their bounty from me underneath those umbrella leaves. And then there they are. Perfect little cukes just right for the taking. And I do. Excited with that years first bounty of cucumbers, there's nothing like a fresh cucumber. [ 157 more words ]

http://shotaling.com/that-hidden-giant/

It happens every year. I spend days-no weeks, eying and spying on all my plants looking for first flowers, then buds, in hope they’ll form that yummy fruit. Cucumbers are no exception. They& #…

07/31/2017

Got extra herbs laying around in the fridge or growing in the garden or windowsill? Bought a bunch of parsley or cilantro for a recipe and only needed 2 tablespoons? Tired of that same old salad for lunch, but still want to eat healthy? Spice - I mean, HERB up your salad! That's right! I've got a ton of flat-leaf parsley growing in my garden right now. [ 122 more words ]

http://shotaling.com/herb-up-your-salad/

Got extra herbs laying around in the fridge or growing in the garden or windowsill? Bought a bunch of parsley or cilantro for a recipe and only needed 2 tablespoons? Tired of that same old salad fo…

07/28/2017

Normally zucchini never has any problem growing and producing. As my grandmother would way, you'd be shoving them through the rear car windows of friends and family, just to get rid of them. But for some unknown reason, my zucchini plants are dying. The leaves are browning, shriveling up, and one by one, the plants are dying. I don't know if it's too much rain, not enough nutrients in the ground, just some blight I'm unaware of, or what. Nothing else seems to be so dramatically affected. I did get about 4 or 5 squash from the plants so far. But this is near tragic.

http://shotaling.com/its-not-always-perfect/

Normally zucchini never has any problem growing and producing. As my grandmother would way, you’d be shoving them through the rear car windows of friends and family, just to get rid of them. …

06/07/2017

02/20/2017

Before the US Civil War, the great American poet Walt Whitman wrote these words in the first edition of Leaves of Grass: Tenderly will I use you curling grass,It may be you transpire from the breasts of young men...