Monthly Archives: June 2012

Harvest Monday, June 18, 2012

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Norma Chang

This past week was a good harvest week. In my garden flat above are, left to right: ♦ Gai lan (Chinese broccoli), weight: 1 pound.  It liked the cool weather we had and grew nice and fat. Don’t think it is … Continue reading →

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Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Norma Chang

I was invited to present a cooking demo at the Rhinebeck Outdoor Farmers’ Market on Sunday, June 10, 2012 using locally available products. Not sure what is/will be available, decided I should pay a visit to the market the Sunday before. Was pleasantly … Continue reading →

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Guinness World Record – Walkway Over the Hudson is IN

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Norma Chang

On April 4, 2012 I wrote a post titled Hokey Pokey Over the Hudson River. Organizers of Walkway Over the Hudson were seeking 3000 people to do the hokey pokey on the walkway on Saturday, June 9, 2012, to break the world … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, June 11, 2012

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Norma Chang

We had rain, lot of rain. Everything is lush including the weeds, need to get out to the gardens and do some serious weeding. Flower and perennial beds are gorgeous from afar, but up close and personal there are many … Continue reading →

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Wilted Lettuce Cimmaron with Garlic Scape

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Norma Chang

Garlic scape Many of my blog followers will remember my writing about harvesting and using garlic green (4/9/12 and 4/20/12 posts), now I am harvesting and using garlic scape. What is garlic scape, you may ask? It is the “flower stem” or “flower … Continue reading →

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