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Post by ferdzy on Mar 4, 2012 10:08:40 GMT -5
Hi there; I just wanted to repeat what I said in my introduction about my blog. i.e, I have one. It is called Seasonal Ontario Food and a lot of it is recipes, but it also includes posts about visits to farms and other food producers/processors AND posts about our garden and some of the vegetables we grow in it. For garden posts, check the index for "A Note from the Garden". For posts about particular vegetables (and fruits) check "A Varietal Report". seasonalontariofood.blogspot.com/ |
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 9, 2012 7:51:22 GMT -5
Checked it out. Nice looking food!
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 9, 2012 17:05:04 GMT -5
Thanks, OG.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 9, 2012 17:27:45 GMT -5
Ferdzy, Can I steal some recipes for my CSA? I never know what to tell them to do with rutabagas.....
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Mar 9, 2012 17:42:45 GMT -5
You two need to get together on the same thread: Ferdzy, Can I steal some recipes for my CSA? I never know what to tell them to do with rutabagas..... What can be grown for hogs that they could harvest themselves? And now I'll duck for cover and run for the hills... But seriously, rutabaga, turnips and sunroots would be lovely for hogs. They'd root around and till the soil looking for underground edibles. |
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 9, 2012 21:40:33 GMT -5
Holly, steal away! Maybe just note where it came from. But my nefarious plan is definitely to get people eating more rutabagas so I'm not too picky. Made mashed rutabaga and celeriac tonight, it will get posted as a recipe next week some time. Definitely got a more than passing grade!
Joseph, I think CSA customers would be most alarmed to discover they should be raising hogs with their rutabagas!
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 10, 2012 13:17:00 GMT -5
I love golden turnips... my family less so.
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Post by steev on Mar 11, 2012 22:40:56 GMT -5
I just got around to checking your blog; very, very nice. I'll allot a large chunk of rainy-day time to chewing my way through it.
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Post by 12540dumont on Mar 12, 2012 18:44:15 GMT -5
Ferdzy, in exchange for the theft of recipes...and very yummy they are too! I'm going to send you some pole beans. I'm up to my neck in asparagus, and a good place that is to be!
I have read on your blog that you are looking for pole beans....prepare for beaniness.
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Post by templeton on Mar 12, 2012 20:31:16 GMT -5
Too many nice recipes. Bookmarked.
What is your header picture?
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Post by ferdzy on Mar 12, 2012 20:58:06 GMT -5
Thanks guys,
Templeton, that's a picture of what we call "Spring" in Ontario. All the snow melts all of a sudden, and it has to go somewhere...
I took the picture last year or even the year before (I forget) on a trip to Ottawa. It was just a little south-east of Eganville, off of Fourth Chute Road, or to put it another way, the middle of nowhere.
I try to change my header once a month, to a landscape reflective of the season. That photo was actually taken in April, but that's what the waters look like around here at the moment. It's looking like an early spring for us.
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Post by trixtrax on Mar 20, 2012 4:05:50 GMT -5
Speaking of what to do with rutabagas... they really are the next big thing. I like cutting them into fries and frying them. Tastes great. Mix with parsnips. Convinces even the hardline Americana diet people of other veggies besides onions and potatoes! Mash rutabaga with potatoes. Puree rutabaga into soup just like turnip. Shred rutabaga for rutabaga hashbrowns or cube rutabaga and potatoes for morning home fries. I dunno those are some things I enjoy doing with them.  |
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 20, 2012 7:17:32 GMT -5
Well then I must get me some rutabaga seeds. Wouldn't want to be behind the times!
I concur with the spring-in-Ontario comment. At least around here it is usually a swimming pool of melt for a week or two. This year we've had less snow so it's just a bit of squishy mud bath in places but not very puddly.
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 7, 2012 6:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 7, 2012 15:04:13 GMT -5
Mr. Ferdzy...aka Edwin is doing a bang-up job on those trellis...looks beautiful.
There's more of summer left, keep your hopes up!
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