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Skriven 2014-11-28 17:00:12 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19881 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Peppers
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> with a decent size garden,  NB>> and planning for the growing season
 NB> one can do ok...

 RH> The Catskills and Adirondacks had shorter seasons than the rest of the
 RH> state too. Dad would have things pretty well planted by the end of
 RH> May, first frost could come as early as mid August or early September.
 RH> One year Steve and I were up in early July and the night time temps
 RH> were close to freezing.

 NB> True, our season here is tempered by being close to the Great Lake...
 NB> and not being at too high an elevation...  :)  And it still seems
 NB> pretty short.  Danny Wegman (and family) has been experimenting with
 NB> pushing
 NB> the season longer by using special greenhouses, particularly for
 NB> growing local organics, to have them still available almost for the
 NB> whole year. Some of the other larger farms apparently are doing
 NB> similarly... :)

Sounds interesting, if we lived up that way, I'd be shopping Wegman's
all the time.

 NB> like the  RH>> chili sauce or green tomato relish, Mom would do only
 NB> every 2-3 years.  NB>> And obviously you all did quite ok.  :)

 RH> We ate, tho they might not have been our favorite vegetables. Dad
 RH> planted lots of basics, after most of the kids left, he did less of
 RH> them and added some others, in small amounts.

 NB> After the kids were on their own, it was more a case of growing for
 NB> its own sake, not so much for feeding the family...  :)

They still had enough to carry them for quite a while. Every fall (after
I left home) they would go up to Cobbiskill for a bushel of potatoes,
cauliflower and several other vegetables. Mom would freeze the
vegetables, the potatoes would last into the next (late) spring tho they
would be sorry looking by then.

 NB>  NB>> We got practically (maybe actually) to 70 ourselves today.  Had
 NB> lots  NB>> of wind, and a little rain in the afternoon...  Supposed to
 NB> be in the  NB>> 40s tomorrow, and for the rest of the week...

 RH> Typical Thanksgiving weather. We missed the wind but have had, and
 RH> will have more rain before it clears on Thursday.

It's clear, and cold. I don't think it got above 45 today. Good thing I
don't do the early bird shopping.

 NB> Actually we're in the 30s with the prospect of maybe 20s tomorrow...
 NB> and we've had the snow that is even more typically Thanksgiving
 NB> weather...
 NB> after all, it IS the end of November...  (G)   But they are saying 50s
 NB> on Sunday, with rain... and then back to 30s and snow on Monday...
 NB> oh, well...  ;)

I'm glad I'm not up there. (G)

 NB> ground beef and  RH>> onions. I also added S&P, ancho and chipotle
 NB> chili powders, at the  RH>> table added sour cream and grated cheddar
 NB> cheese. It actually tasted  RH>> decent, but not really chili.
 NB>  NB>> Quickie chili with beans...  ;)  About as close as I come to
 NB> making  NB>> real chili any time...  :)

 RH> I usually do a much more involved one but had the stuff on hand, less
 RH> to move to the new house.

 NB> But of course...  you being more of a cook than I, and definitely a
 NB> good idea to be using up stuff rather than moving it...  :)

We're still going to have a lot to move but that'll be fewer canned
goods.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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