Category Archives: Vermont

Cook up some garlic scapes and escape the culinary ordinary!

Posted on June 17, 2016 by garlic

The garlic scapes are up, and we have started picking! They are so good this year, we just want to sing about them! Garlic scapes are the stalks that grow from the bulbs of hardneck garlic plants. Once the scapes … Continue reading →

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Garlic Scapes are on the Menu

Posted on June 19, 2015 by garlic

It’s scape season and scapes are on the menu at our house! We’re picking scapes like mad and eating them every chance we get. Last night we enjoyed chicken BBQ with cauliflower “rice” made with sweet onions and garlic scapes … Continue reading →

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Spring is slow to take hold in Vermont

Posted on April 28, 2015 by garlic

Spring is slow to take hold in Vermont this year, but the garlic doesn’t seem to mind. It’s incredibly green and vibrant. We had almost 100% germination with very little winter kill, so with a little luck and some decent … Continue reading →

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Ahhhh…. Green garlic

Posted on May 28, 2014 by garlic

Just about the time we run out of garlic from last year’s crop it’s time to pick “doubles” (two stems of garlic growing together).  One stem is left in the ground and the other goes from “farm to table.” Often … Continue reading →

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More Help for Vermont Farmers after the floods of Hurricane Irene

Posted on September 7, 2011 by C.JaneTaylor

The flash floods brought on by the tropical storms following Hurricane Irene added insult to injury in Vermont. Seven hundred homes reported damage before the post-Irene flash floods, that number is expected to rise as the waters recede. Barn and … Continue reading →

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The best way to follow Vermont Green Up Day? Green Garlic Risotto

Posted on May 3, 2011 by garlic

In the 60’s and 70’s Vermont was an environmental leader: Vermont banned billboards in 1968; Act 250, the Vermont Land Use and Development Act geared at easing environmental pressures caused by development, passed in 1970; and Vermont’s first Green Up … Continue reading →

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