On this week’s show we have Leslie Land on crampe, garlic scapes and bitter lettuce, I take a look at Hudson Valley wildlife and bird identification, Alex Tuller examines the simple beauty of sorrel soup, John Keats gets much too silly for a man his age, and we have the Hudson Valley events calendar from [...]
“Over the hill and over the dale”
Over the hill and over the dale,
And over the bourn to Dawlish-
Where gingerbread wives have a scanty sale
And gingerbread nuts are smallish.
Rantipole Betty she ran down a hill
And kicked up her petticoats fairly.
Says I, “I’ll be Jack if you will be Jill.”
So she sat on the grass debonairly.
“Here’s [...]
(As read by Alex Tuller and prepared by Dean Temple)
Sorrel is a wonderful green, and a relative of rhubard. That means it has a strong and tart flavor, much too strong just to eat as greens. But it makes the easiest soup on the planet, so easy you feel like you cheated and poured it [...]
We went on a bird-sighting tour with Fred Baumgarten of Hudsonia on June 18 at the Millbrook School. Fred, of course, is an expert and this is his list of birds from the day. (As discussed in Dean Temple’s essay on the June 30, 2005 Virtual Hudson Valley podcast.) Hudsonia can be found online at [...]
If all summer days were like today I would probably be out of work. Good time to get outside, and I hope if you are looking for something to do that the podcast will help. On this week’s show we have Leslie Land out to kill Japanese beetles, we fish the Wappingers, prepare a trout [...]
Viator: …I did never eat so good a fish in my life. This fish is infinitely better than any I ever tasted of the kind in my life. ‘T is quite another thing than our Trouts about London.
Piscator: You would say so, if that Trout you eat were of the right season; but pray eat [...]
There are so many things to do now, make sure to check the podcast events calendar. You can also check the Dutchess County Arts Council Calendar for more comprehensive listings or contact Ilana (links below). On this week’s show we have Leslie Land on cicely seedpods and garden oughtas, Cari Swanson on tension in the [...]
The Song of Wandering Aengus
I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had [...]
Mussels and Fennel Fettuccini (As read by Alex Tuller, on the June 16 Podcast and prepared by Dean Temple)
Ingredients
2 pounds mussels
1 half fennel bulb, diced
4 cloves garlic, diced
olive oil
1 can tomatoes in their juice
3/4 cup vermouth
1 tsp red pepper flakes
Several sprigs thyme
Chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Wash the mussels well, making sure to remove any [...]
Summertime, but I’m not so sure the living is easy. Lots and lots to do. That’s why we are so excited to have so many visitors who took time for today’s show. We have Leslie Land, live and in person, in the studio for her garden report. We have an interview with local horse professional [...]