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Some Awesome Garden Shoes & a Giveaway!

Donalyn — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:22 +0000

Ok, to begin, I should tell you that my friend Teresa Soule is the resident blogger for Garden Shoes Online. She and I are members of a group of area bloggers who meet every month to share info on blogging, and a whole lot more, including occasional field trips to area plant nurseries and gardens. Her company even hosted us for lunch a couple years ago, and gave us a tour of their facility, which was really fun. I should probably also mention that I’m already a devoted customer, as they are my go-to for some of my favorite gardening products, like these gloves and Green Cure which is instrumental in our efforts to prevent late blight which is so bad in our valley. Last month Teresa asked me to review Xtratuf shoes, and I am really glad that I said yes, because I LOVE them! They come in a bunch of different styles for men and women – deck shoes, slip-ons, boots, and the ones I chose – Daily Shoes. I actually ended up getting a men’s pair, because I liked the dark brown color.I love how they have held up, and believe me – I gave them quite [...]

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Maple Walnut Rhubarb Crisp

Donalyn — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:20 +0000

Maple Walnut Rhubarb Crisp is everything you might think the name implies: sweet, tangy, fruity, nutty, crunchy. We have not been the least bit sorry that it took 3 batches to get it tweaked just so, because taste testing the “failed” batches has been very pleasant work – about the best kind of work, really. I was surprised to find out from readers, when I posted a rhubarb recipe in the past, that it doesn’t grow everywhere – not where it can’t get a good chill down in the wintertime, apparently. It’s also called pie plant, though I have to wonder about the first person who ever thought to make it into a pie. To begin with, the leaves are pretty poisonous, so you have to hope they didn’t try to eat those first. And just biting a big old chunk off the stalk isn’t a good idea either, because sour doesn’t even begin to describe the flavor. It will turn your mouth right inside out, it’s so puckery! I can’t imagine tasting it and thinking “Oh yeah – we’ll just throw some of this in a crust with some strawberries, sugar and stuff, and we will be good to [...]

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