Many kudos to Cathy Adler, Maddie Harwood, Pat Morris and Lynne Schwartz for the perfect Wine Pairing event held last night at Delegal Harbor’s Sunset Room. It was a feast to behold…Smoked Turkey Canapes mated with a delicious white varietal wine, Alamos Torrontes – from Argentina…Re-Stuffed New potatoes married with a Carpineto Cabernet Sauvignon from Tuscany…the most-popular Crab Salad Canapes matched with a French Cotes du Rhone Blanc….and last – but most-assuredly not least – amazing Lollipop Lamb Chops topped with an old southern recipe for mint jelly which blended seamlessly with Australia’s McWilliams Shiraz. All this was followed by […]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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Open the south gate and step one foot into Skidaway Farms and you will tread on the pathway named for Dr. Charley Caldwell. Yes, he was Blake’s father…and Skidaway Farms benefactor, Nancy Dancu’s husband…a surgeon trained at Harvard who cherished the hours he got to spend cultivating his orchards and tending the vegetables on the family farm in Danville, Kentucky. Doc Charley passed on in January 1999 but his memory is now marked at the Farm by the wide boulevard that leads to Valley Crest Square. The Caldwell men had been farmers as far back as anyone could remember…planting nut […]
Organic doyenne, Janet Waldie is an endless supply of guidance and plant facts and info on all those BUGS! While she’s at the Farm working her plots she gets asked “what to plant and when?” so often she figured it was a good idea to POST that information for the (very few) times she isn’t there! Feel free to open the “pages” of her library that are hanging on the fence opposite her plots in Section H. Each is an alphabetized list of plants and their suggested growing season stats. You should find what you’d like to know there…but if […]
Eggplant, peppers and okra absolutely rule the heat waves of Savannah! Those of us Farmers who moved here from other locales have a thing or two to learn about this Savannah climate! One thing for sure…we’ll all be planting more peppers and eggplant next spring…AND more indeterminate tomato plants. Seems these plants withstand the heat and humidity so well that come October they are laden with new produce! Indeterminate Tomatoes on the vine One Farmer just trimmed her tomato plants back a bit in June….and now look at them! Fresh arugula… one of […]
an update from Skidaway Farms by Kathy Hardigan (for the TLA Journal November 2011) Delegal Harbor’s Sunset Room was transformed into a magnificent venue to celebrate great wine, tasty foods and an evening of fun on a Wednesday evening in October! This sold-out event was organized by Skidaway Audubon to support Skidaway Farms and to help the Farm pay down its initial construction costs. The Farm is indeed thankful to Skidaway Audubon, the many volunteers that staffed the event and in particular, Cathy Adler for her leadership in coordinating everything! Organizers Maddie Harwood, Pat Morris and Lynne Schwartz […]
The newly-named “Compost Square” in Section A is the most popular spot in the Farm these days! Almost full to the brim, these four fenced-in plots can be the final resting place for any NATURAL refuse from your plot – weeds…plant stalks…over-ripe produce -but not paper or plastic or bags or the like! Given how full Compost Square already is, PLEASE toss your offerings in the more open area behind the tall inner fence.…especially stay away from the area just inside the gate next to the gravel path. Follow the signs posted on the fence for guidance! At some point, […]