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No matter how difficult things get, don't moments like these remind you how grateful you are to be living here in this beautiful place?
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See what new things we've got for you at our
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A Revolutionary New Lunch Box
 Box Appetit: You'll be making excuses to bring your lunch to work!
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Moxie Cloche & Wide Brim Laurel Sun Hats
 Who says you can't be stylish while you're gardening? Certainly, not us! |
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Clever Garden Salad Servers
This shovel and rake salad set makes a great gift for a gardener...like MOM!
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Happening in and around
Hammertown Country ...
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From jewelry, fine soaps and handbags to picture frames, gardening hats and candles, we have something for every type of Mom.
And make sure you visit Marketplace, our online store, too. Order
now and she'll get her beautifully wrapped gift in plenty of time! |
Joan's Pick this Week: A White House Garden Cookbook This week's recipe comes from a brand new, hot-off-the-press cookbook! Written by Boston Globe contributor and cookbook author (The Boston Chef's Table and coauthor of New England Soup Factory Cookbook),
Clara
Silverstein, it chronicles the first year of Michelle Obama's remarkable
garden
with its many dozens of vegetables and herbs, including descendants of
seeds planted by Thomas Jefferson; its berries and the honey from the
hives of First Family bees. Hmmm...maybe next year we'll start a
beehive...Hammertown Honey...has a nice sound to it, doesn't it?
Read more about this book...
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Hammertown Vegetarian Cooking Class this Sunday!
Hammertown Gatehouse 11:30-2:00
 Isabel Tonelli grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a
culinary graduate with an advanced degree from The Natural Gourmet
Institute in NYC where she specialized in vegetarian cuisine and learned the relationship of food and healing. She is an accomplished
professional who has worked and consulted in restaurants in Buenas
Aires, assisted in production of Karlos Arguinano's cooking show,
interned at the Food Network, and taught for the past 15 years. Click here for the menu and more information...
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Companion Planting: The Good...the Bad...and the Ugly
 Tomatoes not doing very well? Could be what's growing next to them not
the blight. Some plants are downright toxic to each other and some
absolutely love each other. Carrots love tomatoes, but fennel could
actually harm your tomatoes - as well as beans and kohlrabi. However,
if you want to grow fennel and you have a dog or cat...you're in luck.
By planting it in the yard or by a kennel it will deter fleas -
Read more...
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Doodletown Farm: The Perfect House -- Almost I'm so excited to introduce this new blog series about the ongoing 6-year long relationship Bob Murphy
& Jack Lindsey have had with a 30-acre farmhouse in Southeastern
Columbia County NY, known as Doodletown Farm. From finding the property through the "green renovation" -- I just know everyone
is going to love reading it as much as I have. Click here for the first installment.... |
Warning: Adults Only! Tooth Fairy 101
Another great crafts-for-kids blog from Dana:
I know, it seems pretty cut and dried: Sneak in, take the tooth, leave
a coin or two behind and sneak out, right? Wrong. If you are an
obsessively creative/crafty person like me, you will realize the
opportunity inherent in such an occasion. Why, all you have to do is
Google "tooth fairy" and you will see how creative these winged wonders
are getting these days. Click here to see this clever idea... |
This Week's Recipe: No-Cream Creamed Spinach
 A White House Garden Cookbook: Healthy Ideas from the First Family
by Clara Silverstein, just arrived at Hammertown and is it ever filled
with some fantastic recipes. This
creamy-style spinach made without cream by White House Executive Chef, Cristeta Comerford, is one of Michelle Obama's favorite healthy spinach recipes. To get it, click here...
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- TWO SAVE THE DATE REMINDERS -
 SPRING FOR ART 2010
Saturday May 1, 2010 5-8pm
Sunday May 2, 2010 11am-3pm Over
50 local artists will show their paintings, sculpture, jewelry,
ceramics, outdoor sculpture when over 30 Millerton shops and businesses
showcase their works at the first annual "Spring for Art" festival in
Millerton. Click here to read more....
TRADE SECRETS-10th Annual Rare Plant & Garden Antique Show
 Nearly 60 vendors and garden antiques dealers from around the northeast region (including Hammertown Barn who has been participating since the very first Trade Secrets) come to set up their wares under the tents at the picturesque LionRock Farm. Click here for more...
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Final Week of our "April is Earth Month Think Green" Sale
Hammertown's "Think Green Sale"celebrates Earth Month with a sale every day in April. There are so many ways we can do some good for our earth...even while we shop!
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This week's photo was taken at sunset on Pat's Road in Ancramdale NY.
If you have a "love where you live" photo please send it to me at joan@hammertown.com. You'll get a $25 Hammertown Gift Card if we use it.
See you soon!
Joan
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