Gardeners Dig Country Living

Fans of the country lifestyle flock together every year to celebrate a simpler way of life.

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There ’s a little something for everyone at the Country Living Fairs held in cities across the commonwealth each year . In addition to several hundred antiques dealer , there ’s wad to see , do and eat at these celebration of the country lifestyle , no matter where you live .

I had the chance to get an up - tight view of the fair in Rhinebeck , N.Y. , earlier this summertime . I descend away with a some fresh approximation for vegetable horticulture and an taste of the area ’s rich agricultural history .

Among the hundred of passee kiosk , I scoured the fair looking for tools and products place at veggie gardener . Here are just a few that I constitute specially interesting :

The Hudson Valley Seed Librarybooth was filled with constituent vegetable flora , seminal fluid packet and item to make gardening easier . I reckon theOrta potsare a brainy approximation for starting seeds for the vegetable garden . These handmade ego - watering come start deal are made of terracotta and postulate watering only once a workweek . Each pouch has poriferous wall that wick water from the inner reservoir to keep seeds moist .

Packets of the Seed Library ’s Modern ‘ Blue Jade ’ corn seeds also pull in my care . This heirloom maize rise steel - blue kernels on dry pint - sized plants . The pinna are small , but they ’re said to pack great deal of fresh corn flavor . Like all of Hudson Valley Seed Library seeds , ‘ Blue Jade ’ clavus has a extra artistic creation pack illustration .

I was n’t able to bring home any of the strawberry plant I saw , but I already regret it . The everbearing ‘ steady ’ strawberry mark have delicate pink flush , something I had n’t witness before . These strawberry mark plants are advertize as hardy to pests and able to bring out yield all summer long .

At theRockerbox Spice Company’sbooth , I fell for the hand - made spice that included an compartmentalization of artisanal spice blends and pure garlic and onion rubble . Also for sale were shock of pickled garlic cloves , something veggie gardeners could sample at household .

The antiques sate up every inch of the barn on the Dutchess County Fairgrounds , except for one . walk into the Antique Museum Village b was like stepping back in time to get a glimpse of what real country survive was all about when this surface area was first settled .

Each exhibit features a different prospect of state life history as a reminder that state livelihood is n’t just about using old peter , bucket , ravel and such for decorating . When those tool were fresh they made work and living on a farm just a little turn well-to-do .

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