My father makes the most wonderful smoked salmon when he gets back from his sojourns on the ocean, and his main ingredient is Maple Syrup! There are many, many uses for it, beside pancakes!.
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Funny how gardeners plant fetishes are directly linked either to their libidos or their appetites...
Here's a passionate bit on the sugar maple from an earlier expert (Donald Culross Peattie from his classic A Natural History of Trees)
"The most magnificent display of color in all the kingdiom of plants is the autumnal foliage of the trees of North America. Over them all, over the clear light of the Aspens and the Mountain Ash, over the leaping flames of Sumac, over the war-paint of the many oaks (guess this IS old), rise the colors of one tree---the Sugar Maple---in the shout of a great army. Clearest yellow, richest crimson, tumultuous scarlet, or brilliant orange---the foliage of Sugar maple at once outdoes and unifies all the rest. It is like the mighty marching melody that rides upon the crest of some symphonic weltering sea and, with its crying song, gives meaning to all the calculated dissonance of the orchestra."
Thanks to Wild Bill Cullina for bringing this ebullient, effusive eloquence (called for some flowery praise) to our attentions in his Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, the ONLY book on the subject...
Also of note in that description is that while yellow is the primary, it need not be the only color of the sugar maple (althought the tendency remains, and usually will vary within one tree, so ALL red still makes me think red maple).
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Here's a passionate bit on the sugar maple from an earlier expert (Donald Culross Peattie from his classic A Natural History of Trees)
"The most magnificent display of color in all the kingdiom of plants is the autumnal foliage of the trees of North America. Over them all, over the clear light of the Aspens and the Mountain Ash, over the leaping flames of Sumac, over the war-paint of the many oaks (guess this IS old), rise the colors of one tree---the Sugar Maple---in the shout of a great army. Clearest yellow, richest crimson, tumultuous scarlet, or brilliant orange---the foliage of Sugar maple at once outdoes and unifies all the rest. It is like the mighty marching melody that rides upon the crest of some symphonic weltering sea and, with its crying song, gives meaning to all the calculated dissonance of the orchestra."
Thanks to Wild Bill Cullina for bringing this ebullient, effusive eloquence (called for some flowery praise) to our attentions in his Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, the ONLY book on the subject...
Also of note in that description is that while yellow is the primary, it need not be the only color of the sugar maple (althought the tendency remains, and usually will vary within one tree, so ALL red still makes me think red maple).
HG
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Yes, yes they are. I like fresh tomatoes, eggplant, all fresh herbs... and I mostly cook Italian. lol. Growing garlic and onions are my next experiment here in GA. Shouldn't be too hard.The Helpful Gardener wrote:Funny how gardeners plant fetishes are directly linked either to their libidos or their appetites...
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Oh Grey, I am glad you straightened that out - I was getting worried about where Scott was headed!!
I'm with you, I do it all, flowers, veggies, orchards (apples, pears, plums), fruit (grapes, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, saskatoons) I think that makes me pretty rounded!
I guess I can tell my sweetie I have a sensual side now!!
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I'm with you, I do it all, flowers, veggies, orchards (apples, pears, plums), fruit (grapes, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, saskatoons) I think that makes me pretty rounded!
I guess I can tell my sweetie I have a sensual side now!!
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