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It started out innocently enough. We asked each other, “Who spilled something on the floor?” After a couple days, it still wasn’t drying, so we got the fan out and tried that. The rug was soaked through and the […]
We worked all weekend to put up cherries. First, here’s our recipe. Afterwards, our step-by-step photos and this year’s haul (23 pounds in one picking!) [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:51] Our original recipe is here: Sour Cherry Preserves. A few numbers for you: 3 1/2 […]
It was a stellar year for cherries, let me tell you. All in all, we made a pie, a shrub and 4 cases of preserves! Yes, your Christmas presents are all ready! Our famous pie recipe can be found here: […]
Thanks to Jen, a friend of the farm, we discovered the coolest little kit: a live butterfly garden. It comes with caterpillars, a mesh net and a sponge, which you moisten with simple syrup. You watch as the […]
My friend Sally is having her second baby, so instead of a shower, some friends got together to throw her a sprinkle! Some very cool women here! Caroline, Sarah, Sally and Katie. Missing from the photo is my new friend […]
A lunch with my friend Heather at Moderne Barn in Armonk. Chef Ethan Kostbar cooked a few of his favorite dishes for us. A trio of dips: Peach sangria: Pretzel bites: Tuna taquitos: Grilled octopus: Zucchini […]
Another cool shot of the tree. Those cherries are coming down! Related posts: The Concept Tree at Sour Cherry Farm Our Own Sour Cherry Pie! The Sour Cherry Harvest Making 36 Jars of Sour Cherry Preserves
More delicious loot here. Strawberries, beets, Kiernan Farms Korean short ribs, snap peas, arugula and romaine. Related posts: Farmers Market Loot! Farmers Market Loot Farmers Market Loot Loaded for Bear at the Farmers Market
A sour cherry preserves recipe by Kevin West, from his book, Saving the Season. We tried to follow it for our first sour cherry harvest, but alas, ended up winging it a bit. Find our post here: Sour Cherries in […]
The first harvest from our backyard trees yielded six pounds. Instead of our regular Sour Cherry Preserves recipe, we decided to try one from Kevin West’s book Saving the Season. What we like about the recipe is that because it […]
The cherries are going gangbusters. Such a nice change after our lame-ass harvest last year! Here’s a look! Related posts: The Sour Cherry Harvest The Sour Cherry Harvest The Sour Cherry Harvest! Greg Describes the Sour Cherry Harvest
A terrible fire closed Roost in Sparkill back in 2014. Thank goodness no one was hurt, but insurace woes and more kept it from opening until early 2015. We finally — finally! — got the chance to go back. We […]
While in Orange County, we popped by to see the controversial Orange County Government Center, a building designed by Yale School of Architecture dean Paul Rudolph and built in 1967. Like the old Whitney, designed by Marcel Bruer, it is […]
After the rough winter of 2014-15, we weren’t surprised to learn that we lost one of our hives. And also, while we were in Minnesota, several neighbors reported that we’d had a swarm from the remaining one. With one hive […]
The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship came to Westchester Country Club this year, and the paper was lucky enough to get a few tickets. Greg and I took advantage of a hot Friday afternoon to walk the course, follow a few […]
A strange season this year, indeed. Cherries are ripening way early — two weeks, by some accounts — and yet, peonies, for some reason, stayed blooming later than ever. Here’s an update of what’s ripening and blooming in the fields. […]
Sour Cherry Farm fans from way back may remember an old feature, “Farmers Market Loot.” We’ve decided to bring it back, as much for “the record,” as posterity. How have things changed over the years? Do farmers bring new products […]
We had a few Meyer Lemons leftover from the late spring, and they somehow survived a long stay in the produce drawer, what is affectionately known in our home as The Rotting Drawer. So, Mexico on our mind, inspired by a […]
They wouldn’t have to try so hard. But the food, the setting and (mostly!) the service at the Hudson Garden Grill at the New York Botanical Garden is far better than it would have to be to serve a crowd […]
What a fun day! We spent the day wandering around the Botanical, visiting the Frida Kahlo exhibit, the Rose Garden and the Native Plant Center. A brief meet-up with Julia, Catherine and Boo was the icing on the cake. We […]
To borrow a phrase from the farm’s longtime friend Diane (aka DC Fruit Bat), we are on a hydrangea watch. And it looks like we might be getting some blue flowers this year. This is the hydrangea was planted in 2014. […]
For the last class of 2015, the parents of the children in Ms. Cohen’s ballet class were invited for “watch day.” The girls performed “Gretel & Gretel,” and each dancer had a solo turn. Sam was a bluebird. A few […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
