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The peonies were a whole week early this year, and, as always seems to happen, just as they were blooming, a big storm was on its way. So I picked what I could and brought them into the house. They’re […]
Boo stayed the weekend at SCF. Not many photos, I must admit, but here are a few of her horsing around with Sam. Happy baby pose!
Sam, just like the rest of us, doesn’t do her exercises without a bit of complaining. Here, she’s pushing up and she’s none too happy that it’s not just a little easier for her.
I’m told we will be building a patio. We have the estimate in hand, and have marked out our borders with string. We moved the furniture around a bit to see how it would fit. So here are our “before” […]
Sam has really taken to these finger-puppet books, and her favorite is “The Little Fish.” “In the deep and swishy blue, what do little fishes do?” (Yes, I can recite the whole thing by now.) But really, sometimes I wonder. […]
Thanks to a warm spring, we’re about a week ahead on the crops this year. And the Pink Jasmine, which SCF fans may remember from such posts as “Welcome to the Farm, Lingonberries and Currants,” has never looked better. And […]
I spent my first Mother’s Day with my mom! She and Leigh cooked pork chops and asparagus from Sour Cherry Farm. I only took one photo. I put it on Facebook saying, “M is for Mother’s Day?” I guess it […]
OK so six months later…. we’re finally looking at turning this food blog around to more about, well, food. Here’s a look at Samantha tasting her first bites. Â On Mother’s Day 2012, we mashed banana together with avocado and served […]
A look around the fields, folks. Yes, we seem to have come out of winter hibernation all right! Here’s a pretty one of my newly planted Nepeta.
Baby sleep; Mommy garden: Baby play; Mommy garden:
A lunch of leftovers. Fruit salad, egg salad, chicken salad and pizza. Delishy!
I guess people rushed the doors when the Nyack Garden Club’s plant sale opened at 10 a.m. We got there a little later, but we still found some good stuff, including Nigella (Love in a Mist), Nepeta (catmint), tomatoes, basil […]
We went with red this year, y’all. Reminds me of the red geraniums we used to have on the deck back at Burd Street. Hope they stay blooming like this all summer long!
Another day in May, another birthday celebration! This one was for Emily. She and Ed threw a party: half Derby Day, half birthday. I promise, one of these days, I am going to get back in the swing of really […]
We packed Srimp into the stroller and went for a nice walk around town, looking at the homes of people who were kind enough to open them to support this annual fundraiser for The Historical Society of Nyack. Not a […]
A simple birthday supper at Sour Cherry Farm: Burgers and beans with some oven fries and a little salad. We started with cocktails, natch. Aviations for everyone!
We celebrated Kris’s birthday with a delicious supper at Alain’s Bistro, which serves classic French dishes like frisee aux lardons, roast chicken, pate and foie gras terrine. Yes, we splurged a bit. And why not! It was an occasion, after […]
A few flowers and seeds, a couple of tomato plants. But of course I only took one picture.
A little porch action. A little Aviation. That’s Saturday at the farm.
Dough from Old World. Greg’s homemade sauce. Mozz. Basil. Parm.
B-a-b-y. Rock it.
We headed back to Polpettina for a Restaurants We Love story for The Journal News, and confirmed, that, yes, the pizza is still delicious. So is the chicken: crispy skin, juicy meat and terrific roasted vegetables alongside.
The bees swarm again. We invited John and Philippe to take this one.
Just toast some bread, spread some ricotta, toss a few thyme leaves and drizzle a little honey. Yum.
Easy and delicious. Just wrap the speck around the scallops and sauté for a few minutes. Roast asparagus for 10 minutes and throw the bread in at the end. Drizzle with lemon olive oil. Supper.
We planted two lilacs in fall 2010, but we didn’t see any blooms in 2011. Looks like this is our year!
A little fun time in the later afternoon. A couple more photos of Sam, and the Farm, after the jump.
Ron Breland is an organic beekeeper who lives in West Nyack with his wife, who is a terrific gardener. They make a fine pair! Greg was interviewing Ron for an article on honey and bees for The Valley Table magazine, […]
I love that we see in our own garden what is being sold at the market. When we have asparagus, so do the markets.
The bees swarmed again! This time, we invited Philippe and John to come over and get them. They did. They were happy to have them. And it looks like they got a queen, so all is good.
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.
