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Our first real big snowstorm this year. We weathered it fine, and at the end, enjoyed a nice drink. Cheers.
A few inches of very light and fluffy snow, and we play. Snow, slo-mo! #sourcherryfarm #snow #lohudsnow #nyack #southnyack A video posted by Liz Johnson (@sourcherryfarm) on Jan 7, 2017 at 2:56pm PST Catch it on your tongue, Sam! Can […]
Simply beautiful sunset at the farm this evening! Oranges! Pinks! Purple!
It’s time to redo the front stairs here at SCF. On my recent walk, I snapped a couple of photos for inspiration. What do you think?
We woke up to a winter wonderland! First snow of the season! Snow angels were a requirement, naturally. Winter at the farm. One last holdout from the garden: Down by Charlie’s house, evergreens! And then a fire and some […]
Bluefield Farm, where SCF’s friend Joy grows acres of beautiful flowers, had an open-house day. We wouldn’t have missed it for the world! A look around: Big barn — — with an upstairs game room: Yes. Goats. And chickens. Hunna […]
I came across this weird looking plant on the bike path. Anyone know what it is? That’s the leaf:
A beautiful sunset this evening. And the limelights are changing from green to white. Dusty rose will be next! It looks a lot different now that the pear tree is gone.
How very sad. Our pear tree has succumbed to a terrible case of cedar-apple rust. The tree is dead. Branch by branch, we clipped it off and cut it up. A very sad day.
What a shame! After nearly 8 years, and countless good harvests, sometimes of 150 pears or more, our pear tree is dying. It is, it turns out, cedar apple rust. And some bugs, too. It’s beyond upsetting.
What a sad day. The cherry tree we planted 9 years ago has died. We think it got hit by a truck and had an open wound, then got sick from that. Dead
A bouquet of peonies to brighten the newsroom.
The garden is coming into its own. Columbine! Currants: Patio bees. Ferns. Peonies.
That columbine loves to reseed, doesn’t it? It’s loving where it lives near the pear tree. A little more over here by the driveway, too. And here’s where we moved our split. Since I am writing this post much later, […]
We have a family of cardinals nesting in our yard this spring. Daddy Cardinal likes our seed cake!
Happy spring! The bulbs we planted last fall have really turned out great. And today, it was warm enough to plant a few pots, too. Here’s a look around the garden. An overview from the stair landing on the second […]
Just a couple shots from the front-yard garden this morning. The garlic is sprouting nicely, and the bumblebees are helping our blueberries along. Happy spring!
Another look at the spring garden, and a toast to outdoor dining. Red tulips (the Darwin Hydbrid Impression) and purple hyacinths (Woodstcok): In the foreground, the yellow tete-a-tete daffodils; in the rear, the white Mount Hood: Grape hyacinths: The plum […]
We christened porch season with a gin and tonic. And why not! The weather was warm enough — at least until the sun went down! A quick, but enjoyable, opening. Cheers!
The bulb planting we did in the fall is certainly paying off. The daffodils are out in full force, bringing more color to the back yard than we’ve ever had before. It’s such a pleasure to look out the […]
Those April showers are a little gloomy, but the bulbs peeking out are bring a brightnes to a dreary day. I’m so happy we planted them.
The first daffodils of the year! These little Tete a Tete daffodils are just brightening our first days of spring!
One worth admiring.
We haven’t had too much snow this year — save for the big one a few weeks ago — so this dusting was actually sort of pleasant. The birds are happy to find the suet in the pear tree, that’s […]
Well, it finally came. This warm, snow-less winter came to a screeching halt Saturday morning. Luckily, we were prepared, and had Joan Nathan’s Brisket recipe at our fingertips. And a new (used) snowblower in the garage: The snow settled in […]
We’re getting lots of chickadees and woodpeckers on our suet feeder outside the big kitchen window. It’s such a pleasure seeing them every morning.
Things are sprouting that should not be sprouting. Here are all the spring flowers I saw on my walk today, starting with the chervil in our very own garden: Coneflower buds: ‘ Dianthus: Sedum buds: Daisies: Vinca: Kind of outrageous, […]
A bizarre flock of birds taking rest in the trees above our walk around the JN building today. Noting the beauty.
Every spring, I look out at the brown, bare orchards and say to myself: Why, oh why didn’t we plant bulbs last fall? Well, we’ve been at the farm for more than 13 years now, and it’s finally happened. Longtime […]
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.
