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The harvest complete, and we have great news. The watermelon was a big success! Red, sweet, juicy and delicious!
Here’s something you don’t see that often. Sam was pretty fascinated.
I want it on the record that watermelons were planted without my consultation. I would not have planted a vine that needs more room to grow than we even have in our entire front yard. That being said, the joy […]
It’s been a very good year for our Anjou pear tree. We’ve been picking pears and eating them out of hand nearly every day since mid-September. Today, we’re taking a bunch of pears that fell off a little unripe, but […]
What a project! But it came out just beautifully. We are thankful.
Nearly done now! All the paint and stain is off! We just need to seal it with Thompson’s Water Seal and we are done!
Maybe it’s the wine talking, but I thought this looked kind of cool.
Day 2 for Chris. More scraping. Lots of hard work. By the end of the day, he got it down to the last layer, which was stain. We’ll move on to sanding next.
An update. Chris spent most of the day scraping with Back To Nature Multi-Strip Paint Remover. He started with Goof Off, but it didn’t do much. (Don’t you love his don’t-mess-with-me radio!) Sticky, nasty, hard work. The longer it sits, […]
This Labor Day week off, I am working on (and supervising work on) getting the porch floor in shape. It’s going to be a long haul. If you recall, we had an unfortunate accident in June: the hose sprung a […]
Every now and again, while I’m enjoying my glass of rose on the patio, I look up and see a couple of funny things in our trees. No, I’m not hallucinating. Just using my imagination! Do you see a balloon […]
If the coneflowers are blooming it must be August. Except it’s July! Here’s a look around at some of the flowers in the fields at the Farm this month. I can’t remember planting this! But I’ve figured it must be […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another cool shot of the tree. Those cherries are coming down!
The cherries are going gangbusters. Such a nice change after our lame-ass harvest last year! Here’s a look!
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. […]
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. […]
Two inches in about an hour!
Lots of beautiful things blooming at Sour Cherry Farm (and lots of weeds, too!). Here’s a look. Peonies, gorgeous as always: Coneflowers, making their way: The baby cherry tree is loaded! So is the Northstar. Catmint and […]
I returned to work after the Minnesota trip to find that Carrie had curated my office art! I chose the cocktail photo at the top left, and she played with colors, shapes and textures. It came out great! The next […]
The first somewhat warm day of the year, and we worked outside to clean up and plant garden. We’re not outside celebrating yet, but someday soon!
Well would you look at that! The garlic that Hunna planted in October has been keeping nice and warm under a big blanket of snow. Today, the snow is melting. The sun is warming the garden bed. The garlic is […]
More snow. A few photos.
First big snowstorm of the season, and we have pancakes, make snow angels and build a snowman. Pretty successful run, I’d say! Snow on tree: Yummy winter breakfast: Can we go out now, mommy? With Claire and Jane: Snow angels: […]
The last light of 2014, inspired by this Instagram by Nicole Franzen. (Yes of course hers is way better, but I was inspired by the idea, and the caption!) PS: She’s great to follow on Insta if you are looking […]
Step 1: Gather pinecones while on a walk. Step 2: Tie ribbons around the top of them. Step 4: Ask your neighbor Tasha if she has any birdseed you can borrow. Step 5: Rub the pinecones in peanut butter, then […]
Just after waking, out my bedroom window. I just liked the light. And the orange. Looks pretty, doesn’t it?
Usually we have one before October, but this year, no! Let the fall begin.
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.
