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Sour Cherry Farm just placed its first order from Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds. We’ve grown a few of these varieties in the past (the speckled trout lettuce is a favorite), but this is the first time for many others. We […]
Here is what we’re doing in the garden this month (and last, too). We used the cut branches from our Christmas tree to mulch acid-loving plants like blueberries and hydrangeas. When we shovel snow, we throw it to cover any […]
If I say it’s *the* Nor’easter of 2014, does that mean there won’t be another one? Blueberries: Garden beds: In the morning, you could still see the redwood chairs: Remember our summer dinner parties? 8:30 a.m. and it was up […]
Any gardener worth her rock salt is chomping at the bit to get outside by now. But really, until it’s time to plant peas and Bells of Ireland on March 17, there isn’t much you can do but plan. So […]
Each Thanksgiving, we get a lovely gift from our friend Katherine: a blub ready to bloom in time for Christmas. This year we got a bonus bloom. And it’s a beauty.
Looks like we need to inspect the downspouts! Makes for a nice photo, though.
Another day, another snowstorm. Our neighbor, Pat, shovels his driveway: The lounge chairs are covered: At the end of the day, an aviation for our troubles: Cheers!
We’ve had a lot of snow this winter, but no storm came with as much surprise as the one that crept in while we were sleeping Sunday night. We awoke to push alerts about school closings and a coating of […]
After a big storm, we always go out and clean the snow off the roofs and porches of the hives. The bees need their air! We don’t open the hive, though, tempting as it may be. It’s too cold. The […]
First of all. It’s cold. Very cold. And it’s cold all over! A little more frost on the pumpkin! You know it’s been a nor’easter when we’re shoveling snow off the porch! The Farm! All dressed in white! […]
With these photos, I bring you a rare look at behind the scenes, the inner workings of Sour Cherry Farm. I take you …. dum, dum dum!…. behind the garage! Hunna is loading wood for the log hoop on the […]
A beautiful, quite, crisp morning.
The first snow of the season. A few flakes, didn’t amount to much. But it made everything festive and beautiful. Sam, staring at snow. A few photos around the farm: And a few from the drive:
In the garden, the rosemary hangs on.
A few pics from a warm Wednesday at twilight. Pear tree, loaded: Joe Pye, in full bloom: Bees (and toes): Sour Cherry Farm theater: A beautiful limelight blossom:
A look at what’s growing at Sour Cherry Farm in early September. Th sidewalk with zinnas. I like the little ones at about 11 o’clokc best. They don’t sitck out quite as far and just bring a pretty color to […]
Boy were we glad to have our patio this night. The view of the blue moon from the backyard could not be beat. We turned the chairs to face it and admired its beauty, summer breeze at our back. […]
A few shots of the gorgeous heirlooms coming from the market and our garden this time of year:
Summer nights on the patio.
A check-in with the garden in mid-August. We know we have a lot of work ahead of us, but after last year’s construction site-slash-pit in the backyard, it’s nice to just sit back and enjoy a summer on the patio. […]
A few photos of the view we have while sipping rosé in Adirondack chairs. Cosmos and fig tree: Pink phlox: More cosmos: This section of the garden needs a bit of help. Cosmos, our new hydrangea, lemon verbena, sage, […]
Rose in hand, our view of the backyard.
Our red currant bush yielded 6 pounds — 6 pounds! — of currants! We’ll be making jelly this weekend.
Already on our third or fourth picking, Greg describes this year’s harvest of blueberries.
A stunner! We plan on eating them out of hand and also making a cobbler. And the bushes are still brimming with berries. It’s a good year.
With this video, Greg talks about the sour cherry harvest. About 20 quarts were harvested!
Our fruit is ripening! We’ve been picking blueberries and cherries. Currants are next!
A sweet little video where Sam and Hunna pick blueberries. Listen closely and you can hear what we’re joking is her British accent on the word “blueberries.”
After a hot day in the garden, we were enjoying rosé on the porch, all showered and feeling a sense of accomplishment. Then, just about magic hour, a soft rain started falling. The light was soft and orange. The temperature […]
I was lucky enough this year to save my blooming peonies before the first heavy rainfall. Because I didn’t thin the blossoms, many of the cut flowers had a very small stem. For those, I found a low, wide serving […]
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.
