Eat. Drink. Live.
The farm’s first spears of asparagus are up! We harvested them and had them with a piece of absolutely delicious porchetta from Tarry Market. Porchetta, for those that don’t know, is pork loin seasoned with lots of herbs, especially sage […]
I pruned one of our sour cherry trees and had enough branches to make this arrangement in our foyer, and to give similar arrangements to neighbors. Now let’s hope we get some cherries, too!
We got out in the garden for the first time this spring, and found beautiful flowers greeting us. And there there’s this flower, too! Come see the progress in the fields, after the jump.
The freak snowstorm in late October took the farm by surprise. We lost a few branches here and there, but nothing like what some people around here got: trees down everywhere, power outages for more than a week. We count […]
Before bed on the e of Irene, we battened down the hatches. We secured the tops of the bee hives and we brought in anything that could get soaked (or fly away) from the porch. Except for a good bit […]
Here’s a look at the garden on August 4, 2011. Looking pretty good considering we’ve been on vacation a lot of July!
A nice haul!
After our return from Pleasantville, we meandered around the garden, and Jane proceeded to eat nearly every berry we grow!
Our beans. Our lettuce. Our onions. The only thing we didn’t raise was the skirt steak. We just don’t have room for that. Yet.
The peas and the onions are ready for harvest. More photos of the gardens, including our bees on our lavender (!), after the jump.
The blueberries are in! The blueberries are in! We got about two or three quarts from the first harvest, I’d say. Here’s a look.
Looking good this year!
A quick look at the gorgeous crop coming in. Can’t wait to pick ’em.
The first of the strawberries came in from the garden this week. What a joy it is to have fresh berries back in the repertoire! Plump, juicy, sweet, delicious, and oh-so delicate.
The plants got a late start this year, but the garden seems to be perking up quite a bit now that Memorial Day weekend is here. Here’s a look around, starting with the chives in the herb garden:
I couldn’t get any closer than this, but here are a few snaps of a beautiful yellow finch enjoying the coneflower seeds in the fields at the farm:
We got plants! The annual plant sale of the Nyack Garden Club has been a treasure trove for Sour Cherry Farm. We owe our fig tree, bleeding heart, columbine, Siberian iris and lots of ferns to the generosity of its […]
We visited another garden during the Open Days fundraiser for the Garden Conservancy, and what a special garden. It’s on the crest of the hill above the banks of the Hudson near Piermont, and overlooks the whole valley from its […]
Open Days is an ingenious fundraiser for the Garden Conservancy. You pay $5, which goes toward helping “preserve exceptional American gardens,” and you get to go behind the garden gates of some really fancy, and also very inspiring, private gardens. […]
The day has finally come. They are tearing off the old shingles are will replace with new ones to match the house. Demo day:
Spring has sprung at the Farm, and we are hoping for some good crops this year. Everything seems to be about two weeks behind — it’s been so cold and rainy. But here’s a look at what is blooming. Let’s […]
Finally! The long, cold winter seems to be passing, ever so slowly. In its wake, blossoms of apricots and plums, and a few more colorful bulbs. Gosh the apricots were incredible last year. (A look at them here.) More signs […]
A sure sign of spring. The bulbs we planted back in the fall are showing their cheery colors.
We sowed our first seeds on March 13 this year: Lettuce and radishes. Greg jerry-rigged a makeshift cold frame out of a plastic tarp and a couple of broom handles to keep our baby seedlings warm. We’ll let you know […]
After what must be a record winter for snowfall, we’re finally catching a little break. We can even see a few bulbs poking their little green heads out of the cold, wet ground.
Stone Barns Center has started a series calleld “Beekeeping for Newbees,” and Greg and I were there to learn all about setting up the hive, the queen’s nuptial flight and other bee-related knowledge. Dan Carr, Stone Barns livestock assistant and […]
I don’t think we’ve ever had as much snow! You can’t even see the trunks of the sour cherry trees!
We got slammed again. About a foot this time, I’d say. Here’s a look.
This nor’easter hit the farm hard. At least two feet, maybe more in some drifts. Even the roof had a big pile. The cleanup, after the jump.
Outside: Inside:
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.
