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We were astonished to find such a treasure not even 20 minutes away. The restored carousel, the meandering trails (with really cool signage!); the views! Bear Mountain Inn and the Bear Mountain State Park are once again on our radar. […]
The harvest complete, and we have great news. The watermelon was a big success! Red, sweet, juicy and delicious!
I decided to finally, finally try the bike path up to Haverstraw. It was a lot hillier than I thought, but do-able, and truly beautiful. Here are a few photos (and my Map My Ride!) m
Here’s something you don’t see that often. Sam was pretty fascinated.
One afternoon commute I had a particularly close-up look at the big crane moving the girders around on the bridge construction.
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 […]
The farm’s friend Kris, along with Laura Straus of Piermont Straus gallery, recreated a 1930s Piermont to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the filming of The Purple Rose of Cairo in the village. She hung historic photos from the 30s […]
Every season has its turn, and today, fall is up. A chill in the air. A fire in the living room. Brandy in our glasses. Recipe here: [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:66]
What to do with an impressive pear harvest? Well, pear sauce, for sure (that recipe is coming), and some kind of dessert. Right? Right. Pear upside down cake it is, then. I liked this recipe from Food & Wine’s Thanksgiving […]
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 […]
I went out with some friends on Friday night, and, for the first time in I can’t remember when, ordered a glass of red wine. I thought it worth documenting.
It couldn’t have been a more beautiful night for an outdoor dinner under the stars. Irene, who is on the board of the Rockland Farm Alliance, invited us to the annual fundraising dinner. This is the first time it was […]
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.
A neighbor was getting rid of a perfectly good side-by-side with an icemaker. That’s quite an upgrade from the 25 year old piece of you-know-what we have in the basement now. So we grabbed it! That’s a rough move! Soon […]
With Tasha and Shannon moving away (where is a crying emotiocon when you need one?), Charlie and I decided we should send them off in style: with a block party. (You like that nifty invite? I made it!) So we made […]
They don’t call it Smokestack Rub for nothing! Watch our little Snapchat video here (you can follow us @sourcherryfarm) and see all the smoke that comes with barbecuing ribs, plus learn some tips on how to get them ready for […]
You want to know how to make the best BLT ever? Well, making a kick-ass BLT takes effort. Not a lot of skill, but patiences, smarts and good sense. You have to plan ahead. The first sensible thing to do […]
Our final stop on our whirlwind sightseeing trip to the Berkshires: Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s in an incredible restoration of old factory buildings in the center of downtown North Adams. Art is everywhere, even the parking […]
I’m not much of a Yelper, but Yelp helped us out on this one. It led us to Renee’s Diner, a cute little cafe with good eggs and pancakes, and a surprise: Southern-style biscuits with sausage gravy. Afterwards, we took a little drive […]
When we booked a hotel in the Berkshires, we had a dream. We would put Sam to bed, then take a bottle of wine (and the monitor) across the parking lot to the little cluster of Adirondack chairs in the […]
We found a winner of a restaurant for our only dinner in the Berkshires: Hops and Vines in Williamstown. A talented chef in the kitchen turns out impressive food — plenty sophisticated enough for a fine dinner out. But there’s also a […]
The Clark Art Institute is one of those world-class museums set far away from big-city life. Along with Tanglewood, the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Jacob’s Pillow, it brings art and culture to this corner of Massachusetts, and what makes “summering […]
Time to pile in the family truckster and head on up north. We’re going to the Berkshires for the night. Heading up the Thruway and the Mass Pike, and then on the blue roads over to Williamstown. The view was […]
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.
We hadn’t visited o lar in way, way too long. So after Kris’s opening at Piermont Strauss, we heade over to share some pizza and pasta with Irene. No photos of the folks, today, folks, but we do have the […]
Kris had opened her latest exhibition at Piermont Strauss gallery in Piermont: Festoonology. It is a collection of her nature-inspired ideas, shaped into objects to explore. Holding the magnifying glass up to the flowers opened our eyes to see something […]
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, […]
An evening out with friends! We tried the new Communal Kitchen in Nyack. Everything we tasted was delicious, and we had a great time catching up. Charlotte Haze, with Barr Hill gin, Damson Plum Liqueur and apricot eau de vie: […]
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.
