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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. […]
After our impressive currant harvest, we let the currants sit in plastic tubs in the fridge for as long as we could, daring them to rot. Then moments before it was too late, I embarked on a new project: jelly-making! […]
Our red currant bush yielded 6 pounds — 6 pounds! — of currants! We’ll be making jelly this weekend. Related posts: Quick Currant Preserves Today’s Blueberry Harvest Our Best Apricot Harvest — Ever Recipe: Rote Grütze
Our fruit is ripening! We’ve been picking blueberries and cherries. Currants are next! Related posts: Update on the Fields: Blueberries, Basil, Geraniums and Jasmine On the Hunt for Blueberries SCF Harvests Blueberries Recipe: Maraschino Cherries
A currant pudding, the recipe for which I found in this month’s issue of Martha Stewart Living. How fortuitous, considering we just harvested exactly six cups of currants! As you can probably tell from the name, it’s a German dish. […]
We had a bumper crop of currants this year. Gorgeous! Related posts: Garden Update: Currants, Bees, Apples Garden Update: Sour Cherries, Blackberries, Currants, Asparagus, Alliums, Peonies, Irises, Columbine and More Spring at the Farm: Forget Me Nots, Asparagus, Apples, Black […]
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. Related posts: Planting Bulbs at SCF […]
We have Meredith to thank for introducing us to this great recipe for baba au rhum. It was a cold New Year’s Day weekend at Michael’s in 2008-9, where we made cassoulet and watched movies and baked. All weekend. After […]
Here’s our occasional update on the progress in the fields at Sour Cherry Farm. The early summer harvest is slowing down, and we’re getting more flowers and ornamentals as we wait for late summer tomatoes and fall crops like figs, […]
We only had a small harvest of currants this year, so I didn’t bother with all the work of canning properly, I just made a quick refrigerator jam that we ate within a few weeks. First start, the currants: Related […]
Upon returning from Minnesota, we found many crops ripening. We harvested the currants. Related posts: The Farm Gets Bees! Spring at the Farm: Asparagus, Apples and Sour Cherries Update on the Progress in the Fields The Bees are Buzzing!
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.
