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Cherries and hydrangeas are starting to look real good. Real good. Blue!
The flowers and fruits are coming in!
Happy spring! The bulbs we planted last fall have really turned out great. And today, it was warm enough to plant a few pots, too. Here’s a look around the garden. An overview from the stair landing on the second […]
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. […]
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 […]
In early September, a few beautiful flowers (and a few we’re saying a little prayer for, too). Cosmos: Our variagated hydrangea is now 2 years old. I htink next spring we’ll leave the annuals out of the way and let it […]
When it comes to transplanting a 10-year-old hydrangea, I will tell you this: It’s a bitch. The roots are not deep, but they’re in tight. And after the winter we had, the hydrangea was already in bad shape. Still, I’ll […]
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 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, […]
Patio project complete, it’s time to get planting! We’re looking to make the patio feel cozy, and also to block the late summer’s brutal sun, which shines directly on the patio as it’s setting. A tree, then — sour cherry, […]
A look around the fields, folks. Yes, we seem to have come out of winter hibernation all right! Here’s a pretty one of my newly planted Nepeta.
Here’s a look at the garden on August 4, 2011. Looking pretty good considering we’ve been on vacation a lot of July!
The peas and the onions are ready for harvest. More photos of the gardens, including our bees on our lavender (!), after the jump.
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:
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 […]
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.
On Sunday morning after Christmas, we went to a yoga class, and were planning to set a record by going to the lake four days in a row. But the snow started falling. And it wouldn’t stop for 24 hours. […]
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 spent a Sunday around the farm, working on the fields and having a simple supper of hot dogs, corn and a salad with our own lettuce and tomatoes:
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.
