Arbor Day
We’ve been busy with the holidays and haven’t been able to do much around the farm, and consequently haven’t been able to post much. However, we did manage to plant 20 trees, hopefully someday they will grow to replace the…
A tour of Crown Maple
One of the benefits of being in the country is getting back in touch with our food sources. Towards that end we went on a couple of farm tours last week, courtesy of the Oblong Land Conservancy as part of…
How-to: Nasturtium Capers
Amanda was recently at Isa in Williamsburg and they served up what she thought were Wasabi peas, only to learn they were Nasturtium capers. Nasturtium are amazing, we planted them as companion plants next to our Kale and cucumbers. They…
The Snowpocalypse
The October storm hit us pretty hard. We thought the hurricane was bad, but this was a lot worse. At least a foot of heavy wet snow, and despite shaking the trees free of snow around the house every couple…
Stop Fracking
Bill A07400, proposed by Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, Chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, would suspend hydraulic fracturing in New York State. It passed in the Assembly, however the Senate has not yet acted on this legislation. MoveOn.org has put together…
How-to: Black Walnuts
Coming home late a few nights ago we stopped the truck at the bottom of the driveway to close the gates. When I came back to the truck Amanda pointed to the embankment, highlighted by the headlights were tons of…
Greenhouse: Considering the plan
As you know we got ourselves a bunch of old windows with the idea of making our own greenhouse out of them. Amanda got a bunch more from upstate when visiting her family, so between the two loads of windows…
How-to: Apple Cider
Nothing reminds me of fall more than the smell of apple cider. We discovered half-way through the summer that several of the trees on our property were apple trees. Apparently, way back in its past, our land was an apple…
Frogs
More animals from the menagerie, this time our frogs. The tadpoles finally turned to frogs and we have around 7-10 full grown croakers surrounding the pond every morning.
How-to: Hickory Nuts
Since moving up here we’ve tried a lot of new things, from foraging for nuts to hopefully making our own maple syrup. With many of these endeavors we’ve had a challenging time finding clear and succinct how-tos, so as we…