CiderDays celebrates its 27th year with more than 20 stops on this year’s “Cider Trail,” with area orchards and cider makers inviting you to...
The first weekend in November has been dedicated to cider and apples in our region for more than 25 years in the festival called CiderDays. At this...
I recently ate lunch with a cousin who informed me that she has given away all of her Halloween decorations because her children are grown up. I...
Buying local is one way to “vote with your fork,” using consumer demand to help shape the economy. Individuals, families and businesses all have...
Some autumns see a lot of apples on the trees in our hills in Hawley. In such years, my neighbor Alice speculates that the literal windfall of...
Fletcher Farm, just off Route 10 in Southampton, is the kind of place many probably envision when they hear the phrase “family farm”: a small New...
The time of cruciferous vegetables has arrived. This vitamin-rich group consists of a lot of different cabbage relatives, most of them green...
We planted our garden in late spring, just a few weeks after my mother passed. At first, I barely walked over to it. When I finally did pay a visit...