Eighty bushels of apples from Cider Hill Farm went home with Shared Harvest CSA members on Saturday. Three bushels have been living on my porch, waiting to be eaten or preserved. They are storage variety apples, so if I had a cold place to store them I could eat them 'fresh' all winter. Since I've … Continue reading Putting up apples
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The Cranberry Option
I visited Cranberry Hill Farm a few weeks ago to learn about organic cranberries grown on a small scale. I left with my trunk full of cranberries for the Shared Harvest CSA. Shareholders bought these beauties up in less than the time it took me to bake my first apple cranberry pie (which was delicious, … Continue reading The Cranberry Option
Organic Apples & Ballerina Princesses
I visited Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard this weekend with friends Kristin, Linnea and Kai. Today I'll be making apple pies.The OFPF web site says they are the only certified pick-your-own orchard in Massachusetts. This is a sweet little orchard.Here's a picture of Linnea in '07, adorned with a dandelion tiarra. She still likes … Continue reading Organic Apples & Ballerina Princesses
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