Where would I explore this weekend, if I could be anywhere at the blink of an eye? I might head east over the ridge on Saturday for hot roast chestnuts at Big River Farm and the re-opening of the Yiddish Book Center …
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Chocolate cherry ice cream — this is new. The cream comes from here, from High Lawn Farm. The ice cream stand opened four years ago, but according to a flier as I pick up my cone, the dairy farm has just celebrated their 100th summer.
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Second Drop Farm has opened their pick-your-own blueberries, and Caretaker Farm’s CSA offers herbs and flowers and summer vegetables.
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Mill Brook Sugarhouse is boiling sap in a spring day around the corner from the Roaring Brook Trail, and Irish musicians are tuning up as I explore the Southern Berkshires.
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By the scuffed ground around the bowl, I’m not the only small person who has found this magic circle. I’m out in the golden hour, walking on the lower loop through Hopkins Forest.
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I’ve walked into the Plant Connector on a winter night, whenNorth Adams is quiet, and Meg Bantle and Laura Tupper-Palches from Full Well Farm are teaching a workshop on how to make flower crowns.
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Dominic Palumbo raises Highland cattle, Jersey geese and Dorset sheep, as he grows vegetables and forages for local flavors.
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Windy Hill Orchard grows rows of winterberry bushes every year. You can walk into a sea of scarlet higher than your head, and they’re bright even on cold, cloudy afternoons.
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Walking across the grass, I looked for old friends gathering around the barn. They had a fire going in the fire pit and a pot of cider stat on the stones to keep hot.
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Nudel surprised us with a playful place and an experimental and innovative menu — awardwinning chef Bjorn Somlo has run his highly seasonal farm-to-table restaurant in Lenox for 13 years.
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