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.
Read articleThe Berkshires are rich in artisanal food — local bakers and beekeepers, cideries and microbreweries, cheesemakers and orchards — even locally made chocolate, blended teas and roasted coffees …
On Halloween candle makers light a flame in the dark
A small flame in a wide, dark night has magic in it. When the sun sets early and the wind blows down from Canada, we still light them. And in this season I’m wondering who the Berkshires still makes them.
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Sunny fall days comfort us with apples (#Berkshireweekend)
Some of us picked up bags of apples from Lakeview Orchard — Macouns, Honeycrisps, Cortlands — and some were setting up in a friend’s kitchen …
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Lakeview Orchard beckons in apple time
On a sunny Saturday when the afternoon stretched clear ahead of me, I headed up to Lakeview Orchards when apple season was just coming in …
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Catching the golden hours of summer – #Berkshireweekend
Sweet corn and peaches … the flavors mean late summer. We have a good month more of warm weather, but we feel the year begin to turn when the golden rod shows in the meadows.
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International artists on Shaker land — Exploring central Berkshires
We're looking for three international summer artists at Hancock Shaker Village on a summer day and exploring the center of the Berkshires around them.
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Field trips in an unexpected world #this weekend
It’s the season for field trips and picnics in the Berkshires … sourdough bread and iced coffee, or roadside stands with peach ice cream.
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What’s your first real taste of summer? (#this weekend)
You know the feeling when something hits home and you feel your expression shift instinctively — like tasting something that surprises you with its flavor?
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Happy holidays! (December 22 newsletter)
This month has been full of gifts already. I walk into Chocolate Springs one afternoon just as Joshua Needleman is making chocolate peppermint bonbons, and he offers me a taste …
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Gifts of time and touch can hold warmth
This holiday, I’m looking for gifts like a warm sip of home-made cordial on a cold night — something that takes time and some quiet thinking. And touch.
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