Winter makers and winter harvests are coming to us this week — as the Norman Rockwell Museum opens a retrospective on internationally known illustrator Leo Leonni, the nights are warming up with music.
Read articleAcross the Berkshires, local farmers markets have emerged and persisted even in the face of the pandemic, bringing growers and food makers and artisans together. Many run weekly from May to October, and some continue monthly through the winter.
Tasting those East Taconic blues — #berkshireweekend
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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And suddenly it’s May. We feel the change coming for weeks, fizzing in catkins and lapping up the lower slopes — and then the sun comes out and the maples open their leaves, and the world turns green again.
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