In a normal summer, I would be a counselor at URJ Crane Lake Camp, and right about now, my friends and I would be walking into West Stockbridge on our hour-off for a muffin and iced-tea from No. Six Depot Roastery and Café or a grilled sandwich from the Public […]
Read articleRound House Bakery closes at Hubbard Hall and regroups in the pandemic
Scott and Lisa Carrino have built a local community around the Round House Bakery Café, and the pandemic has closed their restaurant at Hubbard Hall. They will keep their bakery running at Pompanuck Farm in White Creek.
Read articleMarmalade season brings Seville oranges on a cold day — BTW
Guidos Fresh Marketplace has Seville oranges, so it’s marmelade season. I stopped in the other day and got some for the first time in years, and on Tuesday I cooked them while I transcribed an interview about modern dancers who move like saplings. The jam gelled beautifully too. Seville oranges […]
Read articleFarmers Markets ripen across the Berkshires in summer
A table at the front holds hand-turned bowls. I once saw that dark rippling on creamy wood in an old farmhouse near here, and the man who lived there told me it was spalted maple, and fungi cause that pattern, but they often leave the wood too brittle to work, so […]
Read articleIoka Valley Farm serves maple syrup in mud time
The steam off the boilers smells richly sweet. The whole room is filled with it — open the door and step in, and you’re dipped whole into damp, warm air and the scent of maple sap boiling down.
Read articleFarming takes center stage at Hubbard Hall
“The sky getting darker, and you still working to the last sunlight.” Daniel Salzer conjures a summer night in a barn after a long day, as though he is taking in the smells of warm wood and cows, diesel from the tractor and a sweetness from second-cut hay.
Read articleFree-range pigs regenerate the land at Climbing Tree Farm
Half a dozen young pigs come trotting through the woods to see who has just stepped over the wire fence. They are sleek, fearless, coppery and black. They root against ankles and knees, pushing with firm noses, amiably curious.
Read articleHoliday wreathes keep winter green at Chatham Berry Farm
Chatham Berry Farm store in Chatham, N.Y., has opened its annual holiday market with natural ornaments and Douglas, balsam and Frasier fir trees from New York and Vermont, and beeswax candles from a local beekeeper.
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