Fall Festival has fun activities and games for kids including an old-fashioned cake walk, the popular Animaland, Haunted Hall, many vendors selling their wares including crafts and homemade products, and fabulous door … Continue reading ]]>
Field flowers drying
Join us at Hoosick Falls High School this Saturday from 9am – 3pm for the annual Fall Festival.
Fall Festival has fun activities and games for kids including an old-fashioned cake walk, the popular Animaland, Haunted Hall, many vendors selling their wares including crafts and homemade products, and fabulous door prizes and raffle items.
Hay Berry Farm will feature our dried flowers, dried flower arrangements, wool products from our sheep, farmer-made baskets and more.
Hope to see you there.
Holiday Wreath
I’m excited that we can now provide year-round access to farm food via our new internet buyers club.
The selection is large, and will increase in the spring when your neighboring farmers can add their products to … Continue reading ]]>
Blue Ray blueberries from Hay Berry Farm
I’m excited that we can now provide year-round access to farm food via our new internet buyers club.
The selection is large, and will increase in the spring when your neighboring farmers can add their products to the choices. There are currently over 3000 choices of fruit, vegetables, meat, drinks, flour, herbs, bread, cheese, etc.
The price is reasonable and there is no fee to join. Buyers order on an internet website and pick up their order on Babcock Lake Road in Hoosick.
Check out the link:
http://www.wholeshare.com/join/1987
Questions? [email protected]
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These chickens love the carrot pulp left over from juicing. They don’t always manage to get all the carrots off their beaks. Today, outside their safely-fenced night space by the barn, they wandered around looking for any bit of … Continue reading ]]>These chickens love the carrot pulp left over from juicing. They don’t always manage to get all the carrots off their beaks. Today, outside their safely-fenced night space by the barn, they wandered around looking for any bit of wild green or stray insect or new seed they could find. They haven’t learned how to share very well. One grabs a piece of squash and runs away with it, while another chases her in hot pursuit of the prized food.
The sun broke through the clouds today. We are looking forward to a break in the clouds and some better weather for pruning blueberries. Perhaps this week it will happen.
]]>It’s a good idea to prune your blueberries in winter and complete the process by early April. We show you the … Continue reading ]]>
A young Blue Crop blueberry bush in fall colors
It’s a good idea to prune your blueberries in winter and complete the process by early April. We show you the basic principles and the preferred tools. Once you have the idea and have watched the pruning demonstration, you get a chance to tell us how to prune a bush and try out your new skills.
Some people are interested in pruning for blueberry production so that they can continue to harvest a lot of berries, and others want to prune for ornamental or other reasons. Bring your ideas to the workshop.
There is NO CHARGE for attending and everyone interested is welcome. Please RSVP – we need to know how many people to expect.
See you in the blueberry field, 1176 Babcock Lake Rd, Hoosick Falls, NY.
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Starting with Dobro, at six years old, for the first time trying out a saddle. He looks happy enough for a new experience!
Thank you, Dobro, for being so calm and responsive.
And thanks, also, to … Continue reading ]]>
Dobro getting used to his saddle
Starting with Dobro, at six years old, for the first time trying out a saddle. He looks happy enough for a new experience!
Thank you, Dobro, for being so calm and responsive.
And thanks, also, to Steve Edwards of Queen Valley Mule Ranch for training the rider. Dobro already knew what to do.
Amy demonstrates Make Your Own Surprise Earrings
We introduced wool do-it-yourself kits at craft fairs before the holidays. Amy demonstrated how to make wool earrings from our new kit at the Cambridge, NY Holiday Craft Fair.
Crochet Your Own Wool Hat
We also introduced a new Crochet Your Own Striped Hat.
We love the beautiful fleece from May, Amelia, and Sky.
Dan checks possible mushroom site
Another exciting change is our newly-started project growing Shiitake mushrooms, using hardwoods on the farm and help from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York workshops. Dan is checking out this site under the shade of hemlock trees
and well out of the wind.
We plan to write about the changes as they happen in the coming weeks.
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