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There’s No Place Like Home

Posted on May 4, 2013May 23, 2018 by Kasha

Out here in the Black Dirt area of Orange County, NY, we have to deal with very unique circumstances and events, and after 40<cough, cough> years of living here, I'm kinda used to those things. My father, after 70 years on Celery Avenue, probably knows the place better than anyone else, except maybe his big sister Beverly. Hell, my kid has seen 3 devastating floods in his short lifetime, each one worse than the last, and he thinks it's just the way things are here in the farmland. Twisters, or dust devils, are a regular occurrence around here and while...Read More

I’m Ba-ack!

Posted on April 18, 2013February 25, 2018 by Kasha

It seems like I fell off the face of the earth, right? Not exactly.... but it feels like I spent the last week roaming the surface of the sun. Thomas: That's impossible, Mommy. The sun doesn't even HAVE a surface because it's made up of gases. EVERYBODY knows that. <insert pre-pubescent eye roll> Thus was my vacation in hot and sunny southern Florida. The Boy will turn nine next weekend. Judging by his behavior of late, he may not make it to ten. All things considered, and by all things I mean airport security (way to go, Kash, heading home...Read More

Send a Friend (or two) a Box o’ Cookies!

Posted on March 24, 2013April 3, 2018 by Kasha

I want to take this opportunity to send huge thanks to all of my friends for sharing my FarmGirl Facebook page and recommending my recipes and site to your friends and family. As a promotion, I recently offered a dozen cookies to "Like" number 250 and the person who referred her. It didn't take long before those Facebook numbers climbed (YAY!) and two dozen Salted Cashew-Toffee-Chocolate Chip cookies were shipped yesterday. They stack like a dream in a wide-mouth canning jar, which can then be boxed, safely cradled in packing material. Have you tried packing in popped popcorn? It works...Read More

Pulling Pigtails, plus Gluten-Free Lemon Cornmeal Cookies

Posted on February 26, 2013February 25, 2018 by chris

Last week I had to take my baby boy to the optometrist. His pediatrician told me several months back that his vision screening was 'borderline'. Now I've got a Madonna earworm. And my kid has glasses. I kinda figured as much, considering I've worn glasses since first grade. They were pink and little and oh, so cute. His are fancy Adidas frames and he looks adorable. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so, either. He got off the bus in a sour mood the other day. Sometimes I take my time and treat him gently to coax it...Read More

If mares eat oats, and does eat oats….

Posted on February 5, 2013February 25, 2018 by Kasha

...why is this one eating my kid's shoelace? I mentioned in my last post that we visited the babies (they literally cry like babies) at Edgwick Farm in Cornwall, NY. I had a blast, Thomas was standoffish and quiet. He claimed later that he didn't like all the poop in the yard. He's not so far off, at 8, from his early years in diapers, so I don't get it, but perhaps he just had an off day. We all have 'em. But how can you when you're getting to cuddle with THESE?!?!?!?! I think I counted 9 doelings climbing...Read More

My November… plus Cookies, Revisited

Posted on November 30, 2012February 25, 2018 by Kasha

"Mom, did we have power on Halloween?" "No." "Did we have power the day before Halloween?" "No." "When did the power go out?" "October 29th." "And what's today?" "November 5th" "Well that's just ridiculous..." **Note: Power went out 10/29 when 2 trees came down and took out a ton of lines. Thanks to Frankie for spearheading the tree removal process! Power was finally restored on 11/6. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Up here in Orange County, we've pretty much recovered and Hurricane...Read More

Missing… but still in action.

Posted on October 8, 2012February 25, 2018 by Kasha

Get a load of this... Yes, that's a frog. It's a frog in a pint-sized deli container. It's a frog that I found hiding behind the window fan in my son's room Friday night. I went to close the window because the forecast was for rain the next day when I was at market. Bleary eyed and ready for sleep, I go in and remove the fan from the window, only to find this THING attached to the screen on the INSIDE! I screamed, but just a little. Once I caught my breath, I raced around trying to find SOMETHING...Read More

Better-Than-Devil Dogs or Los Perros del Diablo

Posted on July 11, 2012February 25, 2018 by Kasha

I almost died this weekend. Maybe I shouldn't say it like that, but it's true. Every Saturday morning I drive to the Ringwood Farmers Market on a stretch of road we like to call "Old 17". Old 17 runs from Harriman, NY to the NJ border and until the NYS Thruway was opened in 1953, was the main route to 'upstate' from NYC. Remember the movie "Dirty Dancing" and the Catskill resort/bungalow colony culture? Old 17 is how city folks got to Sullivan County. Red Apple Rest, a cafeteria-rest area, was built in 1931 and was approximately halfway between NYC...Read More

I see no point in reinventing the wheel

Posted on July 3, 2012February 25, 2018 by Kasha

I'm too busy for that. The last two weeks of second grade are a blur. We had third grade orientation, Moving Up Day (The Boy will be going to a new school for grade 3), Spring Concert (he had a solo with his friend who happens to be a girl but is ABSOLUTELY NOT his girlfriend), and Field Day. Then we had his class play (The Foolish Little Hare) complete with classroom 'reception' following performance. I made Whoopie Pies. They were incredible. I said something to Mom the other day and she replied, "You'd rather be too busy than bored......Read More

Lemon Ricotta Bars (with Goat’s Milk Ricotta)

Posted on May 28, 2012February 25, 2018 by chris

Holy cow. We started markets this week. It was hot. REALLY hot. I drank a lot of water, lemonade. and iced coffee and saw a ridiculous number of smiling faces - all of them thrilled that we are back and selling lots of fabulous local produce. Many sincere thanks to those who remembered and mentioned the hardships we endured last summer with the massive, devastating floods. It was nice to hear the praise and admiration, not that it was expected or even deserved. We did what we had to do and we got through it. Anyone faced with similar...Read More