Stone Ridge
By Keady Sullivan on Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 - 11:12 am
After a brutal winter in the Catskills, college students are holding their breath, hoping for no more snow days.
College classes at SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Delhi, SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Sullivan and SUNY Ulster have all experienced weather-... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 - 8:13 pm
Anybody out there with an unwanted non-working chest freezer? The first sprouts of the season have moved into the greenhouse from inside our warm home - sure signs of spring despite the snow I see coming down outside my window. Our radiant floor heat... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Mar. 19, 2015 - 5:25 pm
New York state produces almost a fifth of the nation’s maple syrup, and much of that comes from the Catskills. The mountains are home to many sugarhouses, from large operations with state-of-the-art evaporators that use reverse osmosis to little shacks... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2015 - 11:06 am
Photo by Flickr user Vox Efx.
Today, Wednesday, March 18, is Election Day for most New York villages. Village elections in many Catskills villages are sleepy, uncontested affairs, but a few are real contests with full slates of candidates from multiple... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2015 - 1:24 pm
Above: Delhi's St. Patrick's Day parade. Photo via the parade's organizers.
It’s a gray and drizzly St. Patrick’s Day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate. Festivities celebrating the Irish continue all this week in the Catskills.
A few St. Pat’s... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 16, 2015 - 12:49 pm
With spring just around the corner, it's time once more for our annual Catskills Outdoor Guide -- a glossy, full-color magazine showcasing the best of what the Catskills great outdoors has to offer.
Once again, the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide will... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Saturday, Mar. 14, 2015 - 8:47 am
Living with teens sure makes the kitchen and refrigerator the most visited spaces in the home. There never seems to be enough food to satisfy their growing bodies! But fortunately, they're all handy in that kitchen (not quite got the hang of total... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2015 - 4:27 pm
Above: A shamrock on the slopes at Plattekill Mountain.
Why do so many turn part Irish in the season of St. Patrick? Perhaps because there is something primal about celebrating the end of winter by slathering swathes of green everywhere. Perhaps because... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2015 - 1:46 pm
Above: New Environmental Police Officers being sworn in to their jobs patrolling New York City’s upstate watershed, which spans a 2,000-square-mile area, much of it in the Catskills. Photo via the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2015 - 6:46 pm
Summer.... Autumn.... Winter.... Mud..... Spring.... Voila the five seasons of life in the Hudson Valley region. Mudrooms are a nice thing to have, but somehow the mud seems to find its way past that door into the rest of the house. From woodstove wood... Read more
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