local foods
By Rusty Plough Farm on Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2015 - 8:07 am
Well, here we are at the end of April, and it seems that spring is struggling to take hold... We've been enjoying and selling kale that overwintered in the high tunnel but the arugula & cilantro seeded in there earlier this month has paused just... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Saturday, Mar. 28, 2015 - 11:13 am
Do you enjoy eating truly local foods but getting around to all the different farmstands and farmers' markets is sometimes difficult? Visit occasionally or on weekends and don't want to spend precious time shopping? Consider a membership with Rondout... 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 Rusty Plough Farm on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 - 1:08 pm
Dreaming of morning coffee on the deck, flowers in the yard and spring home projects? If so, then join us at the Pine Bush Home Show next Sunday, March 8th and get those ideas moving into reality! But why, you may ask, is a farm setting up at a Home Show... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 - 6:31 pm
One of the things we love about living in the Hudson Valley area is the abundance of fresh produce and other farm foods (especially our own!). But what's a local food-lover to do in mid-February, when all is quietly cocooned under deep layers of snow?... Read more
By Rusty Plough Farm on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 9:22 am
Snow, snow, snow and more snow! While the farm fields rest under their white blanket, farm work continues behind-the-scenes, around the warmth of a woodstove. Planning, meeting, ordering seeds from incredibly colorful and encouraging catalogs... this is... Read more