Cold Brook Farm’s Fall Honey now in jars! Production was extremely low due to prioritizing the health of the bees and wanting to leave them with loads of food for the coming Winter. It’s much richer, more unctuous and broader on the palate than our Spring Honey, partly due to the 10 acres of cover crop on our wheat field that included buckwheat while the Cold Brook Bee Team was doing its work! A California Cab compared to Spring’s Burgundy!! We have very limited quantities available for sale. Message us if you’d like some. #coldbrookfarm #honey #terroir
Nov 1
When our dear friend Mark Epstein of Flow Veganic Farm @flowfarmveganic (pictured in the last photo with his stunning persimmons) sent us a box of potatoes and persimmons late last week, Deb and I wanted to create a dish that literally combined our farms. Gnocchi was the perfect answer…Mark’s Murasaki potatoes and our whole grain Einkorn Wheat (45%) Glenn Wheat (45%) and Danko Rye (10%) flour…voila! Cold Flow Brook Farms Gnocchi! A marriage made in heaven. Thanks for the inspiration Mark and all you do to help make this planet a better place!!
Oct 30
Garlic!! This past week we cut in a new bed, turned the soil (loads of life and excellent tilth), added compost, installed metal edging, planted garlic from our friends at Ethos Farm and from the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival and heavily mulched, in advance of the coming cold snap, and Winter beyond. We planted NY White, German White, German Red, Spanish Rioja, Chesnook Red, Killarney Red and Siberian. #coldbrookfarm #garlicplanting #growyourown #farming #garlic #soilhealth #regenerativeagriculture #garlicvarieties #cantwaitforscapes
Oct 29
Dad and Daughter putting in a test plot of Kamut to see if it can grow here. The seed came directly from our friend and regenerative ag grain guru, Bob Quinn. If you have not read his book, Grain by Grain, absolutely do!! It’s hopeful and wonderful — just like the man himself! It was also one of the inspirations behind our decision to grow grains. #coldbrookfarm #growinggrain #kamut #regenerativeagriculture #familyfarming #bobquinnorganicfarmer
Oct 13
We’ll be getting our 2024 Redeemer Wheat into the soil today. Our field is disked and ready to go. This is our fourth season managing the farm organically and regeneratively and the soil looks and feels soooo much better than what was here before!!! #coldbrookfarm #regenerativeagriculture #redeemerwheat #locavore #growinggrains #negrains #groworganically
Oct 12
Processing Black Walnuts this morning. We gather them when they fall from trees on our farm. This year there were lots and lots whereas last year there were so few that we left them all for wildlife. After they dry for a month or so they will provide us with a wonderful source of local nuts that are far more nutritious than the English Walnuts sold in stores… #coldbrookfarm #blackwalnuts #foraging #weargloveswhileharvesting
Oct 8
Our friend, physician extraordinaire and fellow regenerative organic farmer, Ron Weiss, MD joined us for some time at Cold Brook Farm last evening. Shortly afterwards we disked our gorgeous cover crop back into the soil… #coldbrookfarm #ethosfarm #friends #covercrop #regenerativefarming #regenerative #farminglife
Sep 22
