Archives for May 2010

The last of our Spring Saturdays on the Farm was spent exploring in and around Fishkill Farms’ orchards and 5-acres of organic vegetable gardens learning about all of the amazing produce that is grown there. After reading a story and playing a web game illustrating the interconnectedness of the farm’s ecosystem, Mark Doyle, the farm’s overseer and jack-of-all-trades, took the kids on a tour that began with a visit to the greenhouse to see where all the farm’s seedlings are {Read More}

This afternoon our Wacky Wednesday was spent amidst the tall meadow grasses and buttercups at Rockwood Hall in the Rockefeller Preserve. This is easily one of my favorite spots in the park and is yet another great place for the kids to hike due to the various trail options and short loops that abound in this section of the preserve. One of the features of this trail is the enormous weeping beech tree that you encounter just at the top {Read More}

We spent this morning hiking at the East Irvington Nature Preserve for our third hike with the Rivertown Playgroup. The forecast was iffy–maybe rain, maybe not–and the overcast-ish sky wasn’t really giving any clues about what 11 o’clock was going to look like. So we forged ahead with our plans and a small group, clad in raincoats and ladybug boots, congregated at the trail head in the midst of sunshine and drizzle. I was sad that the unpredictable weather had {Read More}