A Day at the Farm

Saturday was a rare occurrence for city folk like me. I went to a farm. Metro North has this one-day pass that includes train ticket and a shuttle around the Millbrook area. Our first stop of the day, was the farm. It was pretty cool, especially considering my recent interest in where my food comes from. We started with a cheese tasting, all made from milk from the cows and goats on the farm. We even saw part of the cheese making process where they were heating the milk in large vats. We ate our cheese and some pumpkin ice cream (that's a healthy breakfast, right?) and then we looked around at all the animals. The chickens were beautiful. The goats tried to eat everything. And I was in love with this baby cow.

He has giant brown eyes like a Disney princess. It was a really happy farm.

Next stop was the village of Millbrook for lunch and shopping. I got these really cool soup bowls. Set of two for just $2.

I say that’s a successful get.

After lunch we went apple picking. It wasn’t exactly fall weather, and it had warmed up to about 80 degrees. It was still nice, but definitely a little warm for climbing up hills and trees to get the best apples. I have SO MANY APPLES. I’ve already baked apple bread and made some apple carrot soup. I’d have to eat two apples a day before if I wanted to get rid of them before they go bad. I think I’ll make more apple bread and freeze it. Can’t waste any apples. I worked hard picking them!

Last stop before we headed home was a wine tasting at Clinton vineyards. The owner was this lovely old lady who you can tell gets sloshed every night. She was a hoot. And the wine was pretty darn tasty. I always thought that when a wine describes itself as having a scent of apples, that they some how added apples. Nope. It’s all the grapes. Different years can taste very different. Who woulda think?

We finished here with a glass of wine and a nice relaxing view.

There’s really nothing more you could ask for.