It’s the night before the beginning of Thurman Maple Days, 2019, sort of like Christmas eve, and I’m thinking about the farm friends who will be hosting tomorrow and all […]
Continue Reading »Author: Perky Granger
Perky Granger has been an officer of Thurman Station Association (parent organization of Thurman Community Association) since 2001, and has been engaged in promoting the community since that time. She has authored numerous articles featuring Adirondack events and businesses for regional publications and an online travel magazine. She also published two YA historical novels and edited and coauthored an anthology about the experience of coping with a parent's journey with Alzheimer's disease. A third novel is in the works.
I checked in with Sheila Flanagan recently, to see what preps are in progress for Maple Days, and what visitors should expect. It has been a crazy few weeks for […]
Continue Reading »Valley Road Maple Farm Mike Hill, who partners with Ralph Senecal to run Valley Road Maple Farm, took time out from his sugaring to get in touch a few days […]
Continue Reading »Thurman Farms in Their “Down Time”: Blackberry Hill Farm and Sanctuary As promised, I’ve been keeping tabs on our host farms, seeing how they keep busy as they wait for […]
Continue Reading »Test Your Maple Sap Savvy Over the years we’ve heard lots of interesting ideas people have about maple production, and we thought since the season is nigh, that we’d take […]
Continue Reading »Continuing our series “Winter Down-Time on our Thurman Farms” Toad Hill Maple Farm Toad Hill Maple Farm reports that they’ve been busy thinning/logging a new section of […]
Continue Reading »Nettle Meadow Farm in Winter Cheese-making continues, of course, and for Maple Days Nettle Meadow is coming up with a special maple cheese treat for you to sample and buy […]
Continue Reading »“Down Time”? Winter Notes from our Thurman Farms Let’s just get this said right now: Although it might seem as though winter is a time for our farmers to […]
Continue Reading »October 6 dawned chilly and gray, but our Fall Farm Tour hosts launched into their final preps for the big day. All was ready when guests began to arrive, passports in […]
Continue Reading »As many of you know, this year’s Fall Farm Tour will feature a Passport Prize Drawing. Pick up a passport at any of the sites (it has a map and […]
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