The word is: Great fun for the whole family. Kids of all ages enjoy being on a farm and children especially; love to pick their own fruit.

Our garden space is never plowed or rototilled. We grow our vegetables in permanently formed beds, some of which have been in place for 10 years. We then spread compost on top of the beds, and plant seeds and transplants directly into the compost. The plant roots and compost nutrients move down into the soil where there is a healthy, thriving community of soil organisms. We find that this technique reduces overall weed pressure and gives us better-tasting vegetables that keep longer in the refrigerator. We also believe that our way of farming is better for the Earth because we are less dependent on energy- and capital-consuming tractors and equipment. Press Blue Button for photos and more about organic farming. Bring the kids for a visit to Four Winds organic farm where scenic views are combined with a diversity of life.

"When you come to harvest your apples from your leased tree, we will escort you out in the orchard and show you to it. It is that simple. We assign them when you arrive because there are a lot of things we are thinking about like: we want you to enjoy some privacy we like to have you pick a tree that is not right on top of some one else, if you have little people we like to have them away from the parking meadow . . .

Liberty View Farm, Clintondale, NY
Liberty View’s growers are devoted to sustainable farming practices at their site amid the breathtaking hills and dales of the Hudson Valley. The orchard is Certified Naturally Grown - a designation many smaller farms consider a more transparent, less-expensive alternative to organic certification.

What to Pick: Orchardist Billiam van Roestenberg grows only Empire and Cortland apples and makes sure the fruit you pick is at its prime. He insists, for example, that his Empires be picked only after the first frost—which converts the apples’ starch to sugar and gives them a shocking burst of sweetness.

Most Unusual Offering: For $50, Liberty View lets you lease an apple tree for the season (for yourself or someone else) and harvest it as many times as you like.

Fred's mom (Grandma Apple) makes all our homemade jams and jellies. His father, when not in the field is sometimes making cider or doing the weekend hayrides. My mom does all the homemade breads and muffins, while my dad is the gopher.

During the months of September and October you can enjoy a day in the country and pick your own apples on our Hudson Valley farm. Harvest your own apples. You can't find fresher apples than those you pick yourself.

Things To Do

Apple Picking
Many varieties of apple are available to pick such as Macintosh, Cortland, Macoun, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Ida Red, Gala

Hayrides

Farm Animals (pet and feed)

Picnicking (We have picnic tables throughout the orchards)

Roadstand Market

Enjoy fresh cider made on our farm

Eat our fresh donuts

Pick your own pumpkins

We begin the season with a greenhouse full of flowering annuals and vegetables to fill your garden at home. Our Pick-Your-Own crops begin with strawberries in June, along with a wide variety of other vegetables and fresh cut flowers. In September, raspberries and pumpkins are available. Press Blue Button for availability of the produce and how best to handle it once you've brought it home.

The word is: Great fun for kids. Children enjoy being on a farm and kids especially; love to pick their own fruit.

Kids learn how maintaining a farm this size is a year-round job. Winter months mean covering the strawberries beds, pruning the trees and packing the crop just picked. The spring brings planting, fence building and repair, continued apple packing and strawberries in June. July and August are planting, repairs, summer pruning and by early August-peach picking. And then we start all over again.

Attractions
Animals to Feed
Apple Picking
Corn Maze - free for all ages
Hayrides
Homemade Apple Cider Donuts & Cider Made on the Farm
Picnic Tables
Winter Squash

The Farm to Families Program provides fresh food and a farm experience to low-income families in Ulster County. In partnership with local agencies, Phillies Bridge Farm Project distributes CSA (community supported agriculture) shares to low-income families, and also hosts a farm visit and cooking demonstrations for participants of the program. For some, this is the first time they have visited a farm, picked fresh vegetables, or seen the delight in their children's faces as they taste a fresh vegetable just harvested from the fields. Press Blue Button for directions, mission, education, farm to families, and more about the Phillies Bridge Farm Project.

U-Pick Garden Access
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is where members of the community buy a "share" in a local farm for one season. Shares are paid for in advance and the members then get access to a portion of the farmers harvest from June into November.

Great tasting vegetables at a price well below retail are only the most obvious benefits to being a CSA member. Because you are buying directly from the farmer, we can choose vegetable varieties for taste, rather than how they ship, pack, and look on store shelves.

Choosing to eat fresh, seasonal, vegetables contributes to good health and plays an important role in the local, rural economy -helping to keep small farms - small farms. Items include cherry tomatoes, flowers, an herb garden, snap-peas, beans, gourmet and standard basil varieties, hot peppers and more. Press Blue Button for share options, pickup times, heirloom varieties, growing practices and more about Huguenot Street Farm.

The word is : Great fun for Children. Kids of all ages enjoy being on a farm and kids especially; love to pick their own fruit.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
This is our version of what is commonly called Community Supported Agriculture. The people agree to purchase a share of the anticipated crop. The farmer agrees to supply the people with a fresh assortment of high quality, in our case, certified organic produce. The shareholders commitment implies a willingness to share with the farmer the bounty from the land, and, some of the risks of its production.

We offer a healthy choice of many of the standard produce varieties as well as many interesting and unique produce and products. We grow all of our vegetables and fruits using certified organic methods. The fruits we grow include: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples and lots of melons.

Becoming a shareholder in a CSA program has many benefits for all involved. Your interest and investment will help support small farms and their ideologies . . . The farm stand and flower cutting is open to the public. Press Blue Button to learn about CSA membership, certified organic farming, vegetables and fruits that we grow, and more about our certified organic farm.

Spring brings a large assortment of fragrant Easter flowers, greenhouse filled with potted flowers, house plants, hanging plants, vegetable seedlings, and herbs raised all winter in our many growing greenhouses . . .

Summertime brings fruits and vegetables picked at the peak of flavor, homegrown supersweet butter and sugar corn, vine-ripened tomatoes and cantaloupes, yellow watermelons, tender hand picked green beans, peppers, . . . Raspberries, blueberries, succulent fruits of all varieties . . .

During fall harvest we have everything you need for a Spooky Halloween and Thanksgiving, healthy, robust pumpkins of all sizes that you can pick right from the patch . . . The children and their parents enjoy a complimentary hayride to and from our pumpkin patch along the Wallkill river.

October weekends bring many activities for your children to enjoy . . . hayrides, face painting, a haunted house and . . . You and your kids can also enjoy our Corn Maze.

Press Blue Button for photos, and more about Wallkill Farm.

We serve daily breakfast & lunch sandwiches, fresh muffins, pastries, pies, cookies & our famous cider donuts, locally roasted JB Peel coffees, craft & gift items, local honey and maple syrup, and more. Press Blue Button for more about our Farm Market.