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SPECIAL U-Pick Peaches weekend Aug 7 and 8 Noon to 5!
Store is now open and we are stocking up on lots of great homegrown and local produce! For the very latest details be a Facebook fan - we update that every day!
Next dinner at the farm is August 7! SOLD OUT next is sept. 11
Next farm dinner July 17! reserve your seat today! SOLD OUT!
Blossom Bash May 8 & 9
Help NY farms stay viable and strong - oppose NYS Senate bill 2247/Assembly 1867 - more on the Soons facebook page.
Congrats to our founders weekend winners: Joe B. of Goshen got a cool Soons bag, Cindy P. of Hewitt NJ got a pie, Maureen L. ,also of Goshen, won a huge $50 gift basket and Ed W. of Denville NJ won apples and cider every month for a year!
Next farm dinner is March 6th! Make your reservation today!
Cider makes a great mixer for your New Year's Party! Check out some recipes at That's the Spirit or Webtender.
Founders Weekend Dec 12 & 13! 11 to 4ish
Celebrate the Holidays with us and Enjoy Free Food & Drink, Prizes, History and Get Some Great Gifts… Weekend includes Local Wine Tasting, Cooking Demos & Tasting* * *
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NEW! Thanksgiving Side Dishes with a twist by Chef Shawn - preview them this weekend -Sunday Nov. 22 11:30 to 3:30 - try Caramelized Apple Stuffing, Roasted Sweet Potatoes,
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce...yum!
Pre-order your sides by Tuesday noon and check another thing off your list!
SAVE THE DATE - Founders Weekend Dec 12 & 13!
Another weekend of U-Pick apples - Nov 7/8 - 10 to 4... come on out for still a good selection of apples, including Newtown Pippin, Empires, Jonagolds, and Delicious.
 New fun on weekends - take a carriage ride into our "old" orchard (these are the full size trees that we pick for you-) with this gentle giant, Beauty! She's a Percheron, and boy, is she strong! [kids $3, adults $5]
U-Pick pumpkins with requisite hay wagon ride, starts this weekend, September 19! about 11 to 4, Saturday & Sunday. Don't forget the camera!
U-Pick apples now underway - weekends, plus Labor Day, Yom Kippur 9/28, and Columbus Day. Grandma's Kitchen open for lunch and snacks each weekend - try the new offerings - so good!
Chef Shawn demo dates - come by to learn from a great teacher and try something tasty too! Sept. 27 and Oct 25, midday. Cooking class - focus on soups - Oct 1 (thurs) 6 to 8pm.
PLUS - the first annual Soons farm dinner - Nov. 7 - make your reservations now!
U-Pick peaches?! yes! Aug 15 Noon to 5 details here
Peach picking was so fun today (one customer walked out with 80 pounds of peaches, thus losing a bet with his wife!) that we're doing it again next week - Saturday Aug 22! Spread the word and let's hope for a nice day again!
Aug 4...just started picking white peaches...and they are tasty! I know folks have been waiting for these...!
We're back - it's season number 99... ! Come on down for fresh fresh fresh everything :) And NEW from Chef Shawn and Soons - fresh prepared foods that are oh so good,from Stone Fruit Salsa (that's peaches and nectarines!) to Summer Veggie Saute... save the date for the next Chef Shawn demo & tasting - Aug 16 - it's always a fun (and tasty) time!
<<Market info here.>>
Cornell Cooperative Extension (344-1234) has one more food preservation class in August. Soons plans a salsa class and a peach canning class in Aug-Sept also... dates TBA.
URGENT (ongoing through this session) Support NY farmers - ask your state rep to oppose S.5212. Visit Farm Bureau's lobby page; my notes on Facebook.
Help wanted for the new season, starting August 1. Info here.
Soons grown and baled hay now available.
Markets are returning... Warwick now open - get your Scotty's pie fix all summer! New this year - Sugar Loaf, Saturdays 11 to 3. Soons goes to markets once we start picking peaches in mid-July. Market info here.
Blossom Bash 2009 was fun - Chef Shawn's recipe is posted!
Just in! Local grass-fed, naturally-raised beef from Kezialain Farms, right around the corner in Westtown (that's some of their farm below). More about why grass-fed is so good for you at Eat Wild
Feb 1: New cider special - 3 gallons for $12!
Team up with a neighbor or friend... or stock home, work, and the freezer with our homemade and always delicious apple cider.
Dec 18: Our Annual Founders Weekend was fun, with Pazdar Winery, Chef Shawn and Santa too!
Art Soons is pleased to learn from Santa that he made the "nice" list in 2008!
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No one needs more stuff! Give a gift of yummy fruit and goodies from Soons... order your holiday gift basket now to pick up anytime... for those far away friends and family send an apple gift pack. prices start at around $20.
More holidays are coming ...you do the roast/turkey/etc, we'll do the pies! Get ready to order your Scotty's pies for pick up before the holidays. Soons closes slightly early on Xmas eve, and is closed Dec 25 and New Year's Day
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10/3: Happy birthday Sandy Soons!
Another fun cooking demo and tasting with Chef Shawn, who cooked up some of our great winter squash. so easy and so healthy too!
Candy apple mania! We made 500 candy apples in two days for two different weddings...
The varieties page and U-Pick page are updated! Honeycrisp are sold out :( (Let's hope the trees don't take next year "off" as well!)
Sweet corn..10/8: done... back 8/1/2009!
9/23: U-Pick pumpkins now underway weekends, typically 11 to 4, or as soon as we have enough people to start the first wagon ride down to the fields.
Grandma's Kitchen will be open this weekend for lunch on the lawn... enjoy a burger while admiring Laura's Soons-Thornton's oh-so-tall zinnias and sunflowers.
Peaches are done for the season... hope you froze some to enjoy once it turns chilly!
First cider-pressing of the season - mmm that famous Soons cider is back - hooray!
New at Soons: local goat cheese by Lynnhaven farms - it's so good, you've got to try it!
U-Pick is here...weekends 10 to 4, more than a light drizzle closes...
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It's time to can, again!
We learned the how-tos and tips for canning with experts and Soons customers, Barb and Fred King on Aug 27th. Thanks all who attended!
new at Soons: local free range eggs!
>>Tasty Re-Opening Weekend fun was had with a
cooking demo on the grill with Chef Shawn!<<
remember you can visit us at farmers' markets Tues (Fla), Sat (Mtown) and Sun (Warwick)- we have our homegrown fruit, peanut butter, donuts, and now we're taking our fabulous homemade apple sauce. mmm mmm good! ! |