Tag: ‘apple picking’
Pick your own pumpkins, apples, veggies…and hop a hayride!
by Karen on 9/25/11 | 13 Comment(s)
There’s nothing more fun than picking your own apples, pumpkins and veggies in the fall. There’s something special about carving a pumpkin that you chose from the ground- not in a box at the supermarket. And applesauce from the apples you picked? That’s divine. You don’t have to travel too far out of Brooklyn to [...]
Apple and Pumpkin Picking at Outhouse Orchards in North Salem
by Holly on 9/25/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Just over an hour from the city lies the ultimate apple picking experience. Outhouse Orchards is family-operated and happens to be open all year. But a visit to the orchard in the autumn is very special. I had heard about Outhouse for years and been curious about it but stayed away due to stories about [...]
Family Fun Weekend: Woodstock, NY (it’s only 2.5 hours away!)
by Serena on 3/30/11 | 3 Comment(s)
How does a weekend of swimming, great food, parks and shopping sound to you? If you answered, “sounds great!” then perhaps it’s time for you and your family to venture to the historic Hudson Valley town of Woodstock, NY. My family and I often make the 2.5 hour trip (by car) any chance we get. [...]
Pumpkin and Apple Picking, Corn Mazes on Long Island
by Karen on 10/07/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Mommy Poppins has a really nice list of farms where you can pick pumpkins and some of them also offer hay rides and petting farm animals. She also has a list of apple orchards where you can pick apples out in Long Island. I would prefer to go apple picking myself, but I know Birch [...]
