Love Lies Bleeding, a type of amaranth flower, swayed against a backdrop of deep maroon Red Hedge sunflowers in Quonquont Farm’s one acre pick-your-own flower garden Tuesday, their fist-like green buds unclenching in slow motion. “It makes me feel very…
Ingredients 1/3 cup maple syrup (honey or cane sugar can be substituted) 1/3 cup melted coconut oil (or butter) 2 eggs 1 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 teaspoons vanilla extract zest from 1 lemon 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour…
Ingredients 1 batch of all-butter pie dough 4 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen 1/4 cup cornstarch juice and zest from 1 lemon 1/4-1/2 cup sugar (honey or maple syrup can be substituted) a big pinch of sugar, to sprinkle on…
Cake 1 1/2 cups apple cider* 3/4 cup maple syrup 2 eggs 1/2 cup melted coconut oil (can sub melted butter, olive oil, or other preferred oil) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 apple, shredded and squeezed of excess liquid** 1…
Ingredients All-Butter Pie Crust, plus any additions of choice (see recipe link at Baked Greens) 6 apples of your choice, peeled and sliced* 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2-1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon** a pinch of nutmeg 1/3-2/3 cups brown or coconut sugar,…
Ingredients 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tablespoons cane sugar 2 sticks (16T) cold butter, cut into cubes a pinch of salt 8-10 Tablespoons ice water Instructions Combine flour, sugar, butter, and salt in a mixing bowl. Using a pastry…
The first thing one notices when visiting Quonquont Farm is its sheer gorgeousness. This 150-acre farm on North Street in Whately is studded with historic buildings, landscaped flowers, fruit trees, and a sense of beauty. I sat down last week…
WHATELY — The farmers who own Quonquont Farm and the beavers that live there have a special and rare friendly relationship. But it wasn’t always like that: “They’ve made a lot of converts,” says Allison Bell, the manager of the…
A narrow dirt road stretches along Quonquont Farm’s apple orchard, proceeds by a lone bench and up a small hill before disappearing into forest vegetation, which, last week, was verging on its annual change from vibrant green hues to rustic…