Wake up in the country. Experience a working farm in a beautifully restored Greek Revival Farmhouse with a modern stone addition on quiet rural road. Farmhouse Suite has private entrance, bedroom with a queen size bed, bathroom and library. Enjoy farm adventures such as farm programs, workshops, and private meals made with the best of the farm's meat, eggs, dairy and produce. Eat. Immerse. Experience. Relax.
The space
Guests enjoy the first-floor suite in the 1863 Greek Revival farmhouse with a private entrance, a private backyard with a patio table and chairs and charcoal grill and fire pit. Please bring your own charcoal and wood. The suite includes a guest bedroom with a queen size bed, private bath and library. Single futon style mattresses are provided in the library suite to accommodate two additional persons; the mattresses are more suitable for children. The suite includes a refrigerator, microwave, coffee and tea station stocked with coffee, tea, hot chocolate, creamer, and sugar.
Guest access
We hate to disappoint. If you want to participate in farm programs or order meals, inquire about availability BEFORE you book.
Wander the farm and talk to the animals. Roam the pastures, bike country roads. Swimming, fishing, hiking and picnicking at Hartwick College's Pine Lake environmental center - 5 minute car ride from farm. During winter months, there are many cross country ski and snowshoe trails on or near the farm. Downhill skiing, including Plattekill, Windham and Belleaye are about 45 minutes to one hour drive from the farm. Enjoy a guided tour of the farm and lend a hand with farm chores (1 1/2 to 2 hours) for $100 per group (up to six persons). Farm chores, depending on the season, may include collecting eggs, bottle feeding kid goats or lambs, feeding and watering chickens, rabbits and pigs, moving the sheep or dairy goats with the border collies or milking a goat. Farmer for a Day is a half day adventure for $250 for four persons, includes farm lunch. Farmer for a Day activities are tailored to the ages and interests of your family or group (not recommended for children under 8 years old). Field and Kitchen workshops require a minimum of five persons or the fee equivalent to five persons. Workshops, except Tabletop Tour of New York Wine and Cheese, are customized for families with children (not recommended for children under 8 years old) or designed for adults only. Farm programs and workshops are not available on Saturdays mid-May to the end of November. We cannot prepare a box lunches on Saturdays. Private farm tours are available by appointment at 10 am. Fable=farm+table, our on-farm restaurant is open only for private events. Private meals, including box lunches, are delivered to your suite or served in the suite's private back yard (weather permitting) or in the farmhouse dining space if it is available. If you choose to dine in the farmhouse dining space, you may be joined by Farmhand Cabin guests. Five course dinners are $95 person and three course dinners are $75. Grazing Box lunches are $22 person. Enjoy a Grazing Board while you check in and unpack. The Grazing Board is a charcuterie board of our farm-made sausages, pâté and local cheese, savory dips, fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts, pickled veggies and chutney. $25 per person. Regional wine added for $18. The breakfast bag is $12 per person and includes farm made muffins, yogurt, hard boiled eggs or quiche, juice, milk and coffee/tea.
Participation in farm programs and meals must be reserved in advance of your arrival. Farm tours, programs workshops and meals are private.
Other things to note
Unplug. WiFi (limited - signal is unreliable and may not be strong enough for interactive work such as Zoom meetings) No television reception.
We do not allow pets or service animals on the farm. We love dogs but our livestock guardian dogs do not. Our livestock guardian dogs' job is to protect their livestock from predators. They would regard your dog or pet as a predator. Therefore, your pet is not safe on our farm.
No Smoking in the Suite.
Farm programs include Farm Tour & Chores, Farmer for a Day and Field and Kitchen workshops. Advance notice needed for these programs. Private dinners served upon request with at least one week's notice.
We've gotten great press - most recently from Thrillist "10 Insanely Awesome Farm Activities You can Drive To" ; Bon Appetit's Food Traveler as Top 25 Foods Farms & Flavors Tourism Destination ; NOFA's summer newsletter; and a wonderful blog post from NewYorkCityFamily.
Maps and other GPS often bring you to us in obscure and hard to drive routes, especially after dark. Please ask us to send you driving instructions.
Check in is 3 - 9pm. We are a small, working farm. Late arrivals are very disruptive. We wake up before sunrise, so we go to bed early. There is a $50 late arrival fee for arrivals after 10pm. If you get delayed in traffic or lost, we would appreciate a call or email to let us know your arrival time.
The accommodation sleeps two adults and two children. There is one bedroom featuring a queen-size bed, and we can accommodate two children with futons in the attached library.
