Roberta and Malcolm McGregor gathering sap in milk cans on the McGregor farm. Pictured are: a Studebaker automobile and a horse drawn wagon filled with station cans used to collect sap from individual buckets. Steam is rising in the background from the sugaring arch. March 1947. Hammond, NY. Photo donated by Jennifer McGregor.
Gathering sap to make maple syrup on the McGregor Farm. Pictured, from left to right: Edith “Peg” McGregor, Allen McGregor, and Malcolm McGregor. March 1947. Hammond, NY. Photo donated by Jennifer McGregor.
Aerial view of the original McGregor homestead built in 1900. Pictured from the right are the farmhouse, the carriage house which was converted into a garage, the granary and barn. A large, snow-filled gravel pit is visible in the background. Poplar trees can be seen in the front yard. The farm is located on the […]
James (Jim) Cooney, far right, was the head landscaper of the Adirondack Museum from the 1980s to 1998. Photo taken circa 1990s. Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Jim’s daughter, Patty Farrell. Jim and his family also owned a garden center, North Woods Garden Center, on Newcomb Road. In the audio clip, listen to Patty […]
In preparation for the spring nectar flow, beekeeper Mark Berninghausen works on hive boxes on Route 310 near Bucks Bridge. 2018. Bucks Bridge in Saint Lawrence County, NY. Photo taken by Christopher Lenney of the Watertown Times. Photo submitted by Mark Berninghausen.
Stewart Cuthbert (left) and toddler Ann playing with a Hampshire lamb in the barn of their family farm. February 1957. Hammond, NY.
Catherine “Cat” Bennett (left) with St. Lawrence University students who are volunteering at her farm. Cat runs Milkweed Tussock Tubers, a potato farm that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Catherine “Cat” Bennett talks to a St. Lawrence University student volunteering at Milkweed Tussock Tubers, an heirloom and fingerling potato farm Cat runs in De Peyster. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Catherine “Cat” Bennett posing with freshly dug fingerling potatoes. She runs an heirloom and fingerling potato farm called Milkweed Tussock Tubers that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.
Man sorts potatoes in a Canton Agricultural and Technical College barn. Circa 1930. Canton, NY. Courtesy of SUNY Canton archives. Check out our story on expanding a seed potato farm in the Adirondacks.
