“It’s a beautiful tomato,” Josh Arcaro coos just outside of the kitchen at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center. “I would cut this up into sixths or eighths, leave it raw, drizzle it with extra-virgin olive oil.” Mr. Arcaro is the...
The Garden at Mariandale was put to bed for the winter. As I stand before the seventeen raised beds, now seeded with winter rye to bring fresh nourishment for the spring, I am caught in a kind of reverie. I recall the fresh energy of new beginnings from former spring...
This year at the Shore the blossoms came out on schedule, in late April and into May, even though the temperature was many degrees short of spring-like. They only hung around for what seemed hours instead of weeks, but they did show up. Reluctantly. A matter of duty....
Flickr: autan This year at the Shore the blossoms came out on schedule, in late April and into May, even though the temperature was many degrees short of spring-like. They only hung around for what seemed hours instead of weeks, but they did show up....
This post is in honor of World Environment Day. For a devotion for the day, consider our Prayer for World Environment Day. At the Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center in Ossining, sustainability starts at the reception desk. The front office features low-emission,...
