Entries by Mohawk Valley Today
Keep Mohawk Valley Beautiful
2022 Regional Clean & Green Effort
MVEDD, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and our partners are gearing up for our 2022 regional clean up.
City of Amsterdam’s Market on the Mohawk
Market on the Mohawk will be an open-air green market which will run Saturday mornings, May 7-October 29, from 10am-2pm adjacent to Amsterdam’s Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook.
Snowy Day Reel
We decided to have a little fun on the recent snowy day here in the Mohawk Valley! Snowy days often bring with them the need to clear driveways, steps and cars.
A Snowy Day
Its the same each time. It happens just once each winter. The very first “significant” snowfall. The First Snow is indeed a magical event! The snow covers everything and makes the world a little bit brighter, cleaner, and quieter for just a little while.
Black Walnut Cold Stratification Experiments
Black Walnut Trees on our property are such beautiful trees! But the nuts require cold stratification in order to sprout. That means the nuts must go through an extended cold period to start the growing process.
Locust Trees Were Too Close For Comfort
Since we moved to the Mohawk Valley we have been working to clear some of the land around the house. We love our trees, but there are a few that were just too closer comfort.
Harvesting Black Walnuts in the Mohawk Valley
This reel shows you how we collected, husked, cleaned, dried, opened and baked what we harvested. We had a great time and really love the flavor of the walnuts we collected!
Are we farmers now – we got a Tractor!
For our first few years here on the Mohawk Valley homestead we worked to clear some of the land around the house. But progress was slow. Everything was manual labor – lift and carry.
Keep up with the 30-day Challenge with a Jim Short
In today’s Jim Short, Jim talks about the invasive species, Japanese knotweed, that has spread throughout the Mohawk Valley.
Mohawk Valley Farms
