Saturday, October 2 from 9-11 AM will be the annual sweet potato harvest at The Community Farm at Chestnut Ridge. Our sweet potato “slips” (baby plants) were planted way back in April and have been weeded and watered all summer in anticipation of this …

Looking back on my first summer at Chestnut Ridge, I must admit that it all seems like a whirlwind! I came on board one week before staff training, but it didn’t take long for me to fall into the rhythm that is summer camp: arriving each day at dawn, …