With the season over we've spent much of the last month or so preparing the property for winter. Of course we didn't expect winter to arrive quite so quickly, but our brief flirtation with a January landscape has melted away over the last few days. Fortunately we had most of our winterization done before the snowstorm.
One of most significant projects this fall was an unexpected one. As many of you know our apple tree by the Nineteenth Hole has seen better days. Understandable, given its approximately hundred years (estimated from the rings). Well, this August one of the last remaining major limbs began to let go. Fortunately Randy was able to prop it up and strap the tree back together. It is stable once again, and full of a ripe bounty of apples!
Which brings to mind an aspect of Rock Gardens that sometimes gets overlooked for the more obvious charms of the Inn. In addition to our beautiful coastline, cozy cottages, and wonderful staff, Rock Gardens also takes great care to bring you as much local, sustainable food as possible. Beyond our apple pie we also grow our own herbs and veggies, buy other veggies from local farms, get berries and other fruit from local pickers and growers, and we get our lobsters from about four miles down the road in Westpoint, and they're caught from the very same waters you see from our cottages. This connection to our community, and the quality and known provenance of the food it provides is very important to us, and we believe that it comes through in the meals that we serve.
In the spirit of the fall harvest we have included below a couple of pictures featuring a small selection of the food we grow right here on the property. We hope you enjoy them!
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