Come stay in a fully-outfitted barn apartment with views that look out over the pony paddock and the sheep pasture!
For an extra fee we also offer…
** FARM CAMP** perfect for kids & families. 2 hours of farm chores, pony-riding, crafts every morning that you are here.
** CRAFT RETREATS** All-inclusive weekend with up to 7 guests. Wool / wood / kitchen craft. Work on the farm, MAKE stuff, and enjoy the outdoors. DM for more info.
Find us on ig — honeyhollowfarmstay!
The space
Note:
Farm Camp for kids (and all ages!) , is an extra fee, $100/day, paid through V or cash.
Craft Retreats are all-inclusive (meals and materials). DM for more info.
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More info about the farm:
Come enjoy life on a farm, just 2.5 hours from NYC! Guests to our farm stay get the best of farming, getting to know our friendly, adorable ponies and goats.
The sunny 2-bedroom cottage is in a renovated barn on 4 acres of pasture, creek, and woods, adjacent to the owners' 10-acres.
The apartment is fully furnished and comes with everything you need, including a fully-outfitted kitchen, towels, pillows, 100% cotton bed sheets, and blankets.
Each bedroom (a smaller and a larger) contains a queen-sized bed with a cotton futon mattress. Additionally, there is a queen-sized futon mattress in the loft, and a futon-couch in the living room.
Up a sturdy farm ladder is the loft, equally suitable for playing on rainy days, or for creating a third sleeping area. For winter getaways, there is a woodstove by the kitchen, and a woodpile by the driveway.
The apartment is about 650 sf and sleeps a maximum of six guests (do-able but cozy for six adults). There is a small porch outside, and stairs leading down to the yard, which overlooks the farm. It’s a private yard with a bonfire pit and a Weber charcoal grill. It faces the pony paddock, and kids often spend a good part of their visit picking grass and feeding Bugsy and Jasmine, our two ponies.
In addition to the two ponies, we have sheep, goats, and chickens, and an enormous, very sweet sheep dog named Blue. Sometimes we have other animals as well.
We are in the Upper Hudson Valley, in sleepy Greene County, about 2.5 - 3 hours from the city. There are a few farms nearby for local meat and cheese, a pick-your-own orchard, and some short walks/hikes within 15 minutes’ drive.
We are less than 15 minutes from Coxsackie’s riverfront park, which has a little playground, and a few places to eat. We are ten minutes from Coxsackie’s shopping center, which has a grocery store, wine shop, pizza restaurant, sushi, Emurgent Care, drug store, dollar store, etc. We are about 15 minutes from Athens and 30-35 minutes from Hudson and Catskill, both with lots of shopping and restaurants.
SOME CAVEATS:
1. Our water comes from a well. There is often a sulfur smell, which comes and goes depending on the weather. It is fine for cooking and coffee, but not pleasant for drinking, so we provide bottled water.
2. We HAVE A TINY HOUSE available. Bring your friends! The tiny house shares farm camp, the stock tank pool and the lawn, as their kitchen and bath are in the ground floor of the Farm Stay.
3. The smaller bedroom’s bed is in a nook. It’s workable for two adults, but not great. A bit cramped for two full-sized adults. People can do it (or can move to one of the futons in the LR). Just letting you know.
4. We’re a working farm. We’re a bit scruffy. Our to-do list is vast and unending. But your comfort is our priority, and we do our best to make sure you have a wonderful stay.
5. There are stairs leading up to the apartment.
6. We have excellent wifi but spotty cell service.
OUR ETHOS
We raise many of our animals for meat, but as animal-lovers we believe all animals should be treated well, even if they are destined for the freezer. They need clean water and clean stalls and good food and companionship. We believe this is an essential contract between humans and animals, and we do our best to keep our side of the deal.
We are Montessori friendly! Work is play and play is work. We have seen children thrive on doing real work that is of real value. They appreciate being trusted with real tools and learning how to use and care for them. But we take it one step past Montessori, because all that scooping and shoveling and climbing and watering has purpose. We are keeping animals alive. As one parent said, “This is like Montessori on steroids.”
We love quirky kids. We don’t mind breakdowns.
We also love hosting kids with fears around animals. We are not certified or trained to do this, and there are MANY animals here, but we have hosted many families who came here specifically to help themselves or their kids get past fear around animals, and it had been a great honor to help in this goal.
We welcome guests from all walks of life, ethnicities, orientations, nationalities, political views. If everything you’ve read so far appeals to you, we are in the same tribe and we can’t wait to meet you!
SEASONAL INFO:
We have a stock tank pool (with a locked gate around it) for swimming!!
BRING YOUR FRIENDS and have them stay in the TINY HOUSE.
Thank you to all the wonderful families who have made this farm stay such a lovely enterprise for us through the years. Connecting with all of you has made these strange times so much more bearable and hopeful than they would have been. <3 <3 <3
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Guest access
Guests have access to our farm and woods. They can pet ponies, mingle with chickens, hang out with goats over the fence. Guests are strictly forbidden from entering gated pastures or stalls without the owners present.
Other things to note
* Our water has sulfur in it. We provide bottled water for drinking. Cooking, bathing, brushing teeth, and making coffee is fine and safe. It's just not pleasant to drink.
* Please note that we cannot offer early check-in.
* THE RENTAL PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE FARM CAMP, which is $100/day. These can be paid by cash or V when you arrive.
