Spring cleaning in the gardens! and pansy planting! Weekend temps predicted to be in the 50's and we get an extra hour of daylight! Brent would mention that we also lose an hour of sleep.. but I'm a cup sorta full kind of person.
Inside,we'll be refreshing Graham's Retreat with new blinds, fresh paint, and new closet doors. The essence of the room will remain the same with its fireplace, toile bedding and expansive balcony, we'll just be tweaking the color a little. The best part about refreshing the rooms is that we do it with plenty of beer and pizza on hand... this is the only way to get Brent to wield a paint roller.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Savor the Flavor " A Taste of Carlisle"
The 11th annual Savor The Flavor is being held this year on Sunday March 13th from 1130-230 at Dickinson College's Holland Union Building. This is a fabulous way to get a taste of all the unique eateries from the Carlisle area. We've got a long list of culinary delights ( over 25 restaurants in a 10 block area!) If you stay with Fallen Tree Farm this weekend we'll be glad to provide you with a ticket to the event.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Brave Guest and Friend Home from Afghanistan
I have blogged about the Kerr Family who stayed with us for several days for their son, Cameron's, graduation from Dickinson College and his Commissioning into the Army. Many guests leave here as friends. The Kerr Family left here like family.
Recently I mentioned that he was deployed late last year to Afghanistan with his platoon of 22 men. We've just heard that he's come home after a tragic incident which involved an IED and the loss of a portion of Cam's leg. Cam was rushing to the aid of an Afghan soldier with his platoon, also injured by an IED, when he set off another. Members of his platoon came to his aid quickly and efficiently and Cam was transported out via medevac. Now at Walter Reed, he'll have a year of PT ahead of him. Cam's eternal optimism of course comes into play here..While I can only imagine being devastated by these events, Cam will turn this into an opportunity to share and teach others as only he can.
The Kerrs remain in our thoughts and prayers, with Cam's new path at the forefront of our minds.
Glad to have you stateside Cam!
Recently I mentioned that he was deployed late last year to Afghanistan with his platoon of 22 men. We've just heard that he's come home after a tragic incident which involved an IED and the loss of a portion of Cam's leg. Cam was rushing to the aid of an Afghan soldier with his platoon, also injured by an IED, when he set off another. Members of his platoon came to his aid quickly and efficiently and Cam was transported out via medevac. Now at Walter Reed, he'll have a year of PT ahead of him. Cam's eternal optimism of course comes into play here..While I can only imagine being devastated by these events, Cam will turn this into an opportunity to share and teach others as only he can.
The Kerrs remain in our thoughts and prayers, with Cam's new path at the forefront of our minds.
Glad to have you stateside Cam!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Spring Warm up in February!
An unexpected warmup this week has me thinking of spring, which brings a new breakfast menu, and landscaping ideas. It also brings a host of events taking place in the area. The Pennsylvania Garden Expo 2/25-2/27 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg will get you dreaming about how to live outside like you do inside. If you are a horse lover, like me, you won't want to miss PA HorseWorld Expo 2/24-27 also at the Farm Show Complex. My favorite portion of this event is Theatre Equus and new and exciting this year is the Extreme Cowboy Race.. Sure to thrill the young and young at heart horse fans in your family.
If you are just looking to have a quick getaway there's no two night minimum here! If you can only stay with us one night we'd still love to have you! We recently updated our suite, the Grey Mare's Quarters with a gel fuel fireplace, full sized living room and a queen size alcove bed. The suite will now sleep six for a family getaway with all the room necessary to keep those that you love near and dear. Our walking trails will be open soon- bring the wellies! And if you don't mind looking at ponies covered in mud.... then we've got a bunch here that would welcome a carrot, a pat on the nose and a kind word.
While the weather has warmed up, the slopes are still open and wonderful. We've got midweek and weekend lift tickets for that skier getaways and all through February our skiing kids stay free, so bring the family!
Looking forward to turning guests into friends,
Kim and Brent
If you are just looking to have a quick getaway there's no two night minimum here! If you can only stay with us one night we'd still love to have you! We recently updated our suite, the Grey Mare's Quarters with a gel fuel fireplace, full sized living room and a queen size alcove bed. The suite will now sleep six for a family getaway with all the room necessary to keep those that you love near and dear. Our walking trails will be open soon- bring the wellies! And if you don't mind looking at ponies covered in mud.... then we've got a bunch here that would welcome a carrot, a pat on the nose and a kind word.
While the weather has warmed up, the slopes are still open and wonderful. We've got midweek and weekend lift tickets for that skier getaways and all through February our skiing kids stay free, so bring the family!
Looking forward to turning guests into friends,
Kim and Brent
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Time to Book Weddings in the Harrisburg PA area!
The farm has been flooded with brides in the past three weeks, some newly engaged and others fulfilling their New Year's Resolution to "Get that knot tied in 2011!"
Its been wonderful meeting so many new people and showing them the property. While the property is certainly stunning with all this snow, it is hard to imagine a Spring or Fall wedding here. Regardless, our brides have great imaginations and can already see a White Tent with fairy lights, elegant chandeleirs, candles on the tables, and flowers bursting out of the beds and urns in the ruins. We're happy to provide a photo album of our past weddings to help them cement those images. If you are looking for a location for an outdoor wedding whether an intimate function for 20, a hopping party for 200 or an elopement for just the two of you, consider us at Fallen Tree Farm where are our staff will take care of all the details so the day is yours to celebrate.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Graduations
Its been ages since I've found the time to blog.. that's both good and bad news. What it really means is that I've been up to my eyeballs in guests which is great news.
We watched four Dickinson students, whose families have stayed with us many times, graduate in May. It was a joyous occasion for all of them and we were delighted to host several of those families for a dinner here at the farm.
A bittersweet moment- Cameron Kerr, who graduated from Dickinson in 09 and then was commissioned into the military, will be deployed shortly to Afghanistan as a 1st Lt. with the 101st Airborne, 2nd Combat Brigade. His family came from California and Scotland to be with us last May. It was a lovely time. Our thoughts and prayers are with Cameron as he travels to the "Big Sandbox"
Our neighbor Gillian, who has been exercising the horses here and helping with housekeeping duties graduated from Boiling Springs High School last week. We hosted her Graduation Party here last weekend. Gill has been accepted to Wilson College where she will be studying to be a veterinarian. We'll certainly miss her in the fall but she'll be here with us all summer which is good news for the horses and us.
Up next, Army War College Graduation in just a few weeks!
We watched four Dickinson students, whose families have stayed with us many times, graduate in May. It was a joyous occasion for all of them and we were delighted to host several of those families for a dinner here at the farm.
A bittersweet moment- Cameron Kerr, who graduated from Dickinson in 09 and then was commissioned into the military, will be deployed shortly to Afghanistan as a 1st Lt. with the 101st Airborne, 2nd Combat Brigade. His family came from California and Scotland to be with us last May. It was a lovely time. Our thoughts and prayers are with Cameron as he travels to the "Big Sandbox"
Our neighbor Gillian, who has been exercising the horses here and helping with housekeeping duties graduated from Boiling Springs High School last week. We hosted her Graduation Party here last weekend. Gill has been accepted to Wilson College where she will be studying to be a veterinarian. We'll certainly miss her in the fall but she'll be here with us all summer which is good news for the horses and us.
Up next, Army War College Graduation in just a few weeks!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
House Tour Success! 12/06/09
We had a lovely successful Bed and Breakfast House Tour to benefit Project SHARE, an organization that provides food and clothing to Cumberland Valley families. Over 125 people crossed our threshold and got to taste the wonderful cakes donated by Tami and The Fancy Cake Shoppe in downtown Carlisle as well as tour the entire house and get a peek at what an Innkeepers life is like? Our top question of the day? "What made you decide to become an Innkeeper?" Meeting great people like all the ones we met today. It was my first turn as a committee chair for our Cumberland Valley Bed and Breakfast Association and I had some wonderful support from Tracie, my good friend and innkeeper at Blair Mountain www.blairmtn.com and Mary at Carlisle House, www.thecarlislehouse.com. We raised $1820.00 for SHARE which actually results in the ability to purchase about $29,000! groceries from the Central PA Food Bank. Warms my heart. This is what this season is all about isn't it? Dee Fegan, President of the cumberland Valley Bed and Breakfast Association and Innkeeper of the Fabulous Pheasant Field Bed and Breakfast are shown here presenting the big check.
Best Wishes for a wonderful holiday season.
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