BITTERSWEET CAFÉ

I have always had a soft spot for succulents. Prior to social media and their explosion onto the gardening scene, I was hauling my first, a bright yellow agave, in my lap on a flight from NYC at the tender age of 16. Little did I know the world was going to share my fascination and soon they would become the cool kids on the block and the trendiest little members of the plant kingdom. Why the infatuation ? It could be the rising population of gardeners are too preoccupied to

We have pretty much gutted our interior section of this lovely older home, saving and reusing as many of the poplar boards as possible, and as soon as all permits are approved we will be full speed ahead. Exciting times....Bittersweet Café here we come! #BittersweetFresh

I am thankful for all of the helping hands I have from my family! Here is my son and carpenter, Clay, hard at it...and looking surprisingly buff ! He can thank me for that because as you'll see in the following blogs, he didn't earn the superhero title of "Plasterman" for nothing! #BittersweetFresh

Equally difficult as the Bittersweet Antique sign transport, but much more annoying was trying to remove all the tentacles of this octopus of a wisteria which has never bloomed in 15 years of our cool mountain springs. However, it has happily snarled its roots around every plant in sight. Its time had come! #BittersweetFresh

Bittersweet Café is moving the old and bringing in the new! My mom's cool steel arched tree trunk with branches signpost which bore the Bittersweet Antiques sign for the last 20 years had to be moved slightly back from Route 381 to improve the sight line for our customers. It was crafted by a local blacksmith, installed and planted with a bittersweet vine which we dug up and successfully moved with the sign. (I loosely use the word "we"...that sure isn't me driving that doz

We literally are beginning from the ground up with the construction at Bittersweet Café! Seven raised vegetable and herb beds mark the beginning of the future café! The harvest will be used as a supplement to the menu which will highlight fresh handmade food. We are starting with the basics this busy year but we plan to expand next year. #BittersweetFresh