Apples ripening in fields  of Wilkens  Fruit Farm (a working farm since 1917) last weekend. The farm  and its store and bake shop below gives the family a feel for what a working farm is like. It sells pies, cups of the first cider of the season and donuts, jams cookies. You can find out how to get there by going to www.wilkensfarm.com

Thompson’s Cider Mill, a tradition in Westchester County  opens Saturday, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. proimising the first cider of the season, brewed up by the master ciderer, Geof Thompson.  for information go to  www.thompsonscidermill.com