Stone & Thistle Farm Bed&Breakfast

Farm Stay and Bed & Breakfast at Stone & Thistle Farm in the Catskills
Wake up in the country. Join the Warren family on Stone & Thistle Farm, an organic livestock farm and goat dairy in the Catskills for the sights, sounds and taste of authentic country life. Sheep, dairy goats, cattle graze the pastures, pigs romp through the forests, poultry peck through the fields. Guests enjoy a first floor suite in the 1863 Greek Revival farmhouse. The suite includes a guest bedroom with a double bed, private bath and library with a private entrance. Additional sleeping facilities can be arranged in the library suite to accommodate families. After enjoying a bountiful farm breakfast, guests may opt to participate in a guided tour of the farm and lend a hand with farm chores (1 1/2 to 2 hours). See Morning Tour & Chores fee below. Farm chores, depending on the season, may include collecting eggs, bottle feeding kid goats, feeding and watering chickens, rabbits and pigs, moving the sheep or dairy goats with the border collies and planting, weeding or harvesting in the kitchen gardens.

Rates
$115 per night (1-2 persons) for two-night stay. $20 each additional person or child. $150 for one-night stay. Includes a hearty farmstead breakfast of goat milk and yogurt, farmstead granola, just-gathered eggs, farm baked breads and biscuits, and organic grass-fed bacon or sausage, all grown and made on the farm. “Morning Tour & Chores”, following breakfast (1 1/2 to 2 hours), is $30 per family and Farmer for A Day, a half-day farm adventure, is $180 for up to four people. See website for details. The rate for Farm Stay guests who stay with us three nights or more is $100 per night (1-2 persons); $20 each additional person or child. Two-night stay required on holiday weekends.

Reservations
Confirmed upon receipt of deposit equal to one night's charge. Deposits may be paid by credit cards. Credit cards are charged at the time the reservation is made. Personal checks must be received within 7 days of making the reservation or the reservation will be cancelled. Personal checks will not be accepted for payment of final balances at checkout. When making your reservation, please let us know if you will be participating in the farm's programs: Morning Tours & Chores or Farmer for a Day.

Cancellations
As a farm stay with one guest room, cancellations affect us significantly. A last-minute cancellation allows us limited opportunity to re-book the guest room. Your deposit will be refunded in full if the cancellation is made at least sixteen days prior to arrival. For cancellations within sixteen days of arrival, no refund will be made unless we are able to rebook the guest room.

Dining
Dinner is served on Saturday nights at Fable, a farm to table culinary experience in the farm’s modern addition. The menu features the best of the farm’s meats, dairy and produce. The prix-fixe menu and price is available on the website. A five-course dinner costs $48-50 per person. Fable’s Saturday night dinners are not recommended for children under 12. Brunch and a farm tour are on Sundays. The farm tour is at 11 am and brunch is served at noon. The cost of the tour and brunch is $18 including tax and service. Reservations are required for dinner and brunch.

Smoking: Not permitted anywhere inside farmhouse, farm buildings or on the farm. Smoking is permitted outside on the patio adjacent to Fable.

Minimum Stay: A two-night minimum stay is required on holiday weekends. Farm Stay program is three nights or more.

CHECK-IN: 3 - 7 pm, or by special arrangement

CHECK-OUT: 11 am

Pets: Sorry no guest pets.

Communication: Cell phone reception is limited. Television and internet access are unavailable. Special arrangements can be made for limited satellite internet access.

Farm Dogs: Dogs are part of our farm family. While the dogs are not allowed in the guest area or restaurant, guests must be comfortable with working dogs and pet dogs on the farm property.

Location: Located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, 35 minutes south of Cooperstown, 20 minute drive from Oneonta or Delhi and 3 1/2 hour drive from New York City/Brooklyn. Minutes away from area attractions such at the West Kortright Centre, Hanford Mill Museum, Harmony Hill Retreat and Pine Lake Environmental Center.