This week we have apples picked, washed and ready to press! Bring a jar to take some cider home for real this time. We headed down to Kathryn Kramer's orchard in Westport last Thursday to pick drops for the press, but were sadly turned away due to a commercial being filmed in the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: More Cider and A New Calf
Cattle
Essex Farm: Sick Calf
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! I’m traveling today, so am sending news from afar, and it may be a little stale, as I haven’t had news from the farm since yesterday morning. Clara had her calf this week, a little heifer named Corey. … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Sick Calf
Full and By Farm: New Calves
Winter and Willa, the jersey cows are in the barn for the winter, along with their calves and two young heifers. Each morning they head up the laneway for a few hours of grazing on pea and oats before returning in the afternoon. Wallace was born last week out in the cool, muddy … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: New Calves
Full and By Farm: A Stolen Month
We've yet to take down the buckets but it seems that sugaring season has come to a close, a full week before we had even tapped last year. The grass is greening in front of our eyes now, and the soil thermometer registered 75 yesterday in our sandy field. Even more than the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: A Stolen Month
Surprisingly Warm
"Marco came over [to Essex Farm] this week to teach Ashlee and me how to artificially inseminate dairy cows. I learned several things. 1. A cow’s rectum is a good place to warm your hand. I was in the house when Marco arrived, so threw my big barn parka over the cashmere … [Read more...] about Surprisingly Warm