Hot and steamy sunshine during the past week helped dry up the fields a bit between one downpour and the next. The plants greened up a little and put on a lot of nice top growth. But after yesterday's heavy rain we're back to standing water in the pathways and looking at a dreary … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Menacing Skies
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Full and By Farm: Harvest Woes
When we hit mid-May I invariably look around and fearfully wonder what on earth we are going to harvest for the first pick-up of the season. The bunching onions are tiny, the leaf lettuce and spinach just filling in, and the kale and swiss chard are getting there legs under them … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Harvest Woes
Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "I have said before that a farm is like a slot machine: taking taking taking until you forswear the whole game, and then, on the last dime, jackpot. This week the spin kept coming up lemons. Three … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Essex Farm: Good Dog
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "Rain, rain, it’s quite enough already. The undrained fields remained too wet to plant this week. Just before this latest rain started we were so optimistic! Cory checked the fields every 6 hours, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Good Dog
Full and By Farm: Oversaturation
The ground had been just keeping up with the past weeks of rain until we hit Thursday night. The last four and a quarter inches have had no soil to absorb into and no hot sun and wind to evaporate it. Cloudy sixty degree days don't do a lot for drying the soil out or for making … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Oversaturation