Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! If you are a regular reader of the farm note you already know about the affection I hold for corn the plant. I feel exactly the same way about corn the food. I love it because it is our own native North … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Ode to Corn
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Essex Farm: Thanksgiving
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! I always think of Thanksgiving as our holiday, the farmers’ holiday. But it’s not just ours. People throughout the ages have held harvest home feasts this time of year. The crops are secure, so we … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Thanksgiving
Essex Farm: No Misato Rose Radish
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! With temperatures predicted to plunge into the teens, most of the past week’s effort went toward pulling in the crops that would be damaged by such a severe chill. Luke led the team through double-pace … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: No Misato Rose Radish
Essex Farm: Storm Safe
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! For the non-local readers who follow news from here, we were barely brushed by the tail of Hurricane Sandy. Thanks for all the notes of concern. All animals and buildings are fine. Good thing, too, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Storm Safe
Essex Farm: Cover Crop
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! While you and I have been ogling the gorgeous carrots and the bodacious cabbages, the dairy cows have been eyeballing the oat/pea cover crop that is growing in Monument and Pine fields. It is so lush … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Cover Crop