During an evening dip in the pond last week I was reveling over the deep brown of my arms and shoulders—about equal parts of dirt and sun—a sure sign that summer is well under way here and I'm in my happiest element. The squash and tomatoes are settling themselves in nicely … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Things Are Growing!
James Graves
The Eddy Foundation Protects Adirondacks
The Eddy Foundation is a non-profit environmental foundation that purchases and preserves wildlands in the eastern Adirondacks of northern New York State. Founded "in 1996 with a focus on supporting a sustainable interface between humans and the ecosystem" (Lakeside School), the … [Read more...] about The Eddy Foundation Protects Adirondacks
FarmHack Intervale/Essex
"FarmHack is a community for those who embrace the long-standing farm traditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and improving things that break. Farmers, engineers, designers, inventors all welcome to bring your ideas for more efficient and sustainable tools and … [Read more...] about FarmHack Intervale/Essex
Full and By Farm: Grains Drain the Wallet
The good news is that we found local-ish organic wheat for the season, six tons were delivered from Vermont yesterday. With last year's flooded season we were not able to get any grains from our usual Essex/Willsboro farms. The bad news is that the scarcity and high gas prices … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Grains Drain the Wallet
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