Lightning flickered across a bruise-colored sky. Thunder rumbled; the party paused, the air quivered with tension and eventually, Mark Kimball bounded through the shimmering green rows and dusted himself off. Several minutes later, he’d helped tame a spooked horse. Now, he … [Read more...] about Big Ideas Brewing at Essex Farm Institute (The Sun)
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Essex Farm: Intersections Between Nature and Agriculture
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "On a farm walk with Mark one hot afternoon this week I noticed that different pollinators had staked their claim in different perennial crops. The raspberries were noisy with the low drone of bumblebees, and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Intersections Between Nature and Agriculture
Essex Farm: Freezing Herbs
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "I was traveling last week and came back to find the farm subtly changed, having made the shift into post-solstice maturity. More yellows among the greens now, more grasses headed out with seed. Fat crickets, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Freezing Herbs
Essex Farm: Hay & Rain
Check out the recent news from Essex Farm directly from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "We cut 80 acres of hay last Friday and no sooner was the last row laid down than the next day’s forecast changed from sunny to chance of rain. It takes three clear days in a row to make hay. On … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Hay & Rain
Essex Farm: Stopped Counting the Rain Gauge
Here’s the news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "June ended the same way it started. Rain, rain, rain. We stopped counting inches on our rain gauge a while ago, but Mark told me this morning that the official tally across the lake was a whopping 15” for … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Stopped Counting the Rain Gauge