Essex, New York Guide and Community Blog
We’ve enjoyed some much needed rain in the last few days. It’s refreshing to look out and see dark soil again. We hope it’s a little relief to the stressed fields of vegetables and pasture. The second cutting of hay seems oh so far away still, though the dark mornings are creeping in and the [...]
The buzz of activity around the farm has been intense this week. With 15+ people from 5:30 to 1 every day we’ve tackled a lot of nagging projects. The fallen barn has nearly disappeared, leaving behind piles of nailed and de-nailed lumber, metal for salvage and recycling and a burn pit filled to the brim [...]
We took advantage of the beautifully sunny weather spell to make hay. We cut about 22 acres starting last week, and successfully baled 19 of it. The rain caught us in the middle of raking the last small field and we had to abandon the project. Once the grass and clover is cut rain begins [...]
