Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "The long dry spell has finally broken. Not just the rain, but the milk. Kite the cow calved last night, delivering a sturdy heifer that Kirsten named Kanga. I knew a calf had arrived before Mark told … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: First Calf & Rain
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Full and By Farm: Cutting and Baling Hay
We got one more hay field cut and baled this week. This round only got rained on one half inch. Our entire definition of what a hay window looks like has changed in the last couple of months. Generally you want to make sure there is no rain whatsoever in the forecast for at least … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Cutting and Baling Hay
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
Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring
Here’s the news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The solar panels are locked into their most horizontal position now, faces to the sun in its high-in-the sky trajectory. We’re here whenever you choose to appear, sun, they say, and very well washed, too. … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring