"Welcome, welcome, fresh new year. The girls are sleeping over with friends tonight and Mark and I have a romantic evening planned, just the two of us and a pile of seed catalogues. The 2015 growing season will never be as perfect as it is right now, when it all fits, neat and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Fresh New Year
Archives for January 2015
“Riot! Yankees versus Buckskins” Living History Event, Jan 17th
Discover the Cultural Divide Between New Englanders & Pennsylvanians as they Fight for Liberty Was the United States united in 1776? Meet Pennsylvania and Massachusetts soldiers left behind to guard Ticonderoga in the early winter of 1776-1777 at Fort Ticonderoga’s upcoming … [Read more...] about “Riot! Yankees versus Buckskins” Living History Event, Jan 17th
Unofficial Meeting Minutes of the Town of Essex Town Board Meeting January 8, 2015
Town of Essex Regular Town Board Meeting January 8, 2015 Unofficial Meeting Minutes Supervisor: Edward Gardner Town Councilmen: Claire LaPine Bryan Garvey Harold MacDougal (Absent) Mark Wrisley Town Clerk: William Morgan Supervisor Gardner opened the … [Read more...] about Unofficial Meeting Minutes of the Town of Essex Town Board Meeting January 8, 2015
The Inventor, the Scientist and the Orienteer
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 3rd grade education and Farm and Forest Summer Camp based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. The Inventor, the Scientist and the Orienteer By Gregg VanDeusen Keep them warm, keep them fed and keep … [Read more...] about The Inventor, the Scientist and the Orienteer
Full and By Farm: Moving Heifer Calves
This is the last pick-up of the regular season share, and a warm one it is. The perfect day for washing up roots outdoors. Whoops, that was the last farm note. Today we are grateful the water is still running and the animals are up and about—wearing their silky fur coats and … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Moving Heifer Calves