Have you been wondering what's up at Essex Farm? Well, enjoy this summer solstice update from Kristin Kimball from the farm in Essex, NY! "Haymaking began this week. We put the chips down on a good forecast, and cut a thousand bales. Jane and Miranda and I took a picnic up to … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Midpoint
Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "I have said before that a farm is like a slot machine: taking taking taking until you forswear the whole game, and then, on the last dime, jackpot. This week the spin kept coming up lemons. Three … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Essex Farm: Good Dog
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "Rain, rain, it’s quite enough already. The undrained fields remained too wet to plant this week. Just before this latest rain started we were so optimistic! Cory checked the fields every 6 hours, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Good Dog
Essex Farm: Hustle
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! I zipped around the farm by bicycle with Mark yesterday afternoon. This is news because it was his first spin since he broke his leg the first week in February. It was a cautious ride, but enough to … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Hustle
Essex Farm: Updating Websites
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! We are becoming so high tech around here, in an old-fashioned kind of way. We have a large screen TV in the office trailer now, where Mark projects the day’s objectives during morning team meeting. He … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Updating Websites