This short video "Local Flowers, Local Farmers: A Growing American Movement" was created by the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers and illustrates the movement back to locally-grown cut flowers. Several visits to different farms and florists around the country are … [Read more...] about Local Flowers, Local Farmers: A Growing American Movement
Agriculture In and Around Essex, NY
Essex Farm: Dizzy
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "I was away for six days and when I came home everything was dramatically changed. The strawberry plants had gone from bud to flower to fat green fruit. The cover crop of rye on Monument Field, which … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Dizzy
Full and By Farm: Weed Killing
The hot, dry days make for good weed killing. We've been hoeing, cultivating, harrowing and handweeding like crazy, getting caught up from the days before our summer help arrived. This season has really started off with a bang—hot July weather in late May and early June. It's … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Weed Killing
Full and By Farm: Hot, Dry Spring
It is the last pick-up of the winter share and it's a good one to leave that season behind on. We have lots of new veggies out of the field—spinach, spicy greens mix, prize choi, pac choi, baby radishes and turnips, micro leeks and full sized kale. And, as promised last week, we … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Hot, Dry Spring
Reber Rock Draftwood: Logging & Lumbering with Draft Horses
Draftwood (draft wood) combines horse powered logging and restorative forestry practices. Our goal is to make beautiful, healthy, and ecologically productive woods. Buying these products makes you a partner in achieving this goal. Why Draftwood Draftwood combines horse powered … [Read more...] about Reber Rock Draftwood: Logging & Lumbering with Draft Horses