Don't forget that summer share forms are due today for Full and By Farm. Meeting this deadline will get you a discount and ensure you a spot (you can still turn your forms in later but space is not guaranteed). Please call today or check in at pick-up if you still have questions. … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Fermented Foods
Agriculture In and Around Essex, NY
Kristin Kimball Writes for GourmetLive
"Here’s a little essay [Kristin Kimball] wrote for GourmetLive about the joy of winter food." [via New piece up on GourmetLive | Kristin Kimball.] Check it out: Winter Feasting at Essex Farm Related articles The Dirty Life, By Kristin Kimball (independent.co.uk) … [Read more...] about Kristin Kimball Writes for GourmetLive
Full and By Farm: Choosing Seeds
I sat down this week to peruse and place the big annual seed order, one of the coziest and most delightful of winter tasks. Last year I nestled in close to a warm fire, with wind and snow whipping against the windows, the view a sheet of pure white. This year, not so … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Choosing Seeds
Full and By Farm: Community Thanks
A cold and quiet week has passed at the farm. Entering numbers into computer programs and trying my best to decipher employment tax forms, finally getting to a field plan for next season's vegetables and putting in a potato order (a seed crop that is in drastically … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Community Thanks
Surprisingly Warm
"Marco came over [to Essex Farm] this week to teach Ashlee and me how to artificially inseminate dairy cows. I learned several things. 1. A cow’s rectum is a good place to warm your hand. I was in the house when Marco arrived, so threw my big barn parka over the cashmere … [Read more...] about Surprisingly Warm