Hear the most recent news from Essex Farm directly from Kristin Kimball below: Of all the work we do on this farm, sugaring is the sweetest, even if you don’t count the end product. Is it even work to spend a sunny late-winter afternoon tromping through the woods, from tree to … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Maple Sugaring
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Lakeside School: Spring Newsletter
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Spring Newsletter Greetings from the blossoming gardens, fields, and forest of Lakeside School! This spring we have … [Read more...] about Lakeside School: Spring Newsletter
Essex Farm: Muddy-Sweet
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! Can you feel the sap rising in the trees? It’s the source of that hopeful itch that makes you want to pull on your mud boots and dance in puddles. Most years, this energy goes to good use, as we stomp … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Muddy-Sweet
Lakeside School: Maple Sugaring!
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Each week our Office Administrator, Kathleen Morse, writes on the Lakeside school and community and education based on the Waldorf philosophy … [Read more...] about Lakeside School: Maple Sugaring!
Sweet Day at Essex Farm | Kristin Kimball
"It’s a very sweet day here at Essex Farm. First, the literal. Chad, Kim, Sabrina, and a small pack of helpers got well over 300 sugar maples tapped this week. We’ve had decent runs for the last 48 hours, and Chad and our neighbor Ron Jackson have been firing the evaporator since … [Read more...] about Sweet Day at Essex Farm | Kristin Kimball