Last night was the second time I walked behind the majestic team of black Percheron mares — Pat and Pearl. “It’s like spinning on a swing,” I attempt to explain to Matt Volz, owner of Greyrock Farm, grinning as he hands me last season’s potato. The potato unearthed just now, … [Read more...] about Harrow & Haw. Gee & Glee: Oceanic Feeling
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Local Flowers, Local Farmers: A Growing American Movement
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
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
Essex Farm to Host Tour May 28
Essex Farm is hosting a farm tour on May 28th. The tour leaves from the barnyard at 10:00 am and will cover the vegetable fields, pasture, and livestock areas. Owner Mark Kimball says, "This is the best tour of the year because the grass is green and hopes are high. It is all … [Read more...] about Essex Farm to Host Tour May 28
Essex Farm: Teats Out
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The vegetable team has worked to get the new greenhouse staged and ready for raising, lots of transplants and seeds in the ground, and, already, hours of the never-finished work of weeding. The … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Teats Out