Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 2nd grade (soon to be 3rd grade) education and Farm and Forest Summer Camp based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Kindergarten News: Balance Between Form and Freedom Greetings, We have had a … [Read more...] about Lakeside School: Balance Between Form and Freedom
Full and By Farm
Full and By Farm: Spring Greens
Spring greens have arrived in abundance. The leaves that were much too small to even think about cutting last Thursday are pushing too big. In the rush of warm sun and foggy rain we skipped right over baby greens stage. The strawberry plants look beautiful. They are full, lushly … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Spring Greens
Full and By Farm: Grateful Spring Showers
It is nice to sit inside typing as gentle rain runs down the windows. We were grateful for last week's shower, though it disappeared into the dry, dry ground all too quickly. Most of the transplants have still managed to put on a lot of growth and color, promising good things to … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Grateful Spring Showers
Full and By Farm: Fully Green Hillsides
The hillsides have filled in with green finally, the bright spring greens of new leaves set against the dark needles of the evergreen trees. These dry spring days have given us plenty of opportunity to clean up fields from last fall's harvests and to prep for this summer's crops. … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Fully Green Hillsides
Full and By Farm: Seeds and Seedlings
The lush, green, humid atmosphere that the greenhouse has been working up to over the last few months has dissipated as the first round of seedlings moved out to the field. Once again the blacks and grays of the floor and metal benches dominate. Round two will be taking over soon … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Seeds and Seedlings