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
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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
Essex Farm: The Sound of Contentment
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: There is a very specific feeling you get at the end of a long day, when you are close to the bed you desperately want to be in, and you glance out the window to look at the sunset and see instead eight … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: The Sound of Contentment
Essex Farm: Late Spring Snowfall
Catch up with what’s happening on Essex Farm with an update from Kristin Kimball: "Budbreak this week on the apples, red maples, the lindens. First weeding. Lots of seeding. And snow. White on the lilacs and on the bright green grass, between the furrows of turned earth. It … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Late Spring Snowfall
Essex Farm: Lambing
Catch up with Essex Farm happenings with an update from Kristin Kimball: Last week, hearing the forecast, I got the same physical, fluttery feeling I get when contemplating a fresh double espresso. The body knows before you even taste it: with this there will be action. Dry warm … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Lambing