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
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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
Essex Farm: Milk Mystery
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from directly from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: Aubrey came to the house on Monday morning during milking. "The milk smells like nail polish remover," she said. We walked out to the barn together and as soon as I opened the door I smelled it: a … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Milk Mystery
Essex Farm: Brittle
Check out the latest news from Essex Farm in this bitterly cold winter with this note from Kristin Kimball: "Travis plugged the tractor into the block heater this morning, to get it warm enough to start, and the extension cord snapped. It’s that cold. I recorded -14 after sunup, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Brittle
Essex Farm: Calving
Read the news from Essex Farm directly from Kristin Kimball below: Calving has begun in earnest. The barn is so full of hormones I get a contact high every time I walk in there. Last Sunday at milking, Posy had that blimpy look that means it’s almost show time. It was an awfully … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Calving