I doff my proverbial chapeau to Westport friend and author/editor/cider maker Kathryn Cramer this morning. She gifted me a generous jug of her Domaine Champlain 2013 Hard Cider for my birthday, and I can assure you there's no gentler salve (or kinder tonic) for the bittersweet … [Read more...] about Domaine Champlain 2013 Hard Cider
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Full and By Farm: Updating Technologies
High speed internet and cell phones are new and novel technologies around here—we've switched over from dial-up and our old land-line just this year. While there was a lot of kicking and screaming to get us up to date, since getting an old i-phone James has not looked back. Along … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Updating Technologies
Full and By Farm: More Cider and A New Calf
This week we have apples picked, washed and ready to press! Bring a jar to take some cider home for real this time. We headed down to Kathryn Kramer's orchard in Westport last Thursday to pick drops for the press, but were sadly turned away due to a commercial being filmed in the … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: More Cider and A New Calf
Full and By Farm: Cider Making
We are all set up for more cider making tonight during the share. We have some nice sweet apples to mix into the tart varieties this week. Please bring a jar to take some home, and plan to stay for awhile tonight if possible. New Draft Team Rosa and Lightning have been all of … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Cider Making
Full and By Farm: Making Cider, Butter, and Sausage
The temperatures are starting to drop a little bit, but the rain is still going strong. I haven't experienced terribly many Essex falls yet, but to my mind a year with tomatoes in the first week of October was an exceptional thing, an extra little gift of summer for my birthday. … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Making Cider, Butter, and Sausage