"The cold came, making tarmac out of fields that were mud only a week ago. Yesterday, Derek and Mark Wrisley drove their combine across Newfield, eating 10-foot swaths of corn and leaving stubble in their wake. By the end of the day they’d put 80 tons of shell corn in our bin. … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: The Cold Came
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Essex Farm: Reminder from Nature
"We were wishing for rain this week. An inch would have been perfect. The three we got were a reminder that nature doesn’t take orders from us humans. Fine, fine. On a highly diversified farm, something, somewhere is always happy, no matter the weather. The pasture, the hay … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Reminder from Nature
Essex Farm: Movement on the Farm
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball: "At morning meeting today, Mark looked around at the assembled crew of twenty and wondered aloud how long it has been since this piece of good land has seen so much concerted effort applied to it, in the form of … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Movement on the Farm
Essex Farm: Bird Scaring
Read the news from Essex Farm in Essex, NY directly from Kristin Kimball's blog: "The sweet corn is at the stage I call beak-ready. Birds love to use the sweet tender greens to pull up the remnants of the succulent buried corn kernel. We have scare balloons and flashy CDs hung … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Bird Scaring
Essex Farm: Queen Corn
Hear the most recent news from Essex New York's Essex Farm directly from Kristin Kimball below: "Every few days for the last month I’ve visited the corn field and gone deep inside it, shouldering aside the stalks like a crowd of skinny giants. I would twist off an ear, pull back … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Queen Corn