Now that we are turning our thoughts to fall, it’s time to embrace all the Adirondacks have to offer in this glorious season! Harvest events about this time of year, but we’d like to call your attention to the Adirondack Harvest Festival, right here in the Champlain Valley at the … [Read more...] about 2019 Adirondack Harvest Festival at Essex County Fairgrounds September 20-21
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Harrow & Haw. Gee & Glee: Oceanic Feeling
Last night was the second time I walked behind the majestic team of black Percheron mares — Pat and Pearl. “It’s like spinning on a swing,” I attempt to explain to Matt Volz, owner of Greyrock Farm, grinning as he hands me last season’s potato. The potato unearthed just now, … [Read more...] about Harrow & Haw. Gee & Glee: Oceanic Feeling
Essex Farm: Hay & Rain
Check out the recent news from Essex Farm directly from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "We cut 80 acres of hay last Friday and no sooner was the last row laid down than the next day’s forecast changed from sunny to chance of rain. It takes three clear days in a row to make hay. On … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Hay & Rain
Essex Farm: Readying the Fields
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The week was suffused with the urgency that always comes with the first dry weather of spring. The opportunity to be in the field must not be squandered. The light! It’s coming up fast and its … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Readying the Fields
Essex Farm: First Day of Soft Weather
This week's news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm: "There is nothing quite like the first day of soft weather. The children are outside without coats on and the sun feels so good nobody minds the mud. The sap buckets overflowed last night, during the first really strong run … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: First Day of Soft Weather