Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "On a farm walk with Mark one hot afternoon this week I noticed that different pollinators had staked their claim in different perennial crops. The raspberries were noisy with the low drone of bumblebees, and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Intersections Between Nature and Agriculture
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Essex Farm: Freezing Herbs
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "I was traveling last week and came back to find the farm subtly changed, having made the shift into post-solstice maturity. More yellows among the greens now, more grasses headed out with seed. Fat crickets, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Freezing Herbs
Essex Farm: Stopped Counting the Rain Gauge
Here’s the news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "June ended the same way it started. Rain, rain, rain. We stopped counting inches on our rain gauge a while ago, but Mark told me this morning that the official tally across the lake was a whopping 15” for … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Stopped Counting the Rain Gauge
Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring
Here’s the news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The solar panels are locked into their most horizontal position now, faces to the sun in its high-in-the sky trajectory. We’re here whenever you choose to appear, sun, they say, and very well washed, too. … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring
Essex Farm: Puddles & Mud
"We made our evening farm walks through puddles and mud once again this week. After twelve seasons, I know we have a choice when the weather gives us challenges. We can either bemoan the rain, over which we have no control, or marvel at the beauty of the clouds piled on the … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Puddles & Mud