Have you been wondering what's up at Essex Farm? Well, enjoy this summer solstice update from Kristin Kimball from the farm in Essex, NY! "Haymaking began this week. We put the chips down on a good forecast, and cut a thousand bales. Jane and Miranda and I took a picnic up to … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Midpoint
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Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "I have said before that a farm is like a slot machine: taking taking taking until you forswear the whole game, and then, on the last dime, jackpot. This week the spin kept coming up lemons. Three … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Jewel in a Swamp
Essex Farm: Good Dog
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, NY! "Rain, rain, it’s quite enough already. The undrained fields remained too wet to plant this week. Just before this latest rain started we were so optimistic! Cory checked the fields every 6 hours, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Good Dog
Essex Farm Institute
Essex Farm has been providing food year round for the Essex community since Mark and Kristin Kimball founded it in 2003. Last year, Mark realized that he has trained lots of farmers and it would be great to formalize this into a school. He got gathered an advisory board, and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm Institute
Lakeside School: Spring Newsletter
Lakeside School at Black Kettle Farm offers birth – 1st grade (soon to be 2nd grade) education based on the Waldorf philosophy on a working farm in Essex, NY. Spring Newsletter Greetings from the blossoming gardens, fields, and forest of Lakeside School! This spring we have … [Read more...] about Lakeside School: Spring Newsletter