When we hit mid-May I invariably look around and fearfully wonder what on earth we are going to harvest for the first pick-up of the season. The bunching onions are tiny, the leaf lettuce and spinach just filling in, and the kale and swiss chard are getting there legs under them … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Harvest Woes
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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
Full and By Farm: Oversaturation
The ground had been just keeping up with the past weeks of rain until we hit Thursday night. The last four and a quarter inches have had no soil to absorb into and no hot sun and wind to evaporate it. Cloudy sixty degree days don't do a lot for drying the soil out or for making … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Oversaturation
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
Essex Farm: Hustle
Enjoy this Essex Farm update from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! I zipped around the farm by bicycle with Mark yesterday afternoon. This is news because it was his first spin since he broke his leg the first week in February. It was a cautious ride, but enough to … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Hustle