This was the first true week of spring on the farm. A week that saw snow showers, pouring rain, hail, and a mixture of all three falling simultaneously while blue sky and puffy white clouds were visible on the southern horizon—like all of spring was being compressed into a … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: True Spring
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Essex Farm: Muddy-Sweet
Enjoy this Essex Farm Note from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm, in Essex, NY! Can you feel the sap rising in the trees? It’s the source of that hopeful itch that makes you want to pull on your mud boots and dance in puddles. Most years, this energy goes to good use, as we stomp … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Muddy-Sweet
Full and By Farm: Empty Sap Buckets
We had a wonderful Saturday in the woods tapping maple trees up at the Hanna's. The weather forecast promised a full week of warm days and cool nights, each day perfect for a good sap run. Unfortunately we've never quite crept above freezing here, the sky's been blanketed with … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Empty Sap Buckets
Essex Farm: Good Updates on Bad Luck
Mark had surgery to fix his knee on Tuesday. The top of his tibia got crushed by his femur when he fell, and the tibia was cracked. Fourteen screws, a plate, several pins, and one big bone graft later, we’re home. The operation took somewhere between four and five hours, and Mark … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Good Updates on Bad Luck
Full and By Farm: Planning for New Season
Planning for the coming farm season is well under way. An idea we are working on is for Nathan and Racey to raise broiler chickens for the Full and By CSA this season on their new Jersey Street farm. This would be a great way for us to focus more of our work hours on construction … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Planning for New Season