"Let’s do it inverted-pyramid style today, most important news first. It’s tomato week. I mean, the biggest tomato harvest we’ve ever seen on Essex Farm. There are wagons of luscious, fire-engine red fruits laid out at the pavilion as I type. They are both plentiful and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Wagons of Tomatoes
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Full and By Farm: Late Blight Update
We're back on the hay wagons again. Since there isn't any second cut hay in sight we've returned to first cut, making squares out of some overly mature grasses that will keep the horses well fed this winter. Long ago seem the days that we dreamed of getting three cuttings off of … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Late Blight Update
Essex Farm: Finds a Way to Humble Me
"This is our ninth season and whenever I am feeling a little smug about our progress, the farm finds a way to humble me. We went out for dinner on Wednesday, and got home past our usual bedtime, looking forward to sleep. But as we pulled into the driveway, two lambs greeted us, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Finds a Way to Humble Me
Essex Farm Summer Tour
Come take a tour of Essex Farm! This CSA (community supported agriculture) farm in Essex, NY supplies its members with fresh locally-grown vegetables, eggs, meat, and other farm-made foods. What You Need to Know Date: Saturday, August 11th, 2012 Time: Tour at 10am; Lunch at … [Read more...] about Essex Farm Summer Tour
Full and By Farm: Help from Mother Nature & Texans
The fields thirstily drank up three quartersinch of rain yesterday. I had just begun to irrigate very modestly again, taking just a little water for short spurts of time, and only for the most critical new plantings. I am most grateful for the help from mother nature, a … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Help from Mother Nature & Texans