"Thanks to everyone who came to the Farm Hack event [at Essex Farm] on Sunday, and to the organizers, Young Farmers Coalition, and to Severine and the Whallonsburg Grange and all the volunteers who put it together. The purpose of Farm Hack is to bring brainy brains … [Read more...] about Farm Hack | Kristin Kimball
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State of the Farm | Kristin Kimball
"An end-of-April chill is upon us, and for the next few nights, the tender young things on the farm will have to withstand a dip into the 20s. I shiver for the asparagus, the chicks out on pasture, and the nine piglets that were born on Wednesday. This kind of weather is entirely … [Read more...] about State of the Farm | Kristin Kimball
Super Joy Field | Kristin Kimball
"This mild, dry weather is the stuff farmers dream of in the spring. The new field, Super Joy, is 95% plowed, and the soil there is so deliciously friable, now that it’s drained, that we can skip the usual steps of secondary tillage – disk, harrow, shape up beds – and fit it out … [Read more...] about Super Joy Field | Kristin Kimball
FarmHack Intervale/Essex
"FarmHack is a community for those who embrace the long-standing farm traditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and improving things that break. Farmers, engineers, designers, inventors all welcome to bring your ideas for more efficient and sustainable tools and … [Read more...] about FarmHack Intervale/Essex
The Farm Has Eyes | Kristin Kimball
"We’ve known for years that the farm [Essex Farm] has eyes. When Mark and I leave, it knows, and things go haywire. We were at St. Lawrence University this week, giving a talk and a reading. We left Wednesday, planning to return today. The farm waited until last night to spring. … [Read more...] about The Farm Has Eyes | Kristin Kimball