Check out this week’s Essex Farm news directly from Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "This is a fat time of the year. The hens, in a new pasture today, are hunting through tall and fragrant clover for the crickets and grasshoppers that pop up in a cloud whenever you take a step these … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Fat Time of Year
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Essex Farm: Packing Lunches
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from the recent update at Kristin Kimball‘s blog and get some lunch-packing tips: "School starts in two weeks, and it’s time to impose some order on the household. The girls are subject to earlier and more consistent bedtimes now, and … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Packing Lunches
Essex Farm: Haymaking Frenzy
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from the recent update at Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "August is a transition month, when the focus shifts from growing to harvest. We worry less about weeds now – the frost will take care of them before they go to seed – and more about … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Haymaking Frenzy
Essex Farm: Surprise Lamb
Check out the latest news from Essex Farm in this note from Kristin Kimball's Blog: "Farming is many things, but it is never dull. This morning, Mike came in from animal chores to tell me that he’d found a newborn lamb in the flock. None of the ewes is supposed to even be … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Surprise Lamb
Essex Farm: Consider the Egg
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from the recent update at Kristin Kimball‘s blog: "Consider the egg. All magic, it is. Forged from grass, worms, insects and grain in the mysterious depths of the hen, it appears like a gem in the nest box each day, cased in a flawless … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Consider the Egg