Catch up with what’s happening on Essex Farm with an update from Kristin Kimball: "Budbreak this week on the apples, red maples, the lindens. First weeding. Lots of seeding. And snow. White on the lilacs and on the bright green grass, between the furrows of turned earth. It … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Late Spring Snowfall
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Essex Farm: Farrowing Struggles
Catch up with what’s happening on Essex Farm with an update from Kristin Kimball: "Are you tired of repetitive news about difficult farrowings? Me too. But difficult things happen, and I’ve always thought it important to share the bad news as well as the good. So, the third gilt … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Farrowing Struggles
Essex Farm: Lambs & Piglets
Catch up with what’s happening on Essex Farm with an update from Kristin Kimball: "Things are really cracking now. We have 20 lambs on the ground – all twins except for two singles. We’ve had no troubles with births nor with the newborn lambs, and they are all growing so fast my … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Lambs & Piglets
Full and By Farm: Grateful Spring Showers
It is nice to sit inside typing as gentle rain runs down the windows. We were grateful for last week's shower, though it disappeared into the dry, dry ground all too quickly. Most of the transplants have still managed to put on a lot of growth and color, promising good things to … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Grateful Spring Showers
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