Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "We hired the three Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs I mentioned in last week’s note. So far, so awesome. When breeding and instinct and training line up with a job that needs to be done, you can … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Livestock Guardians
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Essex Farm: Teats Out
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The vegetable team has worked to get the new greenhouse staged and ready for raising, lots of transplants and seeds in the ground, and, already, hours of the never-finished work of weeding. The … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Teats Out
Essex Farm: Late Spring Snowfall
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
Essex Farm: Lambing
Catch up with Essex Farm happenings with an update from Kristin Kimball: Last week, hearing the forecast, I got the same physical, fluttery feeling I get when contemplating a fresh double espresso. The body knows before you even taste it: with this there will be action. Dry warm … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Lambing
Essex Farm: Still Warm
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "I realize I have led every recent farm note with a paragraph on the weather, but I’m going to excuse myself for the repetition because a) we are farmers and b) it is truly remarkable. The air … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Still Warm