We're holding out for a good (yet non-damaging) thunderstorm to roll through here this afternoon and break the heat and humidity. We purchased all of the parts and pieces of an irrigation system three years ago following another particularly hot, dry summer. After two wet years … [Read more...] about Full and By Farm: Heat and Dry Skies
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Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring
Here’s the news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "The solar panels are locked into their most horizontal position now, faces to the sun in its high-in-the sky trajectory. We’re here whenever you choose to appear, sun, they say, and very well washed, too. … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Raining & Pouring
Essex Farm: Reminder from Nature
"We were wishing for rain this week. An inch would have been perfect. The three we got were a reminder that nature doesn’t take orders from us humans. Fine, fine. On a highly diversified farm, something, somewhere is always happy, no matter the weather. The pasture, the hay … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Reminder from Nature