From Afar
Week 30, 2021｜Kristin Kimball｜July 30, 2021
We are away from the farm this week for a family reunion with my mom, my brother and his family. This is the first time in Essex Farm history that Mark and I […]
Ode to the Egg
Week 29, 2021｜Kristin Kimball｜July 23, 2021
An ode to the egg this week, in honor of its moment of perfection and abundance. Egg production, like everything else, is seasonal. Not as strictly seasonal as strawberries or sweet corn, but […]
Constant Change
Week 28, 2021｜Kristin Kimball｜July 16, 2021
I’ve been thinking about diversified farms this week, and looking for the roots of the connection between the decay of rural communities and rise of industrial monoculture. Industrial scale monoculture — those infinite […]
Soft & Persistent
Week 27, 2021｜Kristin Kimball｜July 9, 2021
We got a soft, persistent rain through the night, exactly what we needed to water in forty acres of newly-planted cover crop seed. The end of this week saw a big push to plant it […]
Deep in it
Week 23, 2021｜Kristin Kimball｜June 11, 2021
The bands of rain missed us, and we are feeling a little droughty, which makes our workflow easier […]
Perfectly Imperfect
Week 21, 2021｜Kristin Kimball ｜May 29, 2021
After that little spring heat wave it got cold again. We narrowly missed a late frost this week, saved by a stiff wind that kept the night air moving. We have to be patient […]
First Hay In
Photo by Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott
Week 20, 2021｜Kristin Kimball ｜May 22, 2021
The sun got serious this week, with daytime temperatures in the high eighties, and the first hay […]
Greenest Green
Week 19, 2021｜Kristin Kimball ｜May 15, 2021
We’ve hit the balance point of the growing season, weighing the risk of a late killing frost against the benefit of moving plants to the field. The average last frost […]
Still Lambing
Week 18, 2021｜Kristin Kimball ｜May 7, 2021
A light frost this morning on the grass and fruit blossoms, a dusting on the just-breaking lilacs. I like these days of unpredictable weather, when bouts of rain and chill are interspersed […]
Hello Life
Week 17, 2021｜Kristin Kimball ｜April 27, 2021
Hello spring, hello new life. There has been so much happening here I fell behind on farm notes, so here’s a catchup note along with a promise to deliver more […]