Out There
Week 14, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Apr 3, 2020
We know how bad it is out there. We sense the threat to health and to the economy, and the general unbearable uncertainty. At this moment we […]
Winter Solstice
Week 51, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Dec 23, 2019
Forgive the long break between farm notes, all. My father died November 30 after a long battle with leukemia and I have found it difficult to sit down and write. Words […]
Big Big Fire
Week 47, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Nov 25, 2019
Things went from cold and hard to warm and mushy this week, a state that is more in line with the calendar. I forgot to tell the dogs this. I had […]
Deep Cold
Week 46, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Nov 15, 2019
The thermometer at our weather station hit -1 F in the wake of a snow storm that dumped eight inches on us this week. What ugly weather for mid-November! It was, […]
Winter Makes an Entrance
Week 45, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Nov 9, 2019
Winter arrived overnight. It’s not clear if she’s here for a visit or taking up residence until spring, but her presence is unmistakable. There was an inch of ice on the […]
Rain Rain Rain
Week 44, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Nov 1, 2019
We got 3″ of rain in this current storm, 8” for the month of October. School is closed today due to high winds and flooding, but so far our power is […]
Bomb Cyclone
Week 42, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Oct 18, 2019
This week Jane told me that she thinks I must be a very emotional person. She’s twelve. I thought preteen girls were supposed to have a corner on that particular market? […]
Harvest Swing
Week 41, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Oct 11, 2019
Harvest season is in full swing now. The corn fields have turned from green to rattly dun, the golden kernels tucked inside their dry wrappers of old silk and husk. […]
Frost Again
Week 40, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Oct 4, 2019
This is the time of year of firsts, and lasts. We had a touch of frost three weeks ago, which yellowed the soy and left almost everything else alone. But the […]
Glorious Fall
Week 39, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Sep 27, 2019
That are so many reasons to love late September on a diversified farm in the Adirondacks. This year, more than ever. We have had a stretch of perfect days that are […]