Solstice Farming
Week 51, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜December 18, 2020
There’s so much to be grateful for now, as we pass through the darkest part of a strange, dark year. The big storm went south of us, leaving just enough snow on […]
Big Picture
Week 49, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜December 4, 2020
I’ve been out with a bad back the last two weeks, so have been observing the farm from a slight remove. It’s a good thing to do every once in a while. […]
The Solar System
Week 47, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜November 20, 2020
In the soft lacuna between deep freezes this month, Mark planted 25 acres of rye as a cover crop, in the fields known as Monument and Superjoy. Since I’m homeschooling the girls […]
Unsettled
Week 45, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜November 6, 2020
An unsettled week here, as in the rest of our country. We’ve had snow, wild fluctuations in temperature — from a low of 18 degrees to highs in the mid-sixties — and […]
Freeze Coming
Week 44, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜October 30, 2020
There are two very important harvests every year, both dictated by the weather. There’s the sun-soaked, cool breeze kind that comes in the colorful days of September or early October, before the […]
Three-dog Week
Week 43, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜October 23, 2020
I roamed out of New York State this week for the first time since February, to pick up a new livestock guardian dog in Maine. It was an everyday farm errand made […]
Bountiful
Week 41, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜October 2, 2020
I love this time of year. The energy of harvest is different from that of planting or weeding. It’s a celebration of all the work that came before, fulfillment of the seed’s […]
Frosted Out
Week 39, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜September 25, 2020
What a snappy end to the growing season, just as summer turned to fall. We had a first light frost two weeks ago, but most plants survived. Then, this past week we […]
Magic Cheese
Week 37, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜September 11, 2020
The cold mornings have shoved me hard into food preservation mode. This week, I had a leftover flat of paste tomatoes to turn into sauce. My tomato method changes according to my […]
Crisp and Green
Week 35, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜August 30, 2020
Nobody can blow up a kitchen like our family can when we are all cooking at once. Friday morning, before ten, we had every dish and pot in the house in use, and […]