Fresh Washed
Week 41, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜October 14, 2022
The farm feels washed clean this morning, after 2” of rain. The maple leaves in the sugarbush are at their fiery peak, the fall grass is bright green, and the sun is due out […]
Cozy
Week 40, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜October 7, 2022
Real color in the trees now, and several mornings of frost. The power of the sun is waning, even though the grass is still green and the big fall harvests are just starting to […]
Frost
Week 39, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜September 30, 2022
The temperature at the weather station hit 35 degrees early this morning, chilly enough to pull mist from the ponds and banks of cloud from Lake Champlain. In the cold pockets around the […]
Nippy
Week 38, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜September 23, 2022
A speedy note this week, as I’m off to the city with our young Spanish exchange student, Elena, who has been with us for three months and is heading back to Madrid today. […]
The Aftermath and Leek Delight
Week 37, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜September 16, 2022
All that’s left of the auction now are a few pieces of unsold metal, a scattering of soda cans, and the empty tent. It was a whirlwind of preparation beforehand, right up to […]
Auction!
Week 36, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜September 9, 2022
The big auction is tomorrow. The front of the farm is full of metal: pieces consigned by other farms in the neighborhood, all sorts of supplies and hardware we are not using, plus […]
Bitter Greens
Week 35, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜September 2, 2022
We’ve arrived at the delicious time of year where the tide of summer crops and the tide of cool weather crops converge. It’s also the prime moment to think forward to […]
Sprout or Husk
Week 34, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜August 26, 2022
That feeling of a season ending, sunlight waning, the summer houses going dark, the beaches around the lake being cleared of toys. The white pony’s coat is just beginning to thicken, and the fields are […]
Raccoon
Week 33, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜August 19, 2022
The crows, the ravens and a really determined raccoon have been helping themselves to the mature ears of sweet corn this week. Mark set a havahart trap for the raccoon, baited with tuna, which raccoons […]
Fruition
Week 32, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜August 12, 2022
First touch of dullness in the greens of the trees this week, signaling the height of summer harvest, and harbinger of fall. The combine came for the rye, sweeping the bent prickly heads […]