First Frost
Week 38, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Sep 24, 2019
First patchy frost this week, the earliest we have had in many years. It was a light one, and mostly beneficial. It killed the galinsoga that was threatening to drop seed […]
Harvest Moon
Week 37, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Sep 18, 2019
Did you feel the chill at dawn today? The ponds were hazed in mist and the dew was cold and thick on the grass. It’s the full harvest moon tonight. Frost […]
Summer Fade
Week 33, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Aug 19, 2019
The winter squash plants were a lush green canopy just last week. Their spiny stems were full of life, the leaves dense and broad enough to shade out the weeds between […]
Taste Adirondack
Week 32, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Aug 10, 201
There’s a fresh breeze blowing away the humidity that descended on us in the wake of some welcome rain. Before the rain, the last of the first cut hay came in, […]
Hail Caesar
Week 31, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Aug 6, 2019
Every work day at the farm begins at 6 with morning meeting. That’s where the day is mapped, priorities established, and jobs distributed. Sometimes there is a nerdy group question that […]
High Low
Week 30, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Jul 27, 2019
A quick note, full of news and invitations. The weather has been hot and sunny during the day, and cool at night, ideal for the approach of August. We had a […]
Hot and Steamy
Week 29, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Jul 22, 2019
On our harvest walk this morning, when the air was still cool, Mark and I talked about the miracle that is modern meteorology. We have known for several days that […]
Knee-high Week
Week 27, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Jul 15, 2019
Peak heat, peak sun. This is when everything grows so fast, if you blink, it has changed. Another inch of rain this week, the good kind that comes all at once, […]
Solstice
Week 25, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Jun 24, 2019
The solstice is upon us, and she came in strange. Such rain and chill on the long approach of spring but her landing was perfect. We got 1.25” of rain in […]
Almost June
Week 22, 2019 | Kristin Kimball | Jun 11, 2019
I had to open my big mouth in the last note and brag about not having any orphan lambs to raise this year. You know what happens when you do that? […]
