Soybeans
Week 44, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜November 4, 2022
Is it really November? Highs touching 70 degrees, lows in the 50s, little rain in the forecast? Nobody is complaining. We’re getting lots of late-season work done. The best news of the week […]
Rubber Chicken
Week 43, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜October 28, 2022
Freeze coming tonight, just as we fall back to standard time and embrace the dark. Everyone is in the field today, working hard to bring in the potatoes before they get too cold. The […]
Larger Scale
Week 42, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜October 21, 2022
The rhythm of a dairy cow’s calving is usually predictable. Her udder swells, the shape of her tailhead shifts, she separates herself from the herd. 95% of the time, she calves […]
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 […]
Essex Farm Pancake Recipe
2 cups Essex Farm pancake mix
½ cup butter milk
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons oil (optional)
sugar to taste (optional)
Milk or water to texture
Incorporate eggs, oil, sugar, and buttermilk into pancake mix. Add milk or water while stirring until batter is slightly lumpy. Ladle about 1/3-1/4 cup batter onto hot greased pan. Makes 8-12 cakes.