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 […]
Much Farming
Week 34, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜August 21, 2020
The rains were so localized this week, some parts of our farm caught a downpour and some got nothing. But we’ll take it, anywhere. Our weather station registered nearly nine […]
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.