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 […]
Summer Bounty
Week 29, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜July 23, 2022
Sultry weather this week, the kind Mark calls ‘good growing weather’. We had an inch of rain on Monday, which drew the water saturation level in an undrained clay field from a dry .25 […]
From Afar
Week 27, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜July 8, 2022
A quick note from afar today. The kids and I are at my mother’s house for a little family reunion with my sister, my brother and his girls, and two bonus girls – […]
Strawberries
Week 25, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜June 24, 2022
It’s the solstice week, the time of mighty light, and it’s a green riot out there. The plants have their leaves upstretched to catch all the energy they can. We are three weeks […]
Gamblers
Week 23, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜June 12, 2022
Dr. Martha is away so Dr. DeFranco came an hour north this week to treat Phoebe, one of our trusty old Jersey cows, who injured her teat while getting on the trailer to […]
Peak Light
Week 22, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜June 4, 2022
June has arrived, and with it comes the peak of the light, the pinnacle of the farm year. It seems the sun shines all the time in June. What’s this thing you call […]
Ludicrous
Week 21, 2022｜Kristin Kimball｜May 27, 2022
You know how Teslas have a mode called ludicrous, for moments of extreme acceleration? Mark’s gears have been stuck in ludicrous for weeks now. How long can this go on? It seems weirdly […]
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.