The Long Haul
Week 18, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜May 1, 2020
According to the calendar, lambing starts in five days, but tell that to the lambs already on the ground. The jugs are nearly full of ewes with newborns already and […]
New Normal
Week 17, 2020｜Kristin Kimball ｜April 24, 2020
I’ve never been so grateful for the bustle of spring. Some years I brace against what I know is coming, but this year, I welcome it. I’m grateful we have […]
Plateau
Week 16, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Apr 14, 2020
I am a bit late on the note this week, and so the New York City pack is happening as I type. Pack day is always a busy one […]
Out There
Week 14, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Apr 3, 2020
We know how bad it is out there. We sense the threat to health and to the economy, and the general unbearable uncertainty. At this moment we […]
Special Edition: Pandemic Part 2
Week 12, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Mar 18, 2020
The equinox comes this week. The earth is rolling into the light of spring, just as civilization is rolling toward shadowy uncertainty. Schools closed here on Monday and the […]
Pandemic
Week 11, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Mar 13, 2020
What a difference a week makes. Last week we were talking about seed order and castration techniques. This week we are talking about social distancing and flattening curves, and taking a […]
Local
Week 10, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Mar 6, 2020
The girls and I are home and catching up from our two week grand tour of Utah. We met lots of farmers, signed some books, saw our first dessert, hiked in […]
Late Winter Feeling
Week 5, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Feb 3, 2020
We Kimballs had a great week with two visitors from France, Estelle and Sylvain, the parents of our French exchange student, Maria, who was with us last year from July through […]
Taking Stock
Week 4, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Jan 24, 2020
We are in that luxurious pause now between settling in for winter and preparing the greenhouse for seeds. We had the lowest temperature of the season on Tuesday night – negative […]
Nerdy & Dirty
Week 3, 2020 | Kristin Kimball | Jan 17, 2020
What a cleansing blast of cold and snow today! This feels more like winter. Everyone is working to get chores done well without freezing. Yesterday, following a brainstorm session […]
