Category Archives: Farming
Triple Green Jade Farm: a year in pictures
Stone on stone. A living metaphor for our farm. I’m sitting on my deck overlooking the Boquet Mountains. It’s dusk and the birds are performing a unique sonic backdrop I’ve not heard before. Possibly a mixture of new mating calls…
Soil Testing
In several of the classes and workshops I’ve attended, many of the guest speakers have stressed the importance of soil testing. After reclaiming several of the pastures that were overrun with brush and weeds, I can see that now we…
Hay School
“Make hay while the sun shines” is a popular phrase we all know and strive for and at this year’s Hay School, it was a topic covered from almost every angle. There were several dates hosted across the North Country…
Winter Gardening Tips for Your Zone
Here in the Adirondacks, many businesses and people seem to close up shop in the Winter and the same goes for the garden. Well just because the temperatures are dipping doesn’t mean you can’t get a harvest of fresh veggies…
Window of Opportunity
My seasonal position at the Cornell Research Farm is now on it’s Winter break. Working there for the Summer was good and I’ll miss working with the guys there. The job will be available next May and I’m more than…
A Sense of Place in the Valley
It’s good to know where you’ve come from and it’s also good to know where you’re headed. Or as Wendell Berry puts it: “If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are.” Recently we took a…