Taking Down An Old Silo
You could say that the first major item in our farm renovation has begun with a bang! We recently took down an old silo because it was severely rotted at the base and just too far gone to fix. The...
View ArticleWinter is a Time for Reflection
By the looks of the latest wintry snowfalls, Winter has rolled in to the Essex and the Champlain Valley region with more of a bang and less of a whimper, and a few weeks before the Solstice. Winter at...
View ArticleImproving Soil and Water Conservation
Boquet River, through the woods (Credit: Daniel Rivera) Concerned citizens in the Champlain Valley and elsewhere have made the connection that our activities on this planet are woven into the web of...
View ArticleHelp Bring An Old Farm Back To Life
In the barn (Credit: Daniel Rivera) Kimmy and I have had several awesome experiences as guests traveling abroad and working on farms in exchange for room and board. We made chevre in Brittany and...
View ArticleA Month of New Beginnings
The fields in May (Credit: Daniel Rivera) New growth The fireflies are popping and going off like minute little fireworks over the short, but stocky rye, orchard grass and hairy vetch that will soon be...
View ArticleTriple Green Jade Farm: A Year in Pictures
Stone on stone. A living metaphor for our farm. (Photo credit: Dan Rivera) I’m sitting on my deck overlooking the Boquet Mountains. It’s dusk and the birds are performing a unique sonic backdrop I’ve...
View ArticleSolitary Ski & Another New CATS Trail!
(Credit: CATS) I was recently asked to contribute a story on cross country skiing to the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) Lake Champlain Region blog. Since my family was away and we...
View ArticleHelp Us Fire Up A Wood-Fired Bread Oven
As many of you know, we have made great progress on our wood-fired bread oven. We got the majority of it completed last year and then BANG – the busy farmer’s market season hit and we soared...
View ArticleJoin Us for Open Farm Week
Farms across the Essex County are opening their doors during the Adirondack Harvest Festival’s Open Farm Week this September and Triple Green Jade Farm is taking part in the fun as well. We will be...
View ArticlePiano By Nature Presents “Piano in Nature” Concert at Essex Quarry on June 3
Ben Cosgrove Piano in Nature Saturday, June 3rd @ 3:00PM, Essex Quarry, Essex, NY Sunday, June 4th @ 3:00PM, Hand House, Elizabethtown, NY When Piano by Nature was founded in 2008, we knew that we...
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