FIELD NOTES

A record of the farm, month by month

Notes from the orchard and the hives, longer pieces on the plants we grow and explore, and each month’s newsletter.

Field Notes

September 28, 2026

September 28, 2026

The first apples of the season, picked from the old orchard

Our First Harvest

The first apples of the season, picked from the old orchard

Jared Vinik 9/28/26 Jared Vinik 9/28/26

Two colonies, two white-marked queens, and a summer of drawn comb.

Jared Vinik 5/15/26 Jared Vinik 5/15/26

Bark grafts on 1970s Empire scaffolds: how an old tree becomes a Kingston Black.

Jared Vinik 4/1/26 Jared Vinik 4/1/26

Sowing ground a year ahead of the 2027 plantings