Every Friday evening, all year round, over a hundred people travel to Essex Farm to pick up their weekly share of the whole diet-beef, pork, chicken, milk, eggs, maple syrup, grains, flours, dried beans, herbs, fruits, and forty different vegetables-produced by the farm. Kristin and Marks plan to grow everything needed to feed a community was an ambitious idea, and a bit romantic. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of the couples first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through their harvest-season wedding in the loft of the barn. On an impulse, she shed her city self and started a new farm with him on five hundred acres near Lake Champlain.

When Kristin Kimball left New York City to interview a dynamic young farmer named Mark, her world changed. Book Synopsis From a graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail (Minneapolis Star Tribune), this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm. The Dirty Life is the captivating chronicle of their first year on Essex Farm, from the cold North Country winter through the following harvest season-complete with their wedding in the loft of the barn. About the Book On an impulse, Kimball shed her city self and moved to 500 acres near Lake Champlain to start a new farm with her husband.

The dirty life book