Frost dates

Cornell has a very useful map of frost dates by county.  For where we are it’s April 20-30th.  For NYC it’s around April 14th.
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Soil types at the farm

Using a Soil Survey of Dutchess County, NY, we made an overlay of soil types with a google maps pic.  The brown outline is the property line; the pink boxes are the house/barn/etc.; the bright blue is the pond. Here’s a brief explanation of what the letters mean (overall the soil survey averages about 20% […]
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