I can never see daffodils without hearing Wordsworth’s poem. “Ten thousand saw I at a glance,” he says about coming upon a field of them. We don’t yet have that many, but it sort of felt like it when I…
Green
Solar power runs the farm. The south field, where we raise chickens and grow most of our produce, is not connected to county electricity and so by necessity we had to rely on nature to feed the generator that operates…
Stress Test
Our co-owner Paul, who acts as de facto farm manager, spent weeks putting up these high tunnels late last summer and we hadn’t seen the completed work until January, when we were out there for a board meeting. We were…
Onward
After several years of viewing floorplans and working unsuccessfully with two architects, we found a company to build our farm home in the summer of 2017. And then spent more than another year working on the design to comply with…
Dog Days
This time of year, when the haying is done and the bales are scattered across the fields waiting to be collected, always leaves me with a feeling of resolution. It’s something that has a clear start and finish, whereas other…
Late Summer Supper
Earlier this week, Paul and I were texting about a customer’s request to supply a wedding on short notice. As we discussed what was available on the farm in the next few days, I suggested that we had the ingredients…
Faith
I planted three fig trees three years ago, knowing that they would not produce fruit for three years and that it would probably take at least that long for us to have a regular presence on the farm. We had…
Girl Power
We have over 100 tomato plants in the ground (I intend to do an exact count now that I finished the last transplanting today), and some are doing better than others. I mentioned this to Andrea today and she came…
Community Asset
Yesterday, while I planted 400 kobocha squash seeds as part of a Washington State Soil Health Committee trial, Paul gave a tour to a group attending a 3-day farm-to-table retreat at nearby St. Andrews House. Sometime this month, we’ll welcome…
Work Party
We have been busy at the Farm, far too busy for me to get around to writing about it. The Shelton Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday and soon we’ll be harvesting for our CSA customers. And besides…