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Farm Happenings for October 18, 2022

Posted on October 13th, 2022
Yes, I know. One more cauliflower photo. But his field has truly been the highlight of the fall. On Sunday at our HoeDown 20 kids participated in a cauliflower trophy hunting competition. The winning head weighed 6.5 pounds! This week students from Whitman College Environmental Studies harvested th1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 11, 2022

Posted on October 6th, 2022
Hope to see many of you on the farm this coming Sunday afternoon. The weather looks fine for touring, cider pressing, visiting together and sharing food. 3:00 onward. Dark does come early, but we'll light up a fire for those who wish to linger around 7.  On the farm we are trying hard to keep1 read more »

Farm Happenings for October 4, 2022

Posted on September 29th, 2022
Its double bounty time- summer eating continues without pause and now we add in the great offerings of fall. As illustrated in the extras of green beans and melons in last week's box, and our enthusiastic push of cauliflower this week.  We'll keep harvesting for months, but its time to stop ho1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 27, 2022

Posted on September 22nd, 2022
Things got a little silly at the wash rack yesterday washing the bigillion pounds of beautiful radish. Farmer Nick has the rare ability of maintaining a spirit of play through really hard work. We'll miss him and wish him well as he starts his final year at the Evergreen State College next wee1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 20, 2022

Posted on September 15th, 2022
Now that the air has cleared, we can enjoy some of the finest days of the year on the farm. Yesterday we brought in the winter squash harvest- pie pumpkins, delicata, acorn, kabocha squash are all settled in the barn to cure. In a couple of weeks I'll begin adding them to weekly offerings. Our daug1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 13, 2022

Posted on September 10th, 2022
Apologies for this late start to the customization period. This week clearly got away from me. It was a week overfull with the bounty of the fields, the shrinking of the crew due to the start of school, and a few big wholesale orders. We were especially pleased to pack out a very large delivery to1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 6, 2022

Posted on September 1st, 2022
I hope these last days of summer are treating you and yours well. This photo is of our girls up in the Lakes Basin of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. They did a 3 night backpack last weekend with a family friend (without Andy or me). I'm a pretty proud mama bear. Back on the farm, I nursed a broken tail1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 30, 2022

Posted on August 25th, 2022
Its high summer in the tomato patch, and the pepper path, and the sweet corn patch, and our neighbor's sweet corn patch. The corn last week in your box's was a bonus item, grown by the students in the Walla Walla Valley Academy high school biology/garden program. The variety is "Olathe". It's a bi-1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 23, 2022

Posted on August 18th, 2022
Today it was ever so hot out. But we stopped a few minutes early to enjoy a melon in the shade. And that juicy sweet fruit made me say, "I love August. If only for the melon." But then I fried up a pan of shishitos for lunch and I am again thankful for the bounty of our warm days. I hope you are to1 read more »