Join us at the Farm Stand this summer – new day, time and location! We’ll be open Tuesdays, from 5-8pm! We’re starting this
coming Tuesday, June 7! Come on up the drive to the Food Shed (to the right of the house). We’ll have Bok Choy, Napa Cabbage, Cilantro, Kale, Radishes and several types of Lettuce! We look forward to seeing you again!
Pollination
We had a visit from Eli the bee guy today! Eli is a PhD candidate from WSU, studying abundance and diversity of native pollinators. Today was his annual spring pollinator survey-he’s been studying the farm over the course of three years. Because we don’t use pesticides or chemical inputs, we enjoy a wide variety of native pollinators helping bring food to the table.
Veggie Starts! Sat. 9am-12pm, Sun. 12-5pm
Veggie starts Sat. 9am-3pm
Reminder: Starts for sale! Sat/Sun
Great starts to grow ‘yer own veggies! Peppers (many types of sweet and hot), tomatoes, (slicers, sauce and cherries), lettuce, broccoli, Napa cabbage, swiss chard, kale, and bok choy! Saturday 9am-noon, Sunday noon-3pm. 928 Wilson St NE. Come up the drive to the garage! 6 packs/$2.50, 4″ pots for $3.
Got starts?
Wow! Feels like summer! Time to start thinking about getting starts in the ground. What’s your garden plan this year? If you are looking for peppers (many types of sweet and hot), tomatoes, (slicers, sauce and cherries), lettuce, broccoli, Napa cabbage, swiss chard, kale, and bok choy – we’ve got ’em! Saturday 9am-noon, Sunday noon-3pm. Come up the drive to the garage! 6 packs/$2.50, 4″ pots for $3. We’ll be happy to tell you about the varieties we’ve chosen and why! And in two weeks, we’ll have summer and winter squash and cucumber starts. Let the planting begin!
From the field
Delicious, nutritious food starts with a healthy fertile soil. A key element of our soil building program is using cover crops – in this case rye and hairy vetch – to add organic matter, fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil and make sure precious minerals don’t leach out with the winter rains. You still have a chance to taste the results of our work – we have a few more CSA shares available for 2016! Sign up by the end of the month.
Small Miracles
The tomatoes are up! And the onions! Despite the cold, wet, grey day, the greenhouse holds the promise of summer, emerged from tiny seeds. These plants will grow up to provide produce for our CSA (shares still available) , 
supply our Farm Stand, and some should be available for purchase as starts for home gardens!
CSA Shares for 2016!
That’s right! We’d love to feed you this summer as a Charter Member of our CSA
! Our produce is beautiful and we can’t wait to fill your boxes! 15 weeks of fresh fruits and veggies: Large (3-4 people) $375 and Small (1-2 people) $300! Sign up HERE!
Seed Starting
The seeds have arrived! And because we have such a short growing season in the PNW, it’s important to get an early start. Today, the Farmer has a goal of getting 400 onion and tomato seeds into the soil blocks in the planting trays. These will go on heating mats and the soil kept moist to encourage germination. There is a certain zen to the task – the radio is
on and the Farmer is at peace.
