Growing real food in beautiful Graham, WA
Wow – Been awhile… Yikes! We haven’t been staying up to date with our blog posts but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy… Bear with me as I try to touch on what we’ve been up to and some plans for the upcoming growing season. Catching up Birds, Birds, Birds! We are finally seeing…
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2018 Recap and Plans for 2019 Hello friends! First, thank you for your support during 2018 and helping it be a success. We wanted to provide a quick recap of 2018 and give you an idea of what we have planned for 2019. Yes, this is a long overdue post – with how busy we…
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Summer Update and Check-In Whew! We’ve been way too busy to find time to keep up with the blog and website. For that we’re sorry. It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over – and still so much to do! I wanted to take a minute to catch you up with what we’ve been…
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An early Easter Egg(er) Hunt! So the other evening while we were out collecting eggs, I looked up and noticed some feathers sticking out between the old boards under the eaves. I first thought that it was just a birds nest since we have some barn swallows that have nested in the barn before. Upon…
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It’s a Growing Problem Well, I admit. I’ve got a problem. I just cant stop checking out seed catalogs and buying interesting seeds. My latest binge is dry beans. I’ve got a plot where we’ll be trialling some new varieties that we aren’t quite ready to do at scale or that we just want to…
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Hatching, Planning, Waiting… Successful Hatch! We successfully hatched out the fertile eggs we purchased as part of our breeding plan and laying hen replacement. The 30 eggs we ordered (and one extra for free) arrived via USPS damaged leaving only 28 for the incubator. Of those, 26 developed and from the 26, we hatched out…
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Is it Spring Yet? Garden Planning We ordered our seeds today (yea!) and it’s starting to feel like Spring is right around the corner! We’re busy planning the gardens – when and where to plant what, and how much. There are still CSA shares available but we have had a number of people express interest,…
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Happy New Year – Thanks for a great 2017! Hi everyone, Erica and I are so grateful that you’ve supported us during the year as we build our farm business. We both want to thank you for your love and support to help us grow. We are really excited to have you along with us as we…
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Happy Holidays! Looking forward to 2018 We have been reflecting back on the year as it comes to a close. We had a successful Thanksgiving with our own turkeys, raised from day-old poults; grew our laying flock and have been producing quality eggs; and got our garden space built and grew our first crops despite…
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We’ve been busy here at the farm planning for the 2018 season. We’ll be offering a limited number of Vegetable CSA shares for 2018 and will be sending out details as it gets closer to January. If you’re interested in learning more before then, email us for details. The young hens are starting to lay…
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