It's a busy time of year for the garden. Also a tricky one. Western Washington has a tendency to draw spring out, somewhat unnecessarily, as it seems to us who grew up elsewhere. In Upstate NY, spring is a couple of weeks of mud, followed by summer. Average air temps and soil temps go up… Continue reading Garden Catch-Up
Month: March 2025
Spring is Springing!
Hazel bush. Elderberry. Goumi berry. Black berry. Josta berry. Willow. Look at that color! Time to start setting up fences!
We’re Back! And Fresh Ground Flour
Sorry about the long silence for the last two weeks. We went right from a National Guard weekend into a vacation, and both of those take some recovering from. So even though we were back at the farm on Monday, we didn't actually get any farming done other than the chores, because we had food… Continue reading We’re Back! And Fresh Ground Flour
Muddy
You know that one kid, that wakes up before all the other kids, and gets up and after it while everyone else is still working on getting up? On Tuesday that was Winnie. This is a picture of her running around the living room singing "Get up! Get up! Time to Get Up!" and "What… Continue reading Muddy