Last night we saw the first frost of the year – one month and one day after the historical average first Frost date for our area. … Continue reading →
Rejoice. Italian plums are in season.
This year I will be selling hops for the first time. Over the next several weeks I will be supplying green hops to the Snotown Brewery. Pictured is the Kent Golding variety, usually the first hop flower to mature. Technically, the Golding variety can be called “Kent Golding” if it is grown in Kent, but hey, Kent, Washington is just 40 miles a way. Fun fact, Kent, Washington was so-named because it was a major hop-growing area from 1870-1891.
We spent late June in Spain. We visited Bilbao, Salamanca, and Madrid. In each city we ate Salmorejo. Each recipe was subtly different, but all were amazing. Comparisons to gazpacho are unavoidable, but Salmorejo is, hands down, the best cold … Continue reading →
The hoophouse is now producing prodigious amounts of tomatoes and cucumbers, much appreciated by our customers at the Snohomish Farmer’s Market. … Continue reading →
My neighbor cut hay on our biggest field, I raked it, and the neighbor bailed. This yielded 365 bales. I took 105 bales, and the neighbor took the rest. … Continue reading →
Today I harvested the first cucumbers, and the first tomatoes from the hoophouse. Tomatoes included , Alicante, Flamme, Aunt Lucy Italian Paste, Coyote, Earl of Edgecombe, Baselbieter Rotelli, Beams Yellow Pear, Sebastopol, Indische fleiche, Slava, Bloody Butcher, Kimberly, Tigerella, Buckbees … Continue reading →
Our high tunnel is now fully planted with tomatoes, cucumbers and melons and plants are already sporting tiny fruit. … Continue reading →
Last updated – November 9, 2018 Microgreens (available after November 1) Pea – 4 oz clam shell $3.00, $10/lbSunflower- 4 oz clam shell $3.00, $10/lbRadish- 4 oz clam shell $3.00, $10/lb Greens Arugula – $1.00/ozSalad mix – $3/lb contains 3 … Continue reading →
Our high tunnel is now fully planted with tomatoes, as well as a few cucumber and melon plants. We are growing 110 tomato varieties this year. Indeterminate varieties are trained to strings in the center two rows. Determinate varieties are … Continue reading →
