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We spent the last few days installing irrigation drip lines to all of the 96 new fruit trees. With the dry weather upon us, it’ll...
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John Latimer
- May 12
- 1 min
New Grafted Trees
We just grafted and planted four new apple varieties (12 new trees) at the farm. A big thanks to @kwiaht for help with the grafting! The...
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John Latimer
- Apr 29
- 1 min
Pear Blooms
The Vicar of Winkfield and Clapp’s Favorite pear trees are in full bloom and enjoying the warm weather! These pear trees are about 100...
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John Latimer
- Apr 19
- 1 min
Happy Earth Day
It’s a beautiful day to celebrate the beginning of spring. From our family to yours, have a wonderful and green Earth Day! Held annually...
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John Latimer
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Air Defense
Atlas defends the farm from a turkey vulture flyer a couple hundred feet high! Turkey vultures (sometimes called buzzards) are large dark...
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John Latimer
- Apr 7
- 1 min
344 Trees!
We added several new types of fruit and nut trees and now have a total of 344 trees! Check out our website at www.seagatefarm.com/shop-pr...
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John Latimer
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Spring Daffodils
We added 16 groups of two different narcissus flower bulbs a few months ago in the orchard and they are doing great. Narcissus flowers,...
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John Latimer
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Native Flowers
We just planted Common Camas (Camassia quamash) bulbs in the orchard. The Camas is native to southwest Canada and the northwestern United...
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John Latimer
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Celebrate Diversity
It seems like a great day for the #americanciderassociation reminder that cider is for everyone! We stand with those who support love,...
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John Latimer
- Feb 7
- 1 min
New Trees!
We’ve just started planting more fruit trees at the farm. In addition to several new apple and pear varieties, we’re adding a couple new...
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John Latimer
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Pickle Patch
John and Ben built a new pickle patch garden next to the orchard. The enclosed garden is 9’ by 30’ and needed fencing to keep the...
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John Latimer
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Back Seat Driver
While John was busy digging drainage trenches, Atlas found a new friend in the back seat of one of Seagate Farm’s extensive “fleet” of...
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John Latimer
- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
Snowy Holidays!
A foot or so of snow means no work on the farm for a couple of days. Atlas enjoys it much more than John though. Great Pyrenees are...
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John Latimer
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Gravenstein Apple Pie
A wonderful way to top off the Thanksgiving feast is with an incredible Gravenstein apple pie! One of our favorites is made with...
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John Latimer
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Ready for Winter
John spent the last few days winterizing the apple orchard. He added wood mulch around all the trees and plants and got the irrigation...
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John Latimer
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Atlas
He’s the newest member of the Seagate family. Atlas is a three-year-old Great Pyrenees and a gentle giant weighing 135 pounds. He needed...
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John Latimer
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
Eating the profits
Roxy has acquired a taste for Pacific Crabapples and blackberries. No, she hasn’t gobbled up the profits —just the leftover fruit from...
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John Latimer
- Oct 9, 2022
- 1 min
Harvest Time
John and Ben spent the last few weeks picking the Pacific Crabapples at the farm. Even though the other apples and pears didn’t like the...
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John Latimer
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
New Bee Plants
After getting the FARM Fund Grant from the Agriculture Guild in May to regenerate the San Juan Islands, John and his nephew, Shane,...
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John Latimer
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Mending Fences
After chasing a few deer out of the orchard, Shane (John’s nephew) spent the last few weeks improving the deer fencing for the farm. Now...
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