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Root Cellar Construction
Construction on our root cellar made with earth bags has begun. Earth bag structures, sometimes called SuperAdobe, is a building method...

John Latimer
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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Happy World Cider Day
Just in time for World Cider Day (June 3rd), we’re excited that several varieties of our new apple trees have fruit! Most of our three...

John Latimer
Jun 2, 20241 min read
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Big Summer Project
We’re getting ready to build a root cellar made with earth bags at the farm this summer. But before we begin, we had to test what mix of...

John Latimer
May 19, 20241 min read
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Earth Day Present
We got an Earth Day present with the leafing out of all five Belle de Boskoop apple trees we grafted last year. We were really happy to...

John Latimer
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Spring Blooms
With the warm weather, spring has arrived at the farm! The orchard is blooming with tons of flowers and the new bees are loving it....

John Latimer
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Tilth Alliance Grant
We’re so excited that our grant proposal from the Tilth Alliance’s Washington State Organic and Sustainable Farming Fund (WSOSFF) has...

John Latimer
Apr 7, 20241 min read
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New Bees
We just got our first bee hive delivered and set-up on the farm from Bee Positive. The bees will be a big help in pollinating the...

John Latimer
Mar 24, 20241 min read
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381 Trees
We just finished planting 29 more fruit and nut trees, bringing us to a new total of 381 trees in the orchard! We added 17 apple, five...

John Latimer
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Done Pruning
Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday for our wonderfully successful Winter Pruning Workshop! We hosted 34 people with the help of...

John Latimer
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop
Join us at Seagate Farm on Sunday, February 11th from 1:30 to 4pm for our winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop led by Madrona Murphy of...

John Latimer
Feb 2, 20241 min read
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Just Chill
Now that the harvest season is done and it’s not spring yet, we like to relax during the off-season with a good “Chill” playlist. Click...

John Latimer
Jan 30, 20241 min read
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Snow Day
With the first snow of the winter, we decided to take a rare “snow day” today. Atlas really loved playing in the fresh powder!...

John Latimer
Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Island Grown San Juans article
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John Latimer
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Fall Colors
It's beautiful in the orchard right now with all of the bright colored leaves! The burst of Fall colors makes the different varieties...

John Latimer
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Harvest Helpers
We’ve been harvesting the Vicars of Winkfield pears this week. Atlas and Roxy love hanging out and watching the action. But it’s been...

John Latimer
Nov 4, 20231 min read
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Annular Eclipse
We were only able to see the beginning of the recent solar eclipse at the farm before the clouds rolled in. But the pups were very...

John Latimer
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Farm Tour Participant
We're participating in the San Juan Island Farm Tours this year! We'll be at our host farm, Aurora Farm, to do a cider pressing...

John Latimer
Sep 16, 20231 min read
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Gravenstein Harvest
We just finished harvesting 211 pounds of Gravenstein apples from one tree that’s about 100 years old! Roxy helped supervise all of the...

John Latimer
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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We Have Pears
We now have Vicar of Winkfield pears available for sale. Contact us directly for details. These pears are best for culinary purposes or...

John Latimer
Aug 23, 20231 min read
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Play Time
Shane and Atlas enjoyed playing under the newly cleared Garry Oak tree. @islandgrownsj, #sanjuanisland, #visitsanjuans,...

John Latimer
Aug 15, 20231 min read
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