Organic Horseradish
Just harvested our first batch of horseradish! We got about a dozen main roots and a lot of sets (smaller roots) for planting more of...
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John Latimer
Nov 81 min read
Dog Interrupted
Roxy and Atlas insisted on helping John with weeding in the orchard today! It always make the day brighter when you have loving “help” at...
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John Latimer
Oct 221 min read
Completed Root Cellar
The entrance to the new earth bag root cellar is now complete! A big thank you to both the Washington State Department of Agriculture and...
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John Latimer
Oct 111 min read
Sky Show
The Northern Lights were amazing at the farm last night (Oct 10)! They could even be seen with the naked eye. Just another great thing...
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John Latimer
Sep 251 min read
Root Cellar Video
Start-to-finish video of our new root cellar made with earthbags. @islandgrownsj, #sanjuanisland, #visitsanjuans, #savorthesanjuans,...
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John Latimer
Sep 221 min read
Green Roof
Ben seeded the top of the new root cellar to start its green roof with clover and wild flowers. The root cellar is nearly done and a...
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John Latimer
Sep 151 min read
Got Honey?
We got our first harvest of honey from the bees of Bee Positive here on San Juan Island. The bees really enjoyed taking care of the...
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John Latimer
Aug 121 min read
Root Cellar Construction
Construction on our root cellar made with earth bags has begun. Earth bag structures, sometimes called SuperAdobe, is a building method...
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John Latimer
Jun 21 min read
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...
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John Latimer
May 191 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Apr 221 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Apr 151 min read
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....
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John Latimer
Apr 71 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Mar 241 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Mar 41 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Feb 121 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Feb 21 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Jan 301 min read
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...
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John Latimer
Jan 191 min read
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!...
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John Latimer
Dec 8, 20232 min read
Island Grown San Juans article
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