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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...

John Latimer
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Root Cellar Video
Start-to-finish video of our new root cellar made with earthbags. @islandgrownsj, #sanjuanisland, #visitsanjuans, #savorthesanjuans,...

John Latimer
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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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...

John Latimer
Sep 22, 20241 min read
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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...

John Latimer
Sep 15, 20241 min read
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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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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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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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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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Island Grown San Juans article
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John Latimer
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Cider Pressing
After the bountiful apple and pear harvest this year, it's a great time to share some pics of the cider pressings we helped with for the...

John Latimer
Dec 6, 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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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...

John Latimer
May 12, 20231 min read
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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...

John Latimer
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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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,...

John Latimer
Oct 1, 20221 min read
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