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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...

John Latimer
Dec 23, 20221 min read


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...

John Latimer
Nov 22, 20222 min read


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...

John Latimer
Nov 10, 20221 min read


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...

John Latimer
Oct 28, 20221 min read


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...

John Latimer
Oct 14, 20221 min read


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...

John Latimer
Oct 9, 20221 min read


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


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...

John Latimer
Sep 22, 20221 min read


Big Toys
When you’re playing in a big sandbox, you need big toys. John had a lot of fun learning to operate the excavator this past week at the...

John Latimer
Sep 8, 20221 min read


What A Difference A Few Weeks Make
Back at work after being away for a while and the apple trees are doing great! Several of the Brown Snout apple trees have fruit and many...

John Latimer
Aug 12, 20221 min read


Warm Summer Days
After a cold, wet spring, the new apple trees are loving the beautiful weather. Especially the Brown Snout, Harry Master’s Jersey, and...

John Latimer
Jul 20, 20221 min read


On A Clear Day...
On A Clear Day… It was so beautiful and clear yesterday that you could see the tops of both Mt. Rainier and Mt. Baker from the farm. The...

John Latimer
Jul 13, 20221 min read


Wild Company
These two fox pups were hanging out with me today at the farm. The one is all black and the other is a silver-grey, but both of them had...

John Latimer
Jun 22, 20221 min read


New Fruit
Just nine weeks after it was planted, this Yarlington Mill is already bearing its first apples. Of course, the fruit on all the new trees...

John Latimer
Jun 14, 20221 min read


Water water everywhere
We got the drip irrigation lines installed for the apple orchard just in time for the warm weather. A big thanks to James Most (Orchards,...

John Latimer
Jun 1, 20221 min read


FARM Fund Grant
We have been awarded a grant to add native pollinating plants for beneficial habitats to attract more bees in our apple orchard. The...

John Latimer
May 17, 20221 min read


Successful Day!
Not only did we finished putting up all of the new deer fencing, but our new apple trees are already beginning to bud! Here's some of the...

John Latimer
Apr 30, 20221 min read


228 New Trees!
We’re proud to announce that we completed our 2022 planting with a total of 228 cider apple trees! Thank you to our volunteers and...

John Latimer
Apr 19, 20221 min read


192 More Apple Trees!
After just five days, we planted 192 new cider apple trees! We couldn’t have done it without such an awesome crew of family, friends, and...

John Latimer
Apr 15, 20221 min read
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