On our first day working with the 21 Acres Farm Manager, he put us to work building a high tunnel (greenhouse). We were excited! One of our primary goals is to grow year-round. And even in the relatively mild northwest high tunnels will be a valuable tool to produce throughout the winter. High tunnels also give you a head start on summer crops, allowing you to put tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and basil in the ground even as the cool drizzly…
Talking about our farming plan to anyone and everyone is really paying off. One of our most fruitful (pun intended) conversations led to an introduction to a friend of a friend who mentioned that we check out 21 Acres, a food and farming education center about 20 miles northeast of Seattle. We had been unsure of how to gain some real experience farming while we are working full time jobs. And 21 Acres has had many opportunities and the people…
Mark and I were talking farming every night, checking out books from the library, and watching a lot of videos on compost, soil microbiology, and no-till practices. But how do we actually get started with this whole farming thing? We probably shouldn’t quit our jobs tomorrow. Right? So we decided to visit the farmers who originally inspired us – Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser of Singing Frogs Farm. When we heard Elizabeth and Paul talk about their farm we loved their…