As illustrated by the dearth of blog posts in 2020, this was a challenging year to write a fun farming blog. My mind has been swirling with many thoughts about how to create a more caring world that are not simple posts. But this week finally felt like a good time to get back to writing. I’ve been working out the details of our 2021 Summer CSA. I love this model. Our customers sign up for the season and receive…
How do we turn our field into an inviting home for the 1,500+ transplants we’ve started in the greenhouse? Our field had a ryegrass cover crop over the winter. Ryegrass is great for cartwheels [see above], soil erosion protection, winter-long photosynthesis, nitrogen scavenging, and weed suppression. It is particularly good at weed suppression because it allelopathic (i.e., it produces chemicals that suppress the growth of other plants). Because of this property, we need to wait at least 2 weeks after…
I’m so excited to introduce you all to Songbird Haven Farm! We’re launching our farm with a 10-12 person farm share (i.e., community supported agriculture program or CSA) and on-farm events like u-pick days, workshops, and other fun excuses to join us out in Woodinville. It will be a busy spring, summer, and fall. But we think we’ve set ourselves up to launch this endeavor in our “free time” and still have fun. I love “let’s make this thing happen”…