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The great pepper pot up has begun! As we prepare for the first outdoor market of the year, marked annually by the snowball viburnum bloom, we also hunker down in the potting shed to handle, one by one, all 8000+ pepper plants to give them more space
DON’T WORRY. We are reentering radicchio season. Anna and I planted the first patch of 2026 radicchio last week on a glorious day, surrounded by the clover and vetch, both ready to explode with their blooms (expect some pollinator habitat photo
We have one tunnel on the farm we got used from the local nursery. It came with the number 16 on it (out of the 50+ tunnels we took from), so we named it “Sweet 16.” It’s a quonset style tunnel, meaning it has a rounded top, no
This time of year, I’m in (what feels like) constant motion: picking things up and putting them down somewhere else, switching irrigation, opening and closing tunnels, setting folks up with tasks while planning the next. It’s a lot of usi
It’s planting day at Hayshaker Farm! We’re channeling Samwise from LOTR and his love of PO-TAY-TOES by putting in over 1000lbs of seed down and dreaming of all the ways we’ll eat them. Opening furrows with the horses, laying do
Most people probably do not consider me a “spicy” person, but we do grow a LOT of peppers, and it’s something I’m working on. Today is that day when we seed all 8000+ plants, a ritual that ropes in every free body around the f
Sometimes I feel a sense of richness out of the blue. Like holding a full case of kale rapini in the sun after a morning rain. When you aren’t sure if you can handle carrying it all the way to the box. Even after living here for over 12 years,
It’s officially spring (in a few days) but we’re already feeling it on the farm. And not especially because today is a particularly odd combo holiday celebrating both drinking and missionary work, depending on your flavor, but i
Somehow I always seem to forget how windy March can be in Walla Walla. You would think that on my 15th time here, I would remember. But it always shocks me a little. Thankfully we had enough of a quiet morning today that we were able to “r
This winter, I’ve been spending time away from the farm, which is crucial for my long term sanity and maintaining relationships with my loved ones. Most recently, I was privileged to visit my people in California, where I was greeted with abund
Call to action: Support HB 2369! This bill support local food purchasing for schools in Washington State. You can use this link to view the bill and write your legislator: https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2369 This morning I emailed our 16t
One of my favorite farmers and our collective neighbor, Emily @welcometablefarm, says that she measures success by how much she goes on vacation each year. When I first heard that over a decade ago that statement shocked me, as a beginning over-zealo