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   Just a quick update on our chicken breed experiment.  Generally, the Freedom Rangers were much smaller birds than the Cornish Cross.  Although raised under the same conditions and given the same feed, the Freedom Rangers provided substantially less meat.  However, during a side-by-side taste comparison, the Rangers took the prize with a noticeably more rich flavor.   (Pablo noted the white

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At the beginning of the year, Heritage decided to try raising two different breeds of meat chickens and compare how they fared over the course of the season: Cornish Cross and Freedom Rangers.  The Cornish Cross is probably the most well known breed out there, and the farm has had many years of experience working with them.  Selected over the years for its fast growth and large quantity of breast

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What's that we're shoveling in the picture, you ask?  Well, it's a big pile of cow manure and nettles.  We enlisted the help of our enthusiastic interns Sarah and Ian to help turn the pile, a necessary step when preparing barrel compost to improve the fertility of our soil.  Cult ritual?  No, we're just working to improve the fertility of our fields!  (The bandana over Sarah's face was a fashion

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Our 2011 CSA began on Tuesday, the first day with sun in a while.  I have heard we are nearing the end of a La Niña cycle, which would explain the colder, wetter temperatures we have be experiencing.  We were thankfully still able to fill our members' baskets with various shades of green vegetation, and I think we are all looking forward to when the weather allows a more colorful harvest. CSA

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Last Thursday, Heritage became home to two new hives of bees.  A dedicated bee keeper for the past few years, Pablo built top-bar style hives for our new insect residents, and is nearly done with the shelter (to elevate the hives above the ground, where they can become damp from morning dew, and protect them from rain).  The hives have been particularly active during sun breaks over the past few

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I couldn't be happier with the breaks of sunshine that have heralded in the spring, particularly because I know the weather report calls for more rain soon.  Taking advantage of the opportunity, I snapped some shots of the budding and blossoming happening around the fields. Flowers!  A cabbage transplant that has been moved outside the hoophouse, one of the first this spring. Raspberry cane

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Greetings everyone, Pablo here. Of course, my first post will be all about me!  I want to shamlessly advertise a new website that my brother designed for me www.zoeticseed.com  It is where I am selling flower seed that I grew and harvested down in Oregon before I moved up here.  I also have a seed rack at our farm stand here, and at Compost It in town. This is the seed rack at Heritage Farm I

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I'd like to introduce our new farm intern.   She may be small, but she's willing to work outside in inclement weather.   I thought we were done with snow this winter, but turns out I was wrong.  Thankfully, we got the carrots weeded and covered up the day before the island turned into a winter wonderland.  Two new heated tables are helping keep the seedlings cozy in the greenhouse, and we are

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On the farm, we are interested in working with biodynamic practices.  For those unfamiliar with biodynamics, it is an alternative form of agriculture.  It could be said to fall into the "beyond organic" category.  Biodynamic farmers pay close attention to the timing of their activities, including when they sow seeds and harvest, to ensure the most favorable conditions for their plants and the

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Last autumn some greens were transplanted into our hoophouse in hopes they would be able to overwinter.  I ventured into the hoophouse yesterday and was pleased to see the small lettuce, mustard greens and kale plants have grown, perhaps spurred on by the lengthening daylight hours.  I stocked our farmstand with a few precious bags of salad mix.  Maybe someone else is as excited about wintertime

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We periodically move the chicken coop onto new ground so the ladies have access to fresh grass and all the bugs they can get their beaks on.  They have recently taken up residence behind the barn, where they like to take dust baths under parked tractor implements.  The roosters seem to like to have a perch from which to crow.  Our egg-laying flock enjoying a winter sun break.  Note the "Now (P)

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January has brought a few changes to Heritage Farm, namely that Pablo Feliz and myself, Camryn Pennington, have taken over as the new farm managers.  We are looking forward to the growing season and have already begun preparations for the garden. Visitor Jay displays his handiwork, a new worm bin.  The worms love to eat our veggie scraps, and we love the compost they produce. Close-up of our

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No, not the kind you put on a cake but the kind that happens after hail! We went out to harvest carrots and the shear delight of yanking out stuff from the ground with the ground covered in white was a real treat. I grew up in a climate that would not allow this to be happening at this time of year. I hope the punch packed for us tonight and tomorrow don't freeze the shoulders of these little

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Well, it happened last night. As I was sleeping I heard the first and second (and the only 2) cracks of lightning. It was nice to know that there was something good out there fixing atmospheric nitrogen N2 into available N2O for the soil and plants. Its the hardest thing to make in nature. But then I began to sigh, as I heard the pelleting of hail hitting the roof. "It must be cold out there" I

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The summer is long gone, its tell tale sign only visible on the calendar and the lack of tomatoes. What makes the tomato such a beloved veggie? Why is it the one thing that farmers try their darndest to get to market first? Why does it draw such great devotion to the subtle variations in tastes and textures? The delicate flavors of a single tomato could be the culprit to such sinister acts as

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Although we live at roughly the same latitude as the bone chillin' Minnesota or North Dakota, we have an ocean to regulate the temperatures a bit, or a lot! The same ocean that makes it difficult to grow hot season plants here is the same one that makes it possible to grow cold tolerant greens in the winter. In recent years there has been a lot of emphasis put on hoop houses to extend seasons,

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Farm Tour season is still in full swing. The other day we received a group of young WSU students wishing to learn more about sustainable agriculture in the PNW. They were given the full round about tour of everything a small, integrated farm has to offer and its many interrelated parts that make it a functioning whole. Its refreshing to offer this insight to the next generation when they are

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Here on the farm is a blast. Especially when the wind starts a blowing. All the dry summer we use an irrigation known as drip tape. It lets out a drip of water every 4" and keeps the soil moist when the dry PNW winds are a blowing all summer long. Even though it may seem moist in the air, the soil dries out considerably. This method allows us to not help along the fungus and plant problems that

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As the season winds down we want to give out a big shout to our CSA members who have supported us throughout the worst growing season in 3 decades! Yea and we hope you all have enjoyed your wonderful variety of veggies and they have nurtured your bodies and souls. We still have 3 more weeks left and you better like root crops and squash! Hope to see you all next year, just a few months away til

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The piggy named Spike loves to give rides. He actually enjoys when I get on his back. I think its like chiropractic medicine for him and all that wonderful tasty bacon he has to carry around. Mmmmmmm, bacon....

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The season has been long and difficult. The worst in 2 decades I am told (depending on who you speak with). But we have harvested the winter squash and have hauled it into the greenhouse to protected it from the coming weather. Its not as huge as expected but at least we have some to eat in the months ahead. We tore into 3 different varieties and the results are good. They have firm flesh and are

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We are Back! We took a hiatus from this blog due to some big brothers, i.e, the government, having an itch to scratch with our farm. Thanks to a new law put into action earlier this year we can now have apprentices come to the farm and learn all about the wonderful ways of farming without having to spend fifty thousand dollars to go to university. And besides they will get a better curriculum

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Potatoes, potatoes, potatoes And more potatoes  Oh my god, the potatoes are dragging me into the ground!   The fall leeks went in yesterday

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The other day we were so caught up in the garden we decided to start work on some projects. We got a lot done but as of today, Friday, we are behind again. So goes farming. This is our local Zapatista all up in arms. He wields not sticks of fury but of wheel barrow handiness. Wheel barrows last forever but every once in awhile you need to replace the handles. Instead of building we were

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How bout an introduction to what we plant all our starters in. Its an important ingredient for the farm. Without a proper mixture of stuff we wouldn't be able to get early broccoli, there would be no tomatoes, and we might have to fight mother nature for our winter squashes. The first thing we use is Coir. Its imported from India and its made of coconut husks. Its packed into a 12"x12"x5" brick

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The seeds for winter squash, pumpkins, and summer squash (a.k.a. zucchini) went into their pots on Thursday. It was a fruit day on the biodynamic astro calendar and since they bear fruits we started them on their way. We have about 500 winter squash and 200 summer squash. They will sit in their pots for a couple of short weeks and then be potted out into the field for uninhibited growth. Next

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I dont mean to draw out this issue we have with wireworms but it really fascinates me. I have such surprises when I come upon what this little one inch, tannish, insect does to the stuff on our farm. For instance, we put out some "test tubers" in the fields to see how many of them would be attracted. You see, they really, really prefer potatoes over anything else. Its an easy way to see how bad

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Come one and come all. For a short and frenzied time there will be tomato plants for sale in the farm stand. Since the hard freeze took out about our entire "for sale" crop it wont last long. We have Stupice and Chocolate Cherry. Ooooh, and there are great greens for sale as well. Fresh out of the hoophouse and ready for a wonderful salad dressing. Though these will be around a lot longer than

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The week and the future Its warming up and things are starting to finally look like they are growing but we also got hit very hard with a strong freeze. It took out a lot of tomato plants in the hoophouse. There may not be many for sale this year. Everything else survived well. We got put in another few beds of cabbage, broccoli, and kohlrabi, thanks to the help of some volunteers. The greens are

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Its just about as grunge as the old sound garden but with more grit. Be sure to stop by the greenhouse to play the bottles or bang the pans...

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In order to combat the growing threat of a loss of imagination, we have instituted a fairy, nome, and yes even troll sanctuary in the garden. A part of farming that goes untended most times, the encouragement of a special kind of magic is needed to encourage the soil to be sweet, the plants to grow strong and the general overall health of all visitors to be uplifted and connected. We can only

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So if you keep up on the blog you know that we put in a whole lot of lettuce quite some time ago. 200 bed feet to be exact and thats about 600 lettuce plants. They were on their way to being the stars of the spring harvest and then the wireworms found them. Here is the little bugger with his beady little head inside the base of a little lettuce plant So we set out to put some more lettuce in

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Contender number one, on the left weighing in at a couple of ounces is Green Wave, a stout mustard green with hints of wasabi, and in the middle, weighing in at the same but soon fattened with water, Pac Choi, a delicious asian dish addition, and contender number 3, weighing in at 1/3 of the others but 3x as delicious is the italian favor to win, Broccoli Rabb also known as rappini, great coupled

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A few weeks ago the hoophouse looked a bit barren. But I put some seeds in....and waited, and waited, and then... They are still very tiny but soon they will be our salad/braising greens. YUM!

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We planted a bed of lettuce the other day, along with 2 beds of broccoli, 1.5 of cabbage and a half of that all time favorite kohlrabi! We also have in now some fennel, chard, broccoli rabb, and pac choi. Measuring the beds... A little planning goes a long way...especially for lettuce! One by one the little plants go in so they can spread their roots out... Its a precision job, a bit like

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Well we have our first helper for the season. His name is Jared and he is from the chilly north of New York. We got set to work moving the tomatoes to their nicer diggs. This is a first move for them in a series to larger and larger pots until they are ready for the field or for sale. Look at this Go-Getter This is only a fraction of the 900! A forest of Stupice It takes a tender touch. The

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I went to say "Hello and good morning" to the transplants and I had a present. The trap I had set finally caught the little rat that was eating the pepper plants. It chewed down about 100 of the sweet peppers while they were only a 1/2" high. It didnt go for the hot peppers. I will spare you the gruesome image by not posting a photo. I just hope I can get some more going for the season so we can

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The kids from UW showed up the last weekend of February to learn a bit about farming and to get dirty... They got a tour of the dairy and the farm in general. Then we put them to work, to find out what its really like to be farmers. There was an overwintered pile of cow rear-end fixin's that needed to be moved into a window to compost. Yes, that is steam coming from the already cooking

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They are only a month old but they grow up so fast!These may not look huge now but if you would have seen them when they first poked their heads out of the soil. And just give them another month of sunshine, warmth, and room and they will be out of this world. This is them in the small...

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It got kind of frosty last night but the little ones were safe in their cold frames getting ready to move out the garden.

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Well I poked under the row covers that were protecting the peas from marauding crows and lo and behold the marauding mice had been for a visit. It appears that the row covers mad a great protective run from the farm cats to have their way with the little pea sprouts. Its nice to know that we have help to feed another generation of furry creatures for the cats to hopefully feast on in the summer!

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Well, it looks like tractor season is over. On the last day of the wonderful dry spell we had through most of February I was fortunate enough to hook up the Rotovator to the tractor and get most of the fields tilled up at bit. The Rotovator by the way is a 72" rototiller that runs off the power of the tractor. It is much faster than a little Troybilt walk behind tiller. Although portions of the

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On Presidents day it was decided that to commemorate the past great leaders of our nation that peas would be planted. This is the process for spring planting. Spread compost on the beds. Then you get the rototiller out and mix it all up. The worms make this out to be a dance of some sort! Then the beds needed to be hilled up on both sides. This allows a bed that will dry up a bit and warm

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The day I got here I started to fill plug trays with soil mix in anticipation of spring growth. Here is the "filling station". Once I sat calmly to fill each little square with one seed, I load them up in "the console". This is a table with a covering of plastic which lives inside the greenhouse. It is heated from below with space heaters to keep the soil and air warm. I put plastic over the

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We had an apprentice applicant out to the farm a few weeks ago to check us out and we decided to dig up the rest of the carrots that were in the ground from last fall. We have them in the fridge now, safe and cozy.

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Picture of Christina taken from the hay loft in the barn. There is nothing like the beautiful colors of the evening after a long afternoon of haying.Adam is the newest addition to our farm family and is a hayin' natural.Eric and I stacking the bails.Good farm fun! Only 20 more tons to go!

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This is Anna, Sarah and Pritha. Fellow workers enjoying the harvest.

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After much work and careful deliberation we have finished our new poly-tunnel. Jim skillfully headed up this project. Eric and Vince helped the most, and rest of us lent a hand when we could. This is a spectacular addition to this years garden and we will all enjoy the fruits of a job well done!

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Potatoes for daysNew poly-tunnel (greenhouse)...well...almostHow 'bout that?! Brand new Maypole. Thanks everyone! We had a ball.

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Two of our CSA work share members. Thanks Nickie and Louise!

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Vince, my Dad, who is farming with us this summer. How cool is that?!

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We still have shares available for this years CSA. What is CSA? Basically, you pay a share of the farms budget and we supply you weekly boxes of fresh produce. Its the next best thing to growing it yourself. Contact us for more information.heritagefarmscsa@gmail.com

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We got our Onions in!!! 40 rows of tear jerkin' madness. Approximately 5,000 plants. Spring is here!

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MAY DAY PARTY!May 2nd! (the busiest day of the year) Pot-luck! Bring your own dishes!

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We are happy to invite you to Heritage Farm’s 2009 CSA program. What is “CSA”? C.S.A. stands for Community Supported Agriculture. In essence, it is a commitment made between a farm and its individual community members. A farm feeds the people who commit to supporting the farm, sharing in the inherent risks and potential bounty. Through a mutual commitment we create more of a direct

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