Thoughtful Food

03/20/2018

The rumors are true. We are moving to Vermont!

I have some bittersweet news to share. After two years of attempting to find stable employment in Northwestern Washington, and finding no good home for my skills and experience, I've accepted a job...

02/19/2018

I earned almost $10/hour last year from the farm! Not too shabby.

2017 was an odd year for the farm. It was the year I came to grips with the realization that I needed a full-time source of off-farm income, yet it was also our most profitable year by a large...

01/17/2018

What would starting over with pig breeding look like knowing what I know now? Follow the link to find out!

A commenter in a previous post asked me to provide more detail into how I would envision a 15 sow breeding operation, which I threw out as the smallest operation I'd be willing to start with if I...

11/26/2017

Another successful year of raising pastured animals! I was really surprised by the differences in two beef breeds.

I finished my last meat delivery of the year yesterday, and it always feels good to have all the invoices sent out and all the risk removed. One thing I noticed in this year's beef was the large...

09/12/2017

The wheat was cut but it came back! We harvested 900 pounds today! Stay tuned for info about our upcoming fall wheat party!

08/22/2017

Got to use the combine for the first time yesterday! We harvested about 300 pounds of organic rye/vetch cover crop seed from Blanchard Mountain Farm!

06/18/2017

Our wheat was accidentally cut for hay by a confused tractor operator and it is now a total loss. My continued run of terrible farming luck continues!

05/27/2017

What a difference 4 weeks makes! The wheat is doing great.

05/10/2017

Just finished spreading 2000 lbs of organic fertilizer with a frisbee at Blanchard Mountain Farm. Next time I'm getting a spreader!

05/06/2017

Wheat is happening on the farm?

My big farm project for this year is progressing nicely. We are using 2 acres of our neighbors land at Blanchard Mountain Farm to grow Edison hard white spring wheat that we sourced from Finn River...

04/27/2017

Excited to be finishing up final preparations for planting organic Edison hard white spring wheat at Blanchard Mountain Farm this weekend! I picked up the seed today from Finn River Farm.

03/13/2017

Our meat shares are ready to reserve for 2017! We've already sold 1 beef share in 5 minutes! They are going fast!