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Greenhouse construction, part 1

April 4, 2013 petrinafisher

We made tremendous progress on the construction of our first greenhouse on Tuesday.  BIG THANKS go out to our friends…

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Posted in: Construction, Farming, Greenhouses Filed under: community, Greenhouses, Starting a farm

Open for Business

April 1, 2013 petrinafisher

We reached another milestone today.  Our CSA program is officially open and signing up members.  This is very exciting!

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Posted in: Community Supported Agriculture Filed under: Community supported agriculture, CSA, Skylight Farms, Snohomish, vegetables, Washington

A Milestone: Plowed Fields!

March 29, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Finally, after weeks of anticipation, we finally cut up the sod. Next steps: prepare the beds and set up the…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming, Tractors Filed under: Farm life, Learning to farm, Planting, Plowing, Skylight Farms, Starting a farm, Tractors

What’s in a Name?

March 28, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Flashy Trout Back.  Blushed butter.  Red Sails.  These are a few of the lettuce varieties that we’ll be planting this…

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Posted in: Random thoughts, Vegetables Filed under: Growing, Planting, Seeds, vegetable names, vegetables

It Takes a Community to Grow a Farm

March 27, 2013 petrinafisher 5 Comments

We’ve all heard the expression “it takes a village to raise a child” and as a mother of two small…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming Filed under: community, Farm life, Learning to farm, Neighbors, Skylight Farms, Thanks

Alliums, brassicas, cucurbits oh my!

March 22, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Once you tell people that you own a farm, the most likely questions to follow are 1) “Do you have…

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Posted in: Farming, Growing Filed under: Growing, Learning to farm, Planting

Fix First, Farm Later

March 21, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Apparently becoming a farmer isn’t as simple as buying a farm and sticking some seeds in the ground.  There’s a…

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Posted in: Barn, Farm life, Fixing Filed under: Farm life, Fixing stuff, Old farm, Skylight Farms, Starting a farm

Ready. Set. Farm.

March 16, 2013 petrinafisher 5 Comments

I’d be lying if I said that we had planned to become farmers.  When Jonathan quit lawyering everyone asked what…

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Posted in: Farm life Filed under: Family farm, Farm life, Farming, Skylight Farms, Snohomish, Starting a farm

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